It was revealed Sunday that Las Vegas Aces center A'ja Wilson won WNBA MVP with 51 out of a possible 72 first-place votes; Collier received 18 first-place votes. It was a wider margin than expected, especially as Collier was regarded as the favorite until an ankle injury on Aug. 2 kept her out of action for three weeks.

Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve brushed off Napheesa Collier's disappointing second place finish in the WNBA MVP voting

The Minnesota Lynx and Napheesa Collier faced the Phoenix Mercury on the same day that the WNBA star lost the MVP award to A'ja Wilson.

Napheesa Collier made a go-ahead 18-footer with 1:24 left on the way to 24 points, and the top-seeded Minnesota Lynx rallied from a 17-point third-quarter deficit to beat the Golden State Valkyries 75-74 and move on in the WNBA playoffs.

Heading into the 2025 WNBA season, the schedule makers likely saw this late-season matchup between the Indiana Fever and Minnesota Lynx as a big-ticket event, e

Napheesa Collier leads the Lynx past the Valkyries in the WNBA Playoffs, joking she “blacked out” after her go-ahead shot late in the game.

The top-seeded Minnesota Lynx beat the Phoenix Mercury in the opening game of their best-of-5 WNBA playoff semifinal series Sunday afternoon.