| Moore Named WNBA MVP |
| By Sally Haase August 22, 2014 Maya Moore’s incredible season gets recognition by the league, before the WNBA playoffs were set to start; the league announced that the Minnesota Lynx forward is the 2014 MVP. It is the first honor as league MVP for Moore, who was named finals MVP in last season’s Lynx championship win. Moore’s campaign for MVP started on day one when the Lynx had to start the season without Rebekkah Brunson, Devereaux Peters and Monica Wright. Even with three key players on the bench the Lynx did not miss a beat and that was due to Moore stepping up and filling in when needed. There were times when Moore’s points were low, but she made up for it in in rebounds, assists, or her pesky, swarming defense. The Lynx are a very well balanced team, so if Moore was having an off night offensively, and it did actually happen a few times; there were other players there to pick up the offense. Moore got to show off her trophy to the Lynx fans before the start of their playoff series against the San Antonio Stars and Moore certainly showed she deserved the trophy during the game. Guard Lindsay Whalen set up Moore on a spectacular underhanded alley-oop play that could best be described as Jordanesque. A fitting comparison since Moore wears the number 23. The Lynx got off to a blazing start in the game, leading by 15 going into the fourth quarter, but had to battle by the end of the game winning 88-84. Moore led all scorers with 26 points and also made the stat line in rebounds, assists, steals and blocks. And that is how a stat line of the MVP should look like. Game two of the Lynx and Stars series will be Saturday in San Antonio. |
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