MINNEAPOLIS – The end of Tuesday’s Lynx shootaround was reserved for a special celebration for Sylvia Fowles, the team’s imposing center was celebrating her 30th birthday.

“Couldnt be much better,” Fowles said of her birthday falling on the day of Game 2. “I woke up smiling this morning, I’m happy. I’m filled with energy. I’m happy to be here with my teammates celebrating my 30th birthday and it makes it better we have a Finals game tonight.”

Fowles, who found a few moments to eat some birthday cake with the rest of her teammates, said that her focus was entirely on the game and not on the milestone birthday.

For a gift, of sorts, she gets to match up against a feisty Indiana Fever team that will throw a few bodies, namely Erlana Larkins, at her in the post. After Fowles scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in Game 1, don’t expect the Fever to be extending any birthday wishes.