Minnesota Lynx star and WNBA MVP frontrunner Napheesa Collier will remain out for her team's game against the Atlanta Dream on Thursday. Collier, who has not played since Aug. 2 due to a sprained right ankle, was initially upgraded to questionable for Thursday, and is closing in on a return.

Collier's injury, which occurred during the Lynx's historic 53-point win over the Las Vegas Aces , stirred controversy because it happened late in the third quarter with her team up by 43 points. Many wondered why Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve still had her superstar in the game.

"I don't think about those things," Reeve said at the time. "It's the third quarter of a game on someone else's floor, I don't think the game is over. I don't think like that. She had a sub there and she wasn't gonna play

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