Sun 98-93 Lynx (18 Jun, 2017) Box Score

Connecticut Sun

5-5, 3-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CONN	22	23	29	24	98
MIN	22	25	28	18	93

Minnesota Lynx

9-1, 3-1 home

Connecticut Sun

starters
Shekinna StricklenS. Stricklen#40
Alyssa ThomasA. Thomas#25
Jonquel JonesJ. Jones#35
Jasmine ThomasJ. Thomas#5
Courtney WilliamsC. Williams#10
bench
Danielle AdamsD. Adams#11
Kayla PedersenK. Pedersen#7
Brionna JonesB. Jones#42
Rachel BanhamR. Banham#1
Lynetta KizerL. Kizer#12
Morgan TuckM. Tuck#33
Feyonda FitzgeraldF. Fitzgerald#2
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
33	5-12	3-9	0-0	0	4	4	3	1	0	2	1	+3	13
35	9-15	0-0	2-3	1	7	8	8	0	1	2	4	+11	20
37	6-7	2-2	2-2	2	6	8	2	4	4	2	3	+8	16
34	8-16	4-6	0-2	1	5	6	6	3	1	7	3	+8	20
28	6-13	0-2	0-0	2	4	6	4	1	1	2	2	-1	12
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	-3	0
14	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	2
3	2-3	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-3	4
14	4-7	1-3	2-3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	+2	11
DNP-BACK INJURY
DNP-KNEE INJURY
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	41-74	10-22	6-10	9	27	36	26	9	9	17	16		98
	55.4%	45.5%	60.0%

Minnesota Lynx

starters
Rebekkah BrunsonR. Brunson#32
Maya MooreM. Moore#23
Sylvia FowlesS. Fowles#34
Lindsay WhalenL. Whalen#13
Seimone AugustusS. Augustus#33
bench
Plenette PiersonP. Pierson#22
Natasha HowardN. Howard#3
Jia PerkinsJ. Perkins#7
Renee MontgomeryR. Montgomery#21
Temi FagbenleT. Fagbenle#14
Alexis JonesA. Jones#12
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
33	4-7	2-2	1-3	2	2	4	5	2	0	2	3	-8	11
34	9-17	2-6	2-2	0	4	4	4	3	2	0	2	-5	22
35	5-9	0-0	2-3	1	6	7	3	3	0	2	3	-11	12
25	7-14	1-3	0-0	0	2	2	3	0	0	4	4	-10	15
30	6-12	1-2	0-0	0	2	2	4	3	0	2	1	-6	13
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
9	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	+3	0
6	1-2	0-0	1-1	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	+6	3
10	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	+1	0
19	5-9	1-3	6-7	0	0	0	3	2	1	2	1	+5	17
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	37-72	7-16	12-16	3	18	21	26	14	3	13	15		93
	51.4%	43.8%	75.0%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

1:16

Sun hand the Lynx their first loss

1:16

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 2-1

Sun
78
Lynx
80

Game 1

24/5

Lynx
82
Sun
68

Game 2

27/5

Sun
98
Lynx
93

Game 3

18/6

Xcel Energy Center

1:00 AM, 18 June 2017

Saint Paul, MN

Attendance: 10,121

Referees:
Vladimir Voyard-Tadal
Vladimir Voyard-Tadal
Roy Gulbeyan
Natalie Sago

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New York	32	8	.800	-	L1
Connecticut	28	12	.700	4	W1
Indiana	20	20	.500	12	L1
Atlanta	15	25	.375	17	W3
Washington	14	26	.350	18	W1
Chicago	13	27	.325	19	L5

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	30	10	.750	-	L1
Las Vegas	27	13	.675	3	W5
Seattle	25	15	.625	5	W1
Phoenix	19	21	.475	11	L1
Dallas	9	31	.225	21	L9
Los Angeles	8	32	.200	22	W1

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