PHOENIX -- Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve went off on the officiating crew following Minnesota's 84-76 loss to the Phoenix Mercury in Game 3 of their series Friday, saying it was "malpractice" to have them work a WNBA playoff semifinal game.

Reeve was ejected in the closing seconds of the fourth quarter after Mercury guard Alyssa Thomas stole the ball from Lynx forward Napheesa Collier and sealed the game at the other end with a layup.

Collier writhed in pain on the ground after her left leg made contact with Thomas on the play, resulting in Collier coming down hard on the side of her ankle. No foul was called. Collier hobbled to the bench, and Reeve said afterward that it was "probably a fracture" on her ankle, though she did not elaborate on the injury.

The Lynx did not have an

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