PHOENIX (AP) — A furious Minnesota coach Cheryl Reeve lost her cool and maybe her best player in the span of a few seconds during the Lynx's 84-76 loss to the Phoenix Mercury on Friday night in Game 3 of the WNBA playoff semifinals.

The top-seeded Lynx are in a 2-1 hole in the best-of-five series with Game 4 looming Sunday in Phoenix.

Reeve was ejected after getting her second technical foul in the final minute. The play that set her off is when Alyssa Thomas stole the ball from Napheesa Collier near the 3-point line and sprinted toward the other end of the court for the game-sealing layup.

Coller injured her leg on the play and had to be helped to the locker room. Reeve said that Collier “probably has a fracture" though she didn't elaborate on the injury.

Collier is a five-time All-

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