The WNBA Finals are here, and [autotag]Kayla McBride[/autotag] is the only former Notre Dame player who made it. Right now, she’s happy about that because her Minnesota Lynx just opened the series with a 95-93 Game 1 overtime victory over the New York Liberty. What makes this game notable is that the Lynx came back from 18 points down.
McBride was one point of the Lynx team-high of 22 points. She was the only player on her team to reach double figures in the first half, and she tied for the team lead with with 12 second-half points. She was held scoreless in overtime, but she had done enough to help set up Napheesa Collier’s game-winning fadeaway with 1.8 seconds left.
It’s been a great season for McBride, who earned her fourth career All-Star appearance and her first in five years. After a regular season in which she averaged 15.0 points a game, she has a 14.6 scoring average through eight playoff contests. Most importantly, she’s two wins away from her first championship.
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