If you’re not watching the WNBA, then you’re truly missing out on some high-quality entertainment. Just ask Kobe Bryant. Even NBA Live has finally wised up. The quality of the product they put out on the court is truly astounding at times. Case in point: the Minnesota Lynx game against the Indiana Fever on Friday night.
The Lynx own the best record in the WNBA, and, well, the Fever do not. The Lynx, led by Maya Moore and Sylvia Fowles, entered Friday’s game against Indiana with a sparkling 21-5 record and the Fever had to travel to Minneapolis with a less encouraging 9-19 overall mark.
For the first few moments of the contest, it appeared as if the Fever could be at least capable of hanging around. Then, the Lynx absolutely exploded, and the rest was, quite literally, history.
.@minnesotalynx go on 37-0 run, most consecutive points in any game in #WNBA history pic.twitter.com/YlPHBDf4RC
— WNBA (@WNBA) August 19, 2017
Minnesota scored a highly impressive and, frankly, remarkable 37 consecutive points, stretching a 22-9 first half lead into a comical 59-9 advantage before halftime even arrived. The mere sight of a 50-point first half lead with five minutes remaining in a half of basketball is crazy enough, but the path to grabbing that advantage was all the more interesting.
The Lynx were expected to hold serve with a relatively lopsided home victory, as evidenced by the fact that the team entered Friday’s contest as 15-point favorites over the Fever. Still, no one could have reasonably expected what ended up transpiring over a few minutes in the first and second quarters, and the 37-0 mark is one that could stand in the WNBA for quite some time.
