Sparks-Lynx Game 5 ending was the chaos we expected

The Minnesota Lynx held a 10-point lead over the Los Angeles Sparks in the last minute and 30 seconds of a decisive WNBA Finals game and ... OF COURSE THIS ONE WASN’T OVER, HAVE YOU EVER WATCHED THESE TEAMS PLAY?!?

Chaos. Pure chaos. AGAIN!

These teams torture their fans until the bitter end of every single game, every time they face off. This Game 5 was no different, and frankly, it wouldn’t have felt right if LA went gentle into that good night. Why start now?

It’s almost as if the league has staged these games. Actually, I might even insist that they do. I mean, going into Wednesday night’s winner-takes-all, these teams were tied, 908-908, in their last 12 games. Literally, what the heck?

That includes Chelsea Gray’s buzzer-beater in Game 1 of this year, Alana Beard’s buzzer-beater in Game 1 of last year, and of course, Nneka Ogwumike’s game-winning bucket at the buzzer in Game 5 of last year. Yeah, that seems natural, WNBA.

I’m on to you.

Movies have been scripted worse — and writers have time to make those dramatic. Seriously, The Revenant had Leonardo DiCaprio getting eaten alive by a bear, but nope, Sparks-Lynx is better. I screamed more in the last few minutes of Game 5 than I did through that entire two and a half hour film.

Of course this measly 10-point lead wasn’t lasting 90 seconds.

Here’s what happened:

Riquana Williams gets (sorta) fouled on a three-point attempt.

She makes the first two, and intentionally misses the third in an attempt to gain another possession.

That’s a bad idea when Sylvia Fowles isn’t on your team.

But, OK, with an eight-point lead, this game is still comfortably out of reach.

All Minnesota has to do is not turn the ball over and ...

Oh, come on.

The trap works because, by law, this game can’t end in a normal fashion.

Lol, OK. Sparks go ahead and do it.

We all know what’s coming.

Yup.

A number of near-steals finally turns into a definitive one, and Odyssey Sims converts an and-1 for her fifth point in 11 seconds.

Lynx-Sparks is a high we don’t ever want to come down from.

Please don’t end this, Maya Moore.

OK, guess this game wasn’t scripted after all.

Seimone Augustus nearly turned the ball over again, but saved it from going backcourt.

Then Moore pulled up for an inexplicable, but clutch, jumper that LA couldn’t recover from.

Until next year, beautifully chaotic Sparks-Lynx basketball.