{"id":116733,"date":"2024-10-21T15:35:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T08:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116733"},"modified":"2024-10-21T15:35:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T08:35:44","slug":"s-t-was-stolen-from-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116733","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;S&#8211;t was stolen from us&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Minnesota Lynx missed 44 of their 70 shots in a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/20\/sports\/liberty-claim-first-wnba-championship-with-ot-win-over-lynx\/\">championship-deciding WNBA Finals Game 5 loss to the Liberty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When their head coach Cheryl Reeve sat down to the microphone for a bitter postgame press conference on Sunday night, she didn\u2019t miss any.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the headlines will be Reeve cries foul,\u201d she said. \u201cBring it on. Because this s\u2013t was stolen from us. Bring it on.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve during her postgame press conference after losing the WNBA Finals to the Liberty on Oct. 20, 2024. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Reeve had begun the session complaining about the officiating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes you get away with stuff when you\u2019re physical and aggressive, and they certainly did,\u201d Reeve said. \u201cIt\u2019s a shame that officiating had such a hand in a series like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She later expanded.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve reacts during the team\u2019s WNBA Finals Game 5 loss to the Liberty on Oct. 20, 2024. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe know we could have done some things, but you shouldn\u2019t have to overcome [the officiating] to that extent,\u201d Reeve said. \u201cThis s\u2013t ain\u2019t that hard. Officiating? It\u2019s not that hard. When someone is being held, be consistent. If you don\u2019t want to call it on one end, then don\u2019t call it on the other. \u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have a star player like Phee [the Lynx\u2019s Napheesa Collier]. I don\u2019t get it. I don\u2019t get how she can be held and go to the basket and get hit, and then a marginal [foul] at best, at best, sends their best player [Breanna Stewart] to the free-throw line.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Liberty attempted 25 free throws on the night, including two by Stewart to tie the game with five seconds left in regulation after a controversial foul call on Alanna Smith (the Lynx were whistled for 21 personal fouls, with Collier fouling out in overtime). The Lynx shot just eight free throws (the Liberty were called for 17 fouls). <\/p>\n<p>Reeve finished on a sarcastic note: \u201cCongratulations to the Liberty on their first championship. It took them 28 years, congrats to them. We were that close to our fifth.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Breanna Stewart celebrates the Liberty\u2019s WNBA championship on Oct. 20, 2024. <span class=\"credit\">Michelle Farsi\/New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sabrina Ionescu celebrates the Liberty\u2019s WNBA championship on Oct. 20, 2024. <span class=\"credit\">Michelle Farsi\/New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Reeve had complained after the Liberty\u2019s Game 3 win about what she said was a favorable whistle for Stewart as compared to Collier. After Minnesota\u2019s two-point win in Game 4, Liberty coach Sandy Brondello returned the favor, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/19\/sports\/libertys-sandy-brondello-rips-refs-over-foul-differential\/\">calling for the officials to be \u201cfair\u201d<\/a> after the Lynx had a 20-9 advantage in free throws.<\/p>\n<p>After Game 5, Reeve also took swipes at the Liberty\u2019s previous WNBA sanction for impermissible charter flights as well as the ongoing investigation into possible salary-cap violations by the 2022 and 2023 champion Las Vegas Aces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBuilt a team within the rules,\u201d Reeve said of her Lynx. \u201cThose sort of things that maybe right now aren\u2019t happening in our league. And did it the hard way. We gave hope to those teams that aren\u2019t willing to circumvent the cap or fly illegally or all the stuff that\u2019s happened over the last five years, right? And so, I mean, do it the right way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brondello declined to engage when it was her turn at the podium.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought they were pretty fair,\u201d Brondello said of the refs. \u201cBut look, I have so much respect for Cheryl and I have so much respect for that Minnesota Lynx team because, man, that was ugly, but we found a way to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/21\/sports\/cheryl-reeve-blames-refs-for-wnba-finals-loss-s-t-was-stolen-from-us\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minnesota Lynx missed 44 of their 70 shots in a championship-deciding WNBA Finals Game 5 loss to the Liberty. 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