Minnesota Lynx at Washington Mystics
· Women's National Basketball AssociationNapheesa Collier scores 19 and grabs 12 rebounds as the Lynx beat the Mystics 78-71
Minnesota (26-9) has won three consecutive games and has a 1 1/2-game lead over the Connecticut Sun for the No. 2 seed in the playoffs with five games remaining in the regular season.
Washington (11-24) had won five of its last six games and is 1 1/2-games behind Chicago for the eighth and final playoff spot. The Sky currently hold the tiebreaker over the Mystics due to a 2-1 lead in the regular-season series between the teams. The last meeting will be Wednesday in Chicago.
Collier converted a three-point play with 2:37 to play that gave Minnesota the lead for good at 70-67 and, after a couple missed 3-point shots and a shot clock violation by the Mystics, Bridget Carleton hit a pull-up jumper to push the lead to five points with 1:25 left.
Courtney Williams scored 12 points for the Lynx. Carleton, Natisha Hiedeman and Kayla McBride each added 10.
Brittney Sykes led the Mystics with 13 points, Ariel Atkins added 12 and Stefanie Dolson 11, including three 3-pointers.
Atkins scored 10 points and the Mystics shot 48.6% (17 of 35) from the field in the first half as they took a 39-35 lead into the intermission.
Collier scored six points and grabbed seven rebounds in the third quarter as the Lynx limited Washington to 13 points. Myisha Hines-Allen and Hiedeman converted back-to-back three-point plays and Collier capped an 8-0 spurt that gave Minnesota a 59-55 lead with 6:57 to play.
Regular Season Series
MIN wins series 4-0
Recent Plays
4th 0.0 | End of Game | 78 - 71 | |
4th 0.0 | End of the 4th Quarter | 78 - 71 | |
4th 4.1 | Myisha Hines-Allen makes free throw 2 of 2 | 78 - 71 | |
4th 4.1 | Myisha Hines-Allen makes free throw 1 of 2 | 77 - 71 | |
4th 4.1 | Ariel Atkins personal foul | 76 - 71 |
Statistics
MIN | WSH | |
---|---|---|
27-66 | FG | 29-70 |
40.9 | Field Goal % | 41.4 |
7-24 | 3PT | 11-32 |
29.2 | Three Point % | 34.4 |
17-17 | FT | 2-3 |
100.0 | Free Throw % | 66.7 |
38 | Rebounds | 35 |
7 | Offensive Rebounds | 8 |
31 | Defensive Rebounds | 27 |
19 | Assists | 19 |
7 | Steals | 6 |
1 | Blocks | 3 |
16 | Turnovers | 14 |
0 | Team Turnovers | 2 |
16 | Total Turnovers | 16 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
13 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 21 |
7 | Fast Break Points | 7 |
28 | Points in Paint | 26 |
11 | Fouls | 15 |
7 | Largest Lead | 6 |
Game Information
Location: Washington, DC
Attendance: 4,200 · Capacity:
2023-24 Eastern Conference Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
New York | - | 8 | L1 | 0.8 | 32 |
Connecticut | 4 | 12 | W1 | 0.7 | 28 |
Indiana | 12 | 20 | L1 | 0.5 | 20 |
Atlanta | 17 | 25 | W3 | 0.375 | 15 |
Washington | 18 | 26 | W1 | 0.35 | 14 |
Chicago | 19 | 27 | L5 | 0.325 | 13 |
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