Minnesota’s Napheesa Collier missed her fifth game, and the Liberty’s Breanna Stewart is still sidelined with a injured knee.

The Minnesota Lynx’s six-game win streak ended Tuesday night with an 85-75 loss to the New York Liberty. It marks the sixth loss of the season for Minnesota, who at 28-6 still lead the WNBA by six games over the Atlanta Dream and 6.5 over the Liberty.

New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu delivered a message to the Minnesota Lynx after a statement win in the heated rivalry.

With less than a month left in the WNBA regular season, the Minnesota Lynx have a firm lock on the top seed in the playoffs.

Breanna Stewart, the Liberty’s past MVP winner, and Napheesa Collier, the Lynx’s future MVP winner, again were sidelined due to injuries.

It's been quite a period of time for the Minnesota Lynx, who have been able to still rule the WNBA world despite losing WNBA MVP candidate Napheesa Collier. The Lynx are now 27-5 this season and in pretty good shape.

If the reigning champion New York Liberty and league-leading Minnesota Lynx didn't already have an official rivalry, they do now thanks to recent comments from Lynx guard Courtney Williams and Liberty coach Sandy Brondello.