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WNBA favorites Mercury, Lynx meet in season opener
- Updated: May 14, 2016
The Minnesota Lynx are well aware of the difficulty in repeating as WNBA champions.
The Phoenix Mercury expect to make it that much harder.
As the Lynx begin their quest for a fourth title in six years, the Mercury enter Target Center on Saturday night with equally high expectations after getting Diana Taurasi back in the fold.
Despite indisputably establishing itself as the league’s preeminent power of this decade, back-to-back championships remain an elusive feat for Minnesota. The Lynx were upset by Indiana in the 2012 WNBA Finals and fell to a powerhouse Mercury squad in the 2014 Western Conference finals before avenging both defeats during last year’s run.
With a chance to become the third franchise to repeat and first since Los Angeles in 2002, the Lynx don’t figure to rest on their lofty accomplishments.
“I’m not going to shy away from the idea that this group deserves to have on …
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