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Lynx win over Fever attracts rallies for, against Cunningham

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MINNEAPOLIS -- A crowd of critics and supporters of Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham's stance on transgender participation in women's sports gathered around and inside Target Center on Sunday as her team faced the Minnesota Lynx.

Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve wore a light blue shirt under her jacket that said, "Trans kids belong" as she directed her team -- the top club in the WNBA -- to a 108-100 win over the Fever. There were fans in the stands wearing T-shirts that read, "Trans kids belong in sports."

It's the third straight Fever game that drew a rally after Cunningham recently voiced support for barring transgender girls and women from girls' and women's sports in an ESPN article published last week.

"Both of us understand that we have platforms and we both talked about wanting to, more than anything, educate," Reeve said. "There are some things that we have in common, and maybe some things you differ on, just like any issues. I think it's how you handle things. It was nice to be in person, for sure."

Cunningham was booed by the crowd on her first touch of the game and throughout.

Outside the arena, dozens of fans gathered near the entrance. A person using a loudspeaker repeated over and over, "Protect trans women." There were signs held up that read, "Love is truth" and "Thank you Sophie."

Asked how she and the team are navigating the outside conversations, Caitlin Clark said after the game, "I think we're excellent."

"I think it's for leagues and governing bodies to work with their athletes to find solutions. Our focus is on basketball. That's what we talk about and how we can get wins and obviously we didn't do that tonight. So we need to find an area to improve in that way."

Any reaction?

"I just answered," Clark said.

Cunningham said Friday in Portland that she wasn't concerned about rallies against transgender participation in women's sports becoming a distraction for the Fever.

"I think everyone who knows me personally, they know that I'm full of love. I'm bubbly. I love the people around me," Cunningham said Friday. "I love basketball. I love inspiring the next generation and doing that in a positive light. And so that doesn't even cross my mind. Doesn't cross my teammates' minds."