Lynx 84-78 Liberty (25 May, 2022) Box Score

New York Liberty

1-5, 0-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NY	23	19	23	13	78
MIN	34	11	18	21	84

Minnesota Lynx

2-6, 1-2 home

New York Liberty

starters
Natasha HowardN. Howard#6
Stefanie DolsonS. Dolson#31
Sami WhitcombS. Whitcomb#32
Rebecca AllenR. Allen#9
Sabrina IonescuS. Ionescu#20
bench
Michaela OnyenwereM. Onyenwere#12
Han XuH. Xu#21
AD DurrA. Durr#25
Crystal DangerfieldC. Dangerfield#3
Betnijah Laney-HamiltonLaney#44
Lorela CubajL. Cubaj#18
Jocelyn WilloughbyJ. Willoughby#13
DiDi RichardsD. Richards#2
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
29	8-12	2-4	5-6	3	3	6	1	1	0	1	2	-4	23
19	0-2	0-1	2-4	1	4	5	0	0	2	1	3	-14	2
28	1-11	0-9	0-0	0	3	3	9	0	0	1	2	-13	2
33	8-20	4-8	1-2	0	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	+1	21
31	3-10	2-6	2-2	1	8	9	7	0	0	3	4	-1	10
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
12	3-7	0-0	2-2	1	3	4	0	1	0	2	2	-6	8
22	5-6	1-2	0-0	2	5	7	0	0	2	0	0	+8	11
10	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	-7	0
17	0-2	0-1	1-2	1	3	4	4	0	0	2	4	+6	1
DNP-LEFT KNEE
DNP-CONCUSSION PROTOCOL
DNP-LEFT KNEE
DNP-RIGHT HAMSTRING
	28-71	9-32	13-18	9	30	39	24	4	6	13	20		78
	39.4%	28.1%	72.2%

Minnesota Lynx

starters
Jessica ShepardJ. Shepard#10
Sylvia FowlesS. Fowles#34
Kayla McBrideK. McBride#21
Moriah JeffersonM. Jefferson#4
Aerial PowersA. Powers#3
bench
Bridget CarletonB. Carleton#6
Nikolina MilicN. Milic#31
Rachel BanhamR. Banham#15
Evina WestbrookE. Westbrook#2
Natalie AchonwaN. Achonwa#11
Damiris DantasD. Dantas#12
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
33	4-10	0-1	0-0	2	9	11	4	0	0	0	3	+13	8
34	6-12	0-0	2-5	5	9	14	0	2	1	2	3	+8	14
34	3-11	2-6	7-8	2	3	5	3	1	0	4	1	+12	15
25	3-9	2-2	4-4	0	1	1	4	1	0	2	1	-1	12
32	3-13	0-2	12-14	1	8	9	2	2	2	1	1	+8	18
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
9	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-4	2
12	3-5	0-0	0-0	2	3	5	0	1	0	1	1	-8	6
15	2-4	1-2	2-2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	+7	7
6	1-3	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	-5	2
DNP-RIGHT HAMSTRING
DNP-RIGHT FOOT
	26-70	5-14	27-33	12	33	45	17	7	3	10	16		84
	37.1%	35.7%	81.8%

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

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 2-1

Liberty
78
Lynx
84

Game 1

25/5

Lynx
84
Liberty
77

Game 2

5/6

Lynx
69
Liberty
88

Game 3

8/6

Target Center

1:00 AM, 25 May 2022

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 6,104

Referees:
Eric Brewton
Byron Jarrett
Matt Kallio

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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New York Liberty

Minnesota Lynx

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 2-1

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