And here's the youtube link on today's pod. Also some talk about Tim Connelly cleaning out the cupboard while moseying along on one-year contracts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSUS...

Here is the spotify link on today's pod with Dane. Lebron as Godot, three-card monte on Jaden as (or as not?) the power forward, the potential mountains and molehills of Lamelo, + the Summer League snooze aside from a game of Joan open.spotify.com/episode/0Fnb...

Did a pod with Dane for the first time in a couple weeks. Was curious what we'd talk about but as usual the conversation flowed. Here is the apple link podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Lynx win their 4th straight. Hit from outside after cold 3 quarters. Miles injury concern after she limped off on turned ankle or leg

5 of 8 over first 7 minutes of the 4th

Didn't see what happened. Nor did most. Furious Reeve needed to call time

Miles down being helped off but then limps on her own to locker room

Lynx 2-16 from deep through 3 quarters.

If I'm the Sparks I'm working to get that 4th foul on Miles.

Second verse, same as the first to start the half. Flirting with failure.

3 fouls on Miles just before halftime, second straight game in foul trouble

A great, active half of play for Kosu

Howard has half the Lynx 6 assists, 4 rebounds and has arguably been Lynx best defender.

Lynx miss all 9 trey attempts in lackadaisical first quarter. Two assists, 5 turnovers, flat performance.

Hamzova two turnovers and Miles is back at the table

Miles getting the hook for poor shot selection and failure to stimulate better ball movement.(Unless the sub is for Coffey.)

Poor shot selection, shoddy defense, turnovers = overconfidence

Here for Sparks-Lynx on Camp Day. Lynx have e in a row and continue a stretch vs sub,500 team. Minimal tweets today. Feel like just taking this one in.

Make that second-best.

90-85 McBride a hard-earned 25. Miles 23, ten at the line. Rebounds almost dead even until late: League's best rebounding team finished up 40-34. Extended possessions

If Lynx somehow do drop this one, missing easy layups and free throws will lose their sleep tonight

It's been a really good game. Lynx absorbed Liberty bum rush on a Ionesco heater third period and stuck to their game. Miles at the line again to try and bump it beyond 5 with 42 to play. Misses first. M isses second.

Howard and Williams muff easy layups but Lynx extend possessions and get stops at other end. Miles free throws boost lead to 5 with 53 secs to play

Lynx milk getting blood (perhaps) off Coffey's face to take time for a replay challenge. Liberty properly complains, but then again Sabrina tied her shoe to stop action in order for successful Liberty challenge earlier in the game.

Liberty supersizes with Han, JJ and Stewie

McBride has had a tough shooting night--a lot of halfway downs and just offs--but stuck with it with 4 steals and steady grit and now the shot is falling. 3-8 from deep, 3-6 from two and 4-4 at the line

Ionescue finishes third wih 19 points after getting just 4 in the first half.

Sabrina with a 16 point period

A couple of replays go against the Lynx and Liberty ups the intensity to cut deficit to one. Big difference is accuracy from deep

Kosu in for the first time today

Wiliams also has 8 rebounds with 5 to play in the third

Williams gets some body but otherwise stuffs Jones quite impressively. Weight disparity is about 80 pounds

Sabrina shooting herself into a groove

Reeve continually asking her team for more pace

Hamzova tied (with Coffey) for the team lead in assists with 2 despite playing just 3:03. Lynx 9 assists on their 15 baskets. Staunch Liberty defense part of the reason for relatively low percentage; neither team getting many clean looks.

Free throw attempts are 8-1 Lynx

Miles with just a single dime at the half but has all of her three trey attempts including one to close the half. 42-32 Lynx. Liberty shooting 36.1/27.8 from the field.

Liberty 3-16 from long range. Sabrina has a single point, off a defensive three-second free throw

Good scrappy game. Refs letting them play and players are accepting it without too much grousing.

Coffey with a much needed trey.

McBride draws a foul. Drink

Jones first bucket, a tough turnaround over Dorka. Defended well today esp compared to first meeting

Just checked the timeline: Caldwell in before Delaere. (For those literally keeping score.)

Delaere causing problems. Good shooting will space floor and getting loose ball and feeding Caldwell for what should have been a layup. Quality minutes in the last game carrying over for her confidence.

Reeve going early and often to her bench and it has been effective. 9 players with minutes in the first quarter. Howard's midrange at the buzzer makes it 17-13 Lynx.

Delaere second sub off the bench

Lynx 1-9 to start. Many missed bunnies, layups too strong. Liberty length maybe on their minds

Dorka for Coffey, who had a rebound a dime and a miss trey in 4 minutes

Once again, Stewie isn't missing.

Nice active physical defense by Miles thus far. Great matchup with Astier today, who did get by her for a layup