The month of May belongs to the Minnesota Lynx.

Minnesota is 4-0 heading into its home game Friday against the Indiana Fever, whom the Lynx knocked off in the 2015 WNBA Finals.

The fast start stretches Minnesota’s May winning streak to 15 games. May regular-season games are generally played every other year, when the WNBA schedule is interrupted by the world championships or the Olympics. The last time the Lynx lost in May was 2010.

The Pioneer Press talked with Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve on Thursday to find out what has led to the early season dominance.

Q: It seems like you’ve been playing pretty well across the board, but have you seen a biggest contributing factor as to why you’re 4-0?

CR: Efficiency. I think efficiency on offense is the name of the game. We have a really strong understanding of our identity, and that comes from having so many veterans. I think being one of the top offensive teams in terms of offensive rating and being a good defensive team – we’re not great yet, we’ve got to take another step in that area – but I think our offensive efficiency has probably been the biggest reason. Related Articles Moore’s 34 points helps Lynx stay unbeaten

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Q: Maybe the best example of that efficiency has been the way Maya Moore has played (25 points a game on 59 percent shooting). Is that pace maintainable?

CR: I think so, because what you see her doing is just being a really, really intelligent veteran that learned in hard moments last season. Everything she has learned in her years as a pro is kind of coming out now in her game, so that’s just a great sign. People were asking how could she improve, well this is what you’re seeing. This is improvement. She always has trusted her teammates, and so she’s really embracing our identity and how we want to do things, and she’s at the forefront. She’s leading our team through that. That’s leading to life being a little bit easier for her. She’s not running around trying to take hard shots and zapping herself of energy.

Q: Sylvia Fowles (18.5 points, 10.8 rebounds a game) seems to have picked up where she left off in last year’s finals. Is this increased production a product of her being more comfortable in Year 2 in this system?

CR: I think so. I think as helpful as she was last season, we still knew that we had plenty of places we could go to get more out of her, and we were each kind of taking it day by day and trying to piece it together. So, I think her being in camp and actually coming early … it just gave her the terminology, the nuances of little things you miss when you’re not in a training camp. She got to experience the building blocks. I think that gave her confidence, it gave her a rhythm, it gave her an understanding of what her job is. Obviously the Finals MVP (Award) was probably good momentum, and winning a title over in China continued that momentum. I think she’s pretty locked in to how she can help this team.

Q: Indiana Fever coach Stephanie White took the coaching job at Vanderbilt this week. You got your start in the college ranks. At any point, did you ever consider taking the dive back into college?

CR: I never pursued a job with any real fervor. It was more, ‘Such and such job is open, well that would be interesting.’ I think the reason for that is it’s lucrative. Our situation in the WNBA is really appealing, versus coaching college, in my opinion. The only drawback is the salary, but you could even look at that and say the WNBA is six months. Yeah, we work in the offseason — we have our scouting and whatnot — but a college job is year-round. You don’t get much time off. So if you kind of prorate it, it’s probably not far off. So for me, I think I’m a pro coach. I enjoy players that are older than 22. Not to say that if there was a really appealing college situation that I wouldn’t feel the same way Stephanie felt, but I have really, really enjoyed my time in the WNBA.