Napheesa Collier scored a career-high 18 points in a single quarter and Courtney Williams refused to miss in 99-84 Lynx win.

Better, it was the WNBA debut for native Minnesotan and former UConn star Paige Bueckers, who won a national title for the Huskies just weeks ago before being drafted first overall in the WNBA draft.

Open any ecology textbook and you’ll find the Canada lynx, the snowshoe hare, and their wildly oscillating population cycles ...