The Lynx get back to work tomorrow after the World Cup break, two wins from locking down homecourt. The Wolves keep grinding in private with camp still two weeks out.
The Links
- CBS Sports: WNBA season resumes with the No. 1 seed at stake — Minnesota (31-9) sits two games up on Golden State with the tiebreaker; the magic number to clinch the top seed is two.
- Sporting News: Why the Fever-Lynx doubleheader could decide the No. 1 seed — the back-to-back against Caitlin Clark’s Fever is the trap game on Minnesota’s final four-game slate.
- Sports Illustrated: The Wolves’ bench matchups are the great unknown — backup-center foul trouble and second-unit ballhandling are the questions no one can answer until games start.
- NBA.com: 2026-27 key dates — training camps open Sept. 29, preseason tips Oct. 3, and the regular season starts the week the Wolves visit Miami.
- TWolves Blog: Chris Finch Just Drew Anthony Edwards an MVP Map — the blueprint for Ant’s leap with LaMelo now feeding him.
- TWolves Blog: The Whole League Is Wrong About Rudy Gobert — why the anchor still makes this roster work.
- TWolves Blog: Napheesa Collier Made the Winning Plays Nobody Charts — required reading on the MVP frontrunner before the Lynx resume.
Listen & Watch
- Locked On Wolves: Ben Beecken — the daily pod as the bench-depth and 15th-man questions sharpen with camp two weeks out.
Tweet of the Day
https://x.com/Timberwolves/status/2100254650133790908
The Slate
- Lynx vs. New York Liberty: Friday, Sep. 18, 6:30 p.m. CT, ION — the regular season resumes; a possible Finals preview.
- Lynx at Connecticut: Sunday, Sep. 20, 12 p.m. CT, WNBA League Pass.
- Lynx at Indiana: Tuesday, Sep. 22, 7 p.m. CT, ESPN.
- Lynx vs. Indiana: Thursday, Sep. 24, 7 p.m. CT, USA — the back-to-back finale against the Fever.
- No Wolves games in the next seven days; NBA training camp opens Sept. 29.
