NEW YORK — The Minnesota Lynx used a historic rally to beat the New York Liberty 95-93 in overtime in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals.
The final few seconds of regulation were action packed. There was a four-point play by Courtney Williams with 5.5 seconds left that gave Minnesota its first lead.
A few seconds later, Breanna Stewart went to the foul line with a chance to give New York the win, and missed her second free throw.
And then in overtime, Minnesota did just enough to become the first team in WNBA postseason history to win after trailing by 15 points with less than 5 minutes left.
“It was the craziest thing I´ve ever been a part of,” said New York guard Courtney Vandersloot according to AP.
“We had chances, they had chances, of course we wish we just executed better, wish the ball rolled a little bit differently. That happens. I think this is a great learning experience for us. You know, this is hard. I´m not gonna lie to you guys. This is hard.”
Game 2 is Sunday, so New York has a couple of days to recover from the stinging loss.
“I think it´s all about controlling our emotions,” Vandersloot said.
“This is an emotional time. It´s stressful. I keep saying that the lights are bright and these are the kind of things that you don´t want to shift a series.
“Because it´s difficult, and I think that the best way we can go about this is realizing that it´s OK to feel the way we feel.
