NEW YORK (AP) — The Minnesota Lynx have three straight games against the New York Liberty due to a scheduling quirk.

A rematch of last season’s WNBA Finals feels in some ways like a playoff series for the Lynx, who visit the Liberty on Sunday before traveling home. The team doesn’t play again until hosting New York on Saturday. The Lynx then return back to Barclays Center to face the Liberty on Aug. 19, playing three times in nine days.

“It’s exhausting talking about the scheduling, I have nothing to say,” Minnesota coach Cheryl Reeve said.

New York doesn’t have the same luxury, heading out west for back-to-back games against Los Angeles and Las Vegas on Tuesday and Wednesday before traveling to play Minnesota for the home and home set.

“It would have been nice to have it be spread out

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