Lynx coach Reeve stewing over loss until Sunday's tip-off

The Lynx face Indiana on Sunday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Game 4 of the WNBA Finals. It is the second time they have been in an elimination situation in this year's playoffs. They were tied 1-1 in the best-of-three opening playoff series with Seattle.

October 21, 2012 at 5:23PM

"It's no question we saw things that have to be fixed to be competitive in Game 4," Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve said on Saturday.

"We have all done this for a long time. You win games, you lose games, and you figure out how to put it behind you. The best way, for me as a coach, is to watch the video and take action steps from there.

"Players are resilient; they have short-term memories which are great. Coaches, we will stew about it until the ball gets tipped up and we have something else to think about."

The tip-off it set for about 7:05 p.m. Sunday -- Minneapolis time.

"They don't want to come back to Minnesota," Reeve said. "That's one of the first things out of [Fever coach Lin Dunn's] mouth. We are going to do our best to bring them back to Minnesota."

The Lynx were 16-1 during regular-season at Target Center, losing only to Connecticut. And, in the playoffs, they are 4-1 at home, losing only Game 1 to Indiana. Add that up, that's 20-2.

"I feel blessed to walk in [Saturday] morning and be in front of the players that I have," Reeve said. "[We have] great leadership, great resolve, tremendous players. I like our chances."

PRESSURE ON BOTH TEAMS

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"We've got the obvious pressure: if we don't play these next 40 minutes as best we can, our season is over," Lynx guard Seimone Augustus said. "And for them, being in this situation in 2009 [up 2-1 against Phoenix in the Finals and losing] and being in a similar situation now, to have to relive that would be disappointing for them.

"I don't like being in that situation," Augustus said, referring to being down 2-1 in the best-of-five Finals. "I'd rather be up right now in the series instead of being down one game to two; but we're going to play it out, give it everything we have and try to bring it back to Minnesota."

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