Minnesota Lynx head coach says WNBA title was 'stolen from us' in scathing remarks about referees

It took an overtime successful the 5th and last crippled of the WNBA Finals for the New York Liberty to win its archetypal title successful franchise history.

However, it appears Minnesota Lynx caput manager Cheryl Reeve believes it ne'er should person gotten to that point.

"This s--- was stolen from us," she said aft the game.

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Minnesota Lynx caput manager Cheryl Reeve looks connected during a property league aft losing Game Five of the WNBA Finals to the New York Liberty astatine Barclays Center connected Oct. 20, 2024 successful New York City. (Elsa/Getty Images)

Reeve was blasting the officials, saying determination was mode excessively overmuch "discrepancy" with foul calls.

"All the headlines volition be, 'Reeve cries foul.' Bring it on. Bring it on. Because this s--- was stolen from us. Bring it on," she said.

Reeve's biggest contented was a foul called connected Lynx halfway Alanna Smith with 5.2 seconds near successful regulation. The Lynx challenged the call, but it was unsuccessful, and Breanna Stewart knocked down a brace of escaped throws to nonstop the crippled into overtime.

"At the different end, erstwhile they challenged it, if we would person turned that clip in, they would person told america that this was marginal contact, nary foul. Guaranteed. Guaranteed," Reeve said. "So, erstwhile you review, determination should beryllium the aforesaid parameters that you're reviewing with, but the 3 radical connected the crippled request a 4th enactment to fto them know. Because that decided the game."

Minnesota Lynx caput Coach Cheryl Reeve looks connected during the crippled against the New York Liberty during Game 5 of the 2024 WNBA Finals connected Oct. 20, 2024 astatine Barclays Center successful Brooklyn, New York. (David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images)

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As a whole, though, the Lynx changeable conscionable six escaped throws successful Game 5. New York went to the enactment 23 times.

"I saw a precise carnal and assertive New York team," Reeve said. "We cognize this from being a portion of the games for truthful agelong that sometimes you get distant with this worldly erstwhile you're carnal and aggressive, and they surely did. It's a shame that officiating had specified a manus successful a bid similar this," Reeve said.

"These guys changeable 30% [from the floor]. Shot 30%," Reeve said of the Liberty. "The quality was successful the foul line."

"It conscionable doesn't consciousness close that you suffer a bid with that level of discrepancy. We don't person a squad that whines and complains and each that stuff. Sometimes, it astir apt hurts us. Maybe being a small more, I don't know, something. But you person a prima subordinate similar Phee that conscionable -- I don't get it. I don't get however she tin beryllium held and spell to the handbasket and get hit, and past a marginal, astatine best, astatine best, sends their champion subordinate to the escaped propulsion line. I mean, that's tough. It's pugnacious to swallow."

Stewart deed 2 much escaped throws with 10 seconds near successful overtime to enactment the Liberty up by five, each but icing it.

Breanna Stewart, #30 of the New York Liberty, celebrates with the WNBA Championship trophy aft winning Game Five of the WNBA Finals astatine Barclays Center connected Oct. 20, 2024 successful New York City. (Elsa/Getty Images)

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For the Lynx, Napheesa Collier and Kayla McBride did their champion to instrumentality location the trophy with 22 and 21 points respectively. However, it yet was not capable successful the end, arsenic the Liberty were filled with emotions and solemnisation connected their location court. 

Fox News' Scott Thompson contributed to this report.

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