Minnesota Lynx star and WNBA MVP favorite Napheesa Collier has been upgraded to probable for her team's game on Sunday against the Indiana Fever. Collier, who has not played since Aug. 2 due to a sprained right ankle, is closing in on a return. She went through pregame warm-ups on Friday before being ruled out.

Minnesota Lynx star forward and WNBA MVP frontrunner Napheesa Collier is inching closer to a return from a significant ankle sprain suffered earlier this month.

Entering Friday's game against the Indiana Fever, the Lynx have a 5.5-game cushion over the Dream for the league's best record. Collier, still the league's top scorer at 23.5 points per game, told Bird that she wishes she was back on the court -- but she thinks everything, including the ankle sprain, happens for a reason.

Napheesa Collier and the Minnesota Lynx have been on a roll this season. Collier, who has not played since a sprained right ankle injury on Aug. 2, watched on as her team won at Indiana on Friday.

The Indiana Fever are set to face the Minnesota Lynx three times in their next nine games, including them facing Minnesota twice in a row across their next two

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Lynx star Napheesa Collier, who has missed the past five games with a sprained ankle, has been upgraded to questionable for Thursday's game against the Dream.

Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark will miss her 14th consecutive game with a right groin injury Friday when her team takes on the league-leading Minnesota Lynx. Clark, who was injured late in the Fever's win over the Sun on July 15,