Lynx 79-68 Mystics (16 Aug, 2024) Box Score

Washington Mystics

6-20, 3-11 away

	1	2	3	4	T
WSH	15	22	21	10	68
MIN	18	17	23	21	79

Minnesota Lynx

18-8, 12-3 home

Washington Mystics

starters
Stefanie DolsonS. Dolson#31
Shakira AustinS. Austin#0
Brittney SykesB. Sykes#20
Karlie SamuelsonK. Samuelson#44
Ariel AtkinsA. Atkins#7
bench
Myisha Hines-AllenM. Hines-Allen#2
Aaliyah EdwardsA. Edwards#24
Julie VanlooJ. Vanloo#35
Shatori Walker-KimbroughS. Walker-Kimbrough#32
Jade MelbourneJ. Melbourne#5
Emily EngstlerE. Engstler#21
DiDi RichardsD. Richards#12
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
25	2-6	2-5	0-0	0	6	6	4	0	0	3	1	-10	6
20	4-9	0-1	1-4	3	7	10	2	3	0	3	4	-1	9
22	4-12	1-3	2-4	0	4	4	3	0	0	1	1	-10	11
29	3-8	1-4	0-0	0	3	3	1	1	0	1	1	-9	7
31	3-11	1-4	5-5	0	3	3	2	0	1	3	2	-10	12
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
16	0-2	0-1	2-2	0	2	2	3	1	0	1	2	-5	2
18	3-4	0-0	3-4	0	2	2	1	0	3	0	4	-3	9
15	0-4	0-3	0-0	0	2	2	2	3	0	2	2	-4	0
15	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	-8	2
9	4-5	2-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	+5	10
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-INJURY/ILLNESS
	24-64	7-25	13-19	3	29	32	19	8	5	16	18		68
	37.5%	28.0%	68.4%

Minnesota Lynx

starters
Bridget CarletonB. Carleton#6
Alanna SmithA. Smith#8
Napheesa CollierN. Collier#24
Kayla McBrideK. McBride#21
Courtney WilliamsC. Williams#10
bench
Cecilia ZandalasiniC. Zandalasini#9
Dorka JuhaszD. Juhasz#14
Diamond MillerD. Miller#1
Natisha HiedemanN. Hiedeman#2
Sika KoneS. Kone#3
Alissa PiliA. Pili#35
Olivia EpoupaO. Epoupa#0
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
29	2-6	0-4	0-0	1	3	4	2	0	0	1	3	+16	4
33	4-10	1-4	3-3	0	8	8	1	0	1	1	4	+6	12
30	6-13	1-3	4-6	1	11	12	4	2	0	2	2	+7	17
29	2-10	2-8	6-7	2	2	4	3	4	0	2	2	+11	12
26	6-14	2-3	0-0	0	4	4	5	1	0	2	5	+14	14
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
13	2-5	0-1	0-1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	+2	4
13	2-5	1-1	2-2	0	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	+6	7
12	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	3	3	0	2	0	0	1	-4	2
14	3-4	1-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	-3	7
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	28-70	8-26	15-19	4	36	40	16	9	1	13	18		79
	40.0%	30.8%	78.9%

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

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 4-0

Mystics
67
Lynx
74

Game 1

7/7

Mystics
68
Lynx
79

Game 2

16/8

Lynx
99
Mystics
83

Game 3

17/8

Lynx
78
Mystics
71

Game 4

8/9

Target Center

1:00 AM, 16 August 2024

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 7,224

Referees:
Jeff Wooten
Maj Forsberg
Paul Tuomey

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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Washington Mystics

Minnesota Lynx

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 4-0

Game Information

2023-24 Eastern Conference Standings

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