Lynx 90-81 Sun (5 Oct, 2024) Box Score

Minnesota Lynx

30-10, 14-6 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	23	25	20	22	90
CONN	16	20	18	27	81

Connecticut Sun

28-12, 14-6 home

Minnesota Lynx

starters
B. Carleton F
A. Smith F
N. Collier F
K. McBride G
C. Williams G
bench
M. Hines-Allen F
C. Zandalasini F
D. Juhasz F
D. Miller F
A. Pili F
N. Hiedeman G
O. Epoupa G
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
33	4-8	1-4	3-3	2	4	6	0	0	2	0	4	+7	12
26	2-2	1-1	2-4	0	3	3	1	0	3	3	6	+7	7
33	11-19	0-1	4-5	2	9	11	3	2	1	1	2	+11	26
37	5-13	2-6	1-1	0	1	1	5	2	0	0	0	+13	13
32	7-10	0-0	2-2	0	1	1	8	0	1	3	0	+9	16
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
11	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	4	4	3	0	0	1	0	+2	2
10	2-3	1-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	-2	5
10	2-2	0-0	1-2	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	-2	5
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	1-2	0-1	2-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	4
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	35-61	5-15	15-19	6	23	29	22	5	7	10	19		90
	57.4%	33.3%	78.9%

Connecticut Sun

starters
D. Bonner F
A. Thomas F
B. Jones F
M. Mabrey G
D. Carrington G
bench
C. Bickle F
O. Nelson-Ododa F
A. Ndour-Fall C
T. Harris G
V. Burton G
T. Mitchell G
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
36	4-9	2-4	6-7	2	6	8	1	1	0	0	2	-8	16
40	5-10	0-0	3-5	4	5	9	7	0	0	4	1	-9	13
30	8-13	0-1	5-5	4	0	4	5	0	0	2	4	-3	21
36	6-20	1-11	1-1	1	4	5	4	0	1	1	3	-11	14
33	6-15	0-2	1-3	2	3	5	2	2	0	1	2	-9	13
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	-5	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	+1	0
10	1-4	0-2	2-2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	-1	4
DNP-ILLNESS
	30-73	3-20	18-23	13	20	33	21	3	1	11	15		81
	41.1%	15.0%	78.3%

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

1:32

Napheesa Collier's 26-point night powers Lynx to Game 3 victory

1:32

Napheesa Collier uses spin move for Lynx layup

0:21

Marina Mabrey's 3 cuts Sun's deficit

0:17

Sun
73
Lynx
70

Game 1

30/9

Sun
70
Lynx
77

Game 2

2/10

Lynx
90
Sun
81

Game 3

5/10

Lynx
Sun

Game 4

6/10

Sun
Lynx

Game 5

8/10

Mohegan Sun Arena

12:30 AM, 5 October 2024

Uncasville, CT

Attendance: 8,268

Referees:
Jeff Wooten
Fatou Cissoko-Stephens
Eric Brewton

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

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

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