MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Lynx fans poured into downtown Minneapolis on Friday night to cheer on their team despite back-to-back losses in Games 2 and 3 of the WNBA Finals.
The fans were rewarded with a spectacle of a game that ended with a Lynx victory in the closing seconds.
"I think of so much energy from winning tonight they'll be able to win in New York," Hariet Grunewald said.
The victory was anything but certain until the closing moments of the game, but fans remained optimistic.
"This is my first Lynx game, and so I'm excited about that and being here, and we're going to win, we're going to win," Stacey Hayes said.
As the series extends to a winner-take-all Game 5 in New York, even Liberty fans appreciated the moment for the WNBA.
"Obviously, all eyes are on the WNBA. All eyes are on the finals, and it's just great to see the games growing and seeing the players and the organizations finally getting the respect they deserve as professional athletes," New York Liberty fan Marqweesha Guthrie, who came from New Jersey, said.