**PHOENIX** — The No. 1 seed Minnesota Lynx will be without their star forward Napheesa Collier for Game 4 of the WNBA semifinals, the team announced Saturday.
Collier suffered a left ankle injury with 21.8 seconds remaining in a Game 3 loss to the Phoenix Mercury. Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve said afterward that Collier “probably has a fracture.”
In addition to Collier’s injury news, Reeve was suspended Saturday for her postgame rant against the officiating.
“When you let the physicality happen, people get hurt, there’s fights, and this is the look that our league wants for some reason,” Reeve said. “One of the best players in the league shot zero free throws. Zero. And she had five fouls. She got her shoulder pulled out and finished the game with her leg being taken out.”
The Phoenix Mercury currently lead the best-of-five series two games to one and would advance to the WNBA Finals with a victory Sunday at PHX Arena (8 p.m. ET, ESPN).
### What We Know About Napheesa Collier’s Injury:
**Is Napheesa Collier playing vs. Mercury on Sunday?**
The Minnesota Lynx announced that Napheesa Collier will not play Sunday in Game 4 of the semifinals.
**Napheesa Collier injury timeline:**
Collier’s injury occurred when Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas cleanly swiped the ball from Collier with 23.8 seconds left in Game 3, as the Mercury led 82-76. Thomas appeared to make contact with Collier’s knee, causing Collier to turn her left ankle.
Collier went down clutching her ankle and did not return to the game. No foul was called on the play, which infuriated Coach Reeve and led to her receiving a second technical foul and subsequent ejection.
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