Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve was asked about Napheesa Collier not winning the 2025 WNBA MVP award on Sunday.

One day after Alanna Smith was named the WNBA Co-Defensive Player of the Year, star forward Napheesa Collier has been named a finalist for the 2025 MVP award. Collier is a finalist along with A'Ja Wilson (Las Vegas Aces), Alyssa Thomas (Phoenix Mercury), Kelsey Mitchell (Indiana Fever) and Allisha Gray (Atlanta Dream).

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Aces superstar A'ja Wilson was named WNBA MVP for the fourth time in her career Sunday. She led the league in scoring and blocks, but voters still had an incredibly tough decision to make between her, Lynx superstar Napheesa Collier and even triple-double machine Alyssa Thomas.

Now in the playoffs, Missourian Napheesa Collier is the best player on the league's best team as it chases a record fifth title and her first.

Napheesa Collier made a go-ahead 18-footer with 1:24 left on the way to 24 points, and the top-seeded Minnesota Lynx rallied from a 17-point third-quarter deficit to beat the Golden State Valkyries 75-74 and move on in the WNBA playoffs.