MINNEAPOLIS — The postseason version of the Drive for Five is off to a roaring start for the Minnesota Lynx.

Aiming to win the franchise’s fifth WNBA championship and its first since 2017, the Lynx began the postseason with a 101-72 romp over Golden State on Sunday, Sept. 14, at Target Center in the first game of the best-of-three first-round series.

Minnesota is the top seed, Golden State the eight, and the Lynx have won all five meetings this season by an average of 15.2 points.

Still, Napheesa Collier, who led five Lynx players in double figures with 20 points and six rebounds, said her squad will not be complacent for Wednesday’s Game 2.

“No one on this team thinks it’s going to be an easy game by any means. We know it’s going to be a fight. They all work really, really hard. That’

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