Carleton robbed of WNBA title

Bridget Carleton. (Photo by Dave Gough)

Chatham’s Bridget Carleton and her Minnesota Lynx team were robbed of a WNBA title.

That’s the narrative that is being put forth in both the national and social media on Monday, following the New York Liberty won a decisive Game 5 67-62 in overtime in New York on Sunday night.

“It’s a shame that officiating had such a hand in a series like this,” Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve said after the game. “Obviously there’s always going to be a team that’s going to be a little more disappointed than the other. I thought today was incredibly disappointing.”

“This (expletive) ain’t that hard,” she added. “Officiating, it’s not that hard.”

Reeve went so far as to say the game was “stolen” from the Lynx.

Social media chimed in, including NBA icon LeBron James who tweeted, “I’m sorry but that wasn’t a foul! Let the damn players dictate the outcome of a close battled tested game.”

Carleton, a John McGregor Secondary School graduate, is a starter with the Lynx. In Game 5 she had three points and six rebounds.