It’s easy to overlook some of the Lynx’s many accomplishments.

Heck, even head coach and general manager Cheryl Reeve did so after the Lynx won their 28th game of the 2016 season on Sept. 17 and set a new franchise record for most wins in a single season.

In the moment, after her team’s 95-87 win over the Atlanta Dream, Reeve was of course preparing for the upcoming playoffs.

“It will be busy,” said Reeve, referring to her team’s preparation for the playoffs. “That’s for sure.”

You’ll be hard-pressed to get a quote from Reeve or her players in which they commend a regular-season achievement, so it’s up to us to explain the significance of such feats.

There are 34 games in a typical WNBA regular season. Considering just how competitive this 144-player league is, I can’t decide if winning 28 games or only losing six in a five-month season is a greater accomplishment.

The Lynx are one of just four teams to win 28 or more games in a single regular season, and they’ve done so most recently. The Seattle Storm (2010) and Los Angeles Sparks (2000, 2001) have recorded 28-win seasons, and the Phoenix Mercury set the record for most wins in a single regular season in 2014 when they went 29-5 and eventually won the Finals.

The Lynx were already three-time WNBA champions at this point but were able to break another franchise record. This, of course, was the season they’d go on to lose in Game 5 of the Finals to the Sparks after Nneka Ogwumike hit a fadeaway shot with 3.1 seconds remaining in the game. But don’t let that take away from just how talented and determined the 2016 team was.

The Lynx were in control for most of the game; Atlanta’s largest lead was three points, and they never led after the 8:03 mark of the first quarter. But the Lynx got to their 28th win of the season largely because of Sylvia Fowles who recorded 30 points, eight rebounds, two steals and two blocks against the Dream.

And yet, the Star Tribune’s Rachel Blount reported that Reeve harped on Fowles for her foul trouble in the first half in which she only played 7 minutes, 49 seconds.

Fowles went on to be named the league’s Defensive Player of the Year less than two weeks later.

There’s a good chance Fowles would have never become the defensive player she is today nor the Lynx record a 28-win regular season had Reeve not held her team to higher standards and celebrated regular-season feats as if they were as redeeming as postseason wins.

That’s the Lynx’s winning way of doing things, and it’s fans’ job to celebrate everything this franchise has achieved — even the regular-season victories. Fans can do so by tuning in for Fox Sports North’s re-airing of the Lynx’s 28th win of the 2016 season on Saturday, June 13, at 7 p.m. CT.