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The WNBA returned its punishment to the Minnesota Lynx coach, Cheryl Reeve, after his actions during and after the eliminatory match on Friday.
Reeve will be suspended for the next game game in the playoffs and ordered to pay an unknown fine. Lynxs should play match 4 of their series in the semi-finals on Sunday.
At the end of the fourth quarter of match 3 against the Phoenix Mercury, Reeve was aggressively pursuing a referee. After the prosecution, Reeve seemed to engage in a verbal altercation with the game manager.
After his ejection, the Lynx head coach refused to leave the court in a reasonable time. There was just over 21 seconds left in the fourth quarter when Reeve was launched.
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Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve was selected after being ejected in match 3 against the Phoenix Mercury of the second round of the WNBA qualifiers at PHX Arena on Friday in Phoenix. (Images Rick Scuteri / Imagn)
Reeve also seemed to lead comments to fans when she finally left the court.
After the lynx suffered a defeat of 84-76 against Mercury, Reeve made a long diatriber at the post-match press conference.
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In its post-match rant, Reeve called for WNBA to make changes to the League in terms of officer.
“If that’s what the League wants, ok, but I want to call a change in leadership at the League in commission,” said Reeve. “The crew officiating that we had this evening, so that leadership considers these three people in the semi-finals, is worthy of a professional fault.”
Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve was suspended and sentenced to a fine by WNBA after Friday evening’s referee’s shock. (Candice Ward / Imagn images)
Isaac Barnett, Randy Richardson and Jenna Reneau were the three leaders of the Friday evening match.
Deputy coaches of Minnesota, Eric Thibault and Rebekkah Brunson, were also sentenced to a fine by the League. Thibault was sentenced to a fine for his inappropriate interaction with a field official. Brunson was sentenced to a fine for an inappropriate comment on social networks for WNBA officials.
Minnesota Lynx chief coach Cheryl Reeve talks about the media before match 4 of the WNBA 2024 final. (Images Matt Krohn / Imagn)
The game that attracted the anger of Reeve was Alyssa Thomas flying the Ballon with Napheesa Collier near the line of 3 points and heading to the other end of the field for the lay-up of the game.
Necklace was injured in the leg on the game and had to be helped in the locker room. Reeve said that collar “probably has a fracture”, even if it has not developed the injury.
Although collar crushed in the court after the players’ collision, the National Basketball Arbitrator Association displayed a highlight of the game on social networks with its description of the reasons why those responsible were right not to whistle.
“It’s not a fault,” said the position. “Thomas arrives legally on the ball and drops the ball before any contact. The leg contact is accidental once the ball is clearly loose.”
There have been several complaints concerning the WNBA officiating this season. WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert addressed the League Commission during the stars weekend in July.
“While we are going ahead for officiating, we hear the concerns. We take this contribution from employees,” said Engelbert. “Each game is examined. We spend hours and hours and hours. Obviously, we then use it to follow the training of officials.
“Coherence is important. I think some people observe our game against other basketball formats (and think) that there are not a ton of mistakes called, but I realize that consistency is the name of the game.”
