Cheryl Reeve makes it known, LA's Nneka Ogwumike is 'the biggest flopper' in WNBA

Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve was mic'd up for Tuesday's Game 2 of the WNBA Finals. Some of her pointed opinions were caught - and aired - by ESPN2.

October 12, 2016 at 5:51AM
Los Angeles Sparks forward Nneka Ogwumike (30) shot 66.5 percent during the regular season, the second-best mark in WNBA history, and was eight of nine from the field in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals.
Los Angeles Sparks forward Nneka Ogwumike (30) shot 66.5 percent during the regular season, the second-best mark in WNBA history, and was eight of nine from the field in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals. (Brian Wicker — Associated Press file/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Tell us how you really feel, Coach.

Numbers aren't yet in for Tuesday night's WNBA Finals Game 2 between the Lynx and LA Sparks at Target Center. But if they're anything like the Game 1 television audience, more than 500,000 people now know Cheryl Reeve's candid opinions of Nneka Ogwumike.

Reeve, the WNBA coach of the year, was not pleased that Sylvia Fowles was called for a foul (later upgraded to a Flagrant 1) on Ogwumike, the WNBA's MVP, near the end of the first half.

Actually - "not pleased" is putting it mildly.

Reeve's thoughts during (and after) the officials' review of Fowles' foul were aired live on the Deuce.

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Brian Stensaas

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Brian Stensaas has been with the Minnesota Star Tribune since 2004. He is a Multiplatform Editing Team Leader, with reporting experience covering high school sports, the NHL, NBA and professional golf.

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