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Minnesota Lynx guard Kayla McBride (21), forward Alanna Smith (8), guard Natisha Hiedeman (2) and forward Napheesa Collier (24) walk of the court in the final seconds against the Seattle Storm at Climate Pledge Arena. John Froschauer-Imagn Images

Lynx on a mission to bring franchise fifth WNBA title

By Kendrick E. Johnson | Last updated Jun 15, 2025 8:10 PM ET

If you are a true fan of the WNBA who watches games and legitimately enjoys women’s basketball, it’s easy to see the two biggest narratives through one-fourth of the 2025 season come straight out of Minnesota.

One is that Napheesa Collier is morphing into the best player in the world and is proving it, courtesy of averaging 26.1 points per game and 8.8 rebounds per game. Collier has scored 20 or more points in 8 of the first 10 games she’s played and leads the WNBA in scoring by nearly six points per game. The second and biggest narrative is that the Lynx are clearly on a mission to win the franchise's fifth WNBA championship after coming a controversial call away from winning a title last season.

Despite being the front-runner to win her first MVP award this season, Collier’s singular focus this season is to lead the Lynx to a world championship, not win a MVP award.

“The goal every year is to win a title, and I feel we really good we have the group this year to go do it,” Collier said. “We simply need to make sure we take care of ourselves every game and do what we can.”

So far, so good for the Lynx, as they started the season 9-0 and currently sit at 10-1 at the top of the standings after blowing out the Los Angeles Sparks 101-78 on Saturday at Target Center. A big off-court component to Minnesota’s success is the coaching and leadership of veteran head coach Cheryl Reeve, whose steady and consistent style of leadership has played a big role in why the Lynx are out of the gate rolling. Reeve is a four-time WNBA Coach of the Year who knows a thing or two about bouncing back when losing in the Finals the previous season, as she had led Minnesota to titles in 2013 and 2017 after doing just that.

“We get excited by playing one game at a time, and that’s so boring, but that’s how we do things and how you stack up wins, which has been our mindset this season,” Reeve said after a recent victory over the Dallas Wings.

Add in, Collier’s running mate and the heart and soul of Minnesota’s talented squad Kayla McBride has hit the ground running after missing the first three games of the season due to a personal situation and its easy to see why the Lynx are going to be a problem for the entire WNBA all season long.

“It’s very in circle what we talk about and the things we talk about when it comes to our motivation, but everything we do is for each other,” McBride said. “We know what happened last year, and it hurt, and everybody in the world talked about and saw what happened. What we built in the locker room is the most important thing, and we continue to build upon that every day as it’s a new journey this season, and we have obviously started off great.”