On paper, UConn women’s basketball great Napheesa Collier had a quiet night in the Minnesota Lynx’s 94-70 rout of the Connecticut Sun on Saturday.

Collier wasn’t even the Lynx’s leading scorer in the victory, finishing with 17 points on 7-for-13 shooting, but the superstar made her presence felt even when it didn’t show in the box score. She took just four shots from the field in the first half with the Sun’s defense keyed in on her, allowing teammates Courtney Williams and Alanna Smith to heat up while bringing down four rebounds and dishing out a pair of assists.

When Connecticut began to chip away at Minnesota’s lead in the second half, Collier immediately ramped up her aggression. She had seven points and four offensive rebounds in the third quarter alone, and she was a defen

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