The Minnesota Lynx are playing to save their season against the Phoenix Mercury in Game 4 of their contentious WNBA semifinal playoff series Sunday, and they will do so without star forward Napheesa Collier and coach Cheryl Reeve.

Collier was declared out because of a left ankle injury, and Reeve was suspended for her conduct after the play that caused it.

Collier rolled her left ankle when Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas swooped in to steal her dribble and turn it into an uncontested layup, the decisive basket with 21.8 seconds remaining in 84-76 win Friday that gave the host Mercury a 2-1 edge in the best-of-five series.

Reeve ran onto the court and confronted referees. She was restrained by members of her staff and unleashed an expletive-laced critique of the officiating in the postgam

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