When asked after the game how her score dropped in the second half, Collier noted, “Yeah, probably because I got held a little bit. It was a little difficult to take pictures.”

Collier has never taken 20 shots in a game — she was officially 11-for-23 from the field — without going to the line. See you Sunday.

“It’s a shame the referee had such a hand,” Reeve said, referring not just to the play, but to the entire series. Reeve noted that the WNBA challenge rule does not require a third party to review the call, and said that needed to change. She said she believed if that piece was sent to the league, the ruling would have been incidental contact.

“That was not a violation,” Reeve said.

But that wasn’t the Lynx’s only problem in another physical battle. This was the Liberty’s first championship in six tries in the finals.