Minnesota Lynx @ Seattle Storm

First Round

18-16, 7-10 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Lynx MIN	21	20	18	15	74
Storm SEA	29	18	17	20	84

Seattle StormStormSEA

18-16, 11-6 Home

Minnesota Lynx

starters
Damiris DantasD. Dantas#92
Napheesa CollierN. Collier#24
Sylvia FowlesS. Fowles#34
Danielle RobinsonD. Robinson#3
Odyssey SimsO. Sims#1
bench
Stephanie TalbotS. Talbot#8
Temi FagbenleT. Fagbenle#14
Seimone AugustusS. Augustus#33
Lexie BrownL. Brown#4
Karima Christmas-KellyK. Christmas-Kelly#0
Jessica ShepardJ. Shepard#10
Bridget CarletonB. Carleton#21
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
28	20	8-13	2-6	2-2	6	1	5	2	0	1	5	3	-3
38	19	8-11	1-3	2-4	10	3	4	2	1	2	8	3	-10
24	14	7-13	0-0	0-0	11	0	3	0	2	3	8	0	-11
19	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	4	3	2	0	0	2	2	2	-21
19	1	0-2	0-0	1-2	1	5	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
15	5	2-4	1-2	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	-11
16	4	2-4	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	0
21	6	3-11	0-1	0-0	3	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	+6
20	5	2-9	1-6	0-0	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
DNP-KNEE INJURY
DNP-ACL
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	74	32-70	5-19	5-8	38	16	18	6	6	11	27	15
		46%	26%	63%

Seattle Storm

starters
Alysha ClarkA. Clark#32
Natasha HowardN. Howard#6
Mercedes RussellM. Russell#2
Jewell LoydJ. Loyd#24
Jordin CanadaJ. Canada#21
bench
Crystal LanghorneC. Langhorne#1
Kaleena Mosqueda-LewisK. Mosqueda-Lewis#23
Courtney ParisC. Paris#3
Shavonte ZellousS. Zellous#11
Sami WhitcombS. Whitcomb#33
Blake DietrickB. Dietrick#12
Sue BirdS. Bird#10
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
26	4	1-5	1-4	1-2	2	1	1	4	1	0	2	4	+6
27	2	1-4	0-1	0-0	7	6	2	0	2	3	4	4	+11
32	13	6-7	0-0	1-1	9	2	1	0	1	0	9	1	+1
26	22	6-14	3-4	7-8	2	3	2	3	0	1	1	1	+11
33	26	10-21	1-3	5-6	3	4	1	2	0	0	3	2	+13
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
17	2	1-4	0-2	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	+3
14	5	2-3	0-1	1-1	1	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	+4
4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	+5
7	4	2-4	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0
14	6	2-4	2-2	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1
0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3
DNP-KNEE INJURY
	84	31-66	7-17	15-18	28	18	11	10	7	4	24	15
		47%	41%	83%

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

Matchups

MIN

SEA wins series

1-0

SEA

Game 1@ SEA

Final

Game Information

Everett, WA

Referee:Che Flores

Referee:Roy Gulbeyan

Referee:Isaac Barnett

Referee:Billy Smith

Women's National Basketball Assoc.

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	34	10	.773	-	W1
Las Vegas	30	14	.682	4	W16
Phoenix	27	17	.614	7	L3
Seattle	23	21	.523	11	W1
Golden State	23	21	.523	11	L3
Los Angeles	21	23	.477	13	L1
Dallas	10	34	.227	24	W1

WNBA News

Sources: Houston Comets hire ex-ESPN NBA reporter Kevin Pelton

The soon-to-be Houston Comets have hired former ESPN NBA reporter Kevin Pelton for a front office role, sources told ESPN.

17h

Nikola Jokic's reaction to Caitlin Clark's praise? A smirk and one liner

According to Jokic, the explanation behind Clark's high praise for him Sunday night is simple: The two share an agent.

18h

Sun reach deal with Rockets owner, moving to Houston in 2027

The Connecticut Sun have reached an agreement to sell the team to Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta and will move to Houston in 2027.

21h

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