Minnesota Lynx win their first ever Commissioner’s Cup championship

The Minnesota Lynx defeated the New York Liberty, 94-89, to claim the title of 2024 WNBA Commissioner’s Cup champions. The Lynx won the $500,000 prize pool and raised $27,000 for their selected non-profit organization.

Napheesa Collier and Bridget Carleton each scored over 20 points a piece to defeat the reigning champion, Liberty. Collier had six rebounds and three assists along with her 21 points and won the game’s MVP award.

“It’s really good,” Collier said. ” I always want to win championships. This is a championship we won, but there’s still work to be done. A lot of games to be played. We want to build on this. We don’t want to peak here. This is amazing. At the end of the day, we want to achieve bigger things than this at the end of the season.”

The Liberty’s Breanna Stewart scored 24 points and Sabrina Ionescu added 23, but it was not enough to overcome the 20 turnovers they had and the generally lackluster performance of the team as a whole.

“I think that they executed better than us and that’s it, both ends of the floor,” Stewart said. “We weren’t able to get anything we wanted. Twenty-one turnovers are never going to win the game.”

Story originally appeared on Rookie Wire