Rookie Collier scores 27, Lynx drop Sky 89-71 in opener

Napheesa Collier scored 27 points, the second most in WNBA history by a rookie in her debut, and the new-look Minnesota Lynx pulled away from the Chicago Sky in the second half for an 89-71 win in the season-opener for both teams Saturday night.
May 26, 2019, 03:49 am - Associated Press

Game Flow

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Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Sylvia Fowles misses 19-foot two point shot
  • Allie Quigley makes 24-foot three point jumper (Gabby Williams assists)
  • Napheesa Collier makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Napheesa Collier misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Sylvia Fowles misses layup
  • Damiris Dantas misses two point shot
  • Gabby Williams makes layup (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
  • Napheesa Collier makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Napheesa Collier misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Diamond DeShields misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Danielle Robinson misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Courtney Vandersloot misses layup
  • Odyssey Sims makes 10-foot two point shot
  • Danielle Robinson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Danielle Robinson misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper misses 15-foot jumper
  • Napheesa Collier misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Stefanie Dolson makes 21-foot jumper (Gabby Williams assists)
  • Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Damiris Dantas assists)
  • Odyssey Sims misses three point jumper
  • Allie Quigley makes 21-foot jumper (Stefanie Dolson assists)
  • Odyssey Sims makes 14-foot jumper
  • Odyssey Sims makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Jantel Lavender makes 1-foot layup (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
  • Napheesa Collier blocks Kahleah Copper's layup
  • Lexie Brown misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Cheyenne Parker misses layup
  • Napheesa Collier makes 2-foot layup (Damiris Dantas assists)
  • Napheesa Collier makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Cheyenne Parker misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Cheyenne Parker makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Stephanie Talbot misses three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper makes two point shot (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
  • Stephanie Talbot makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Jessica Shepard assists)
  • Sylvia Fowles misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Katie Lou Samuelson makes 1-foot layup (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
  • Danielle Robinson misses driving layup
  • Jantel Lavender makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jantel Lavender makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper makes layup
  • Lexie Brown makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Lexie Brown makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Cheyenne Parker blocks Damiris Dantas's layup
  • Danielle Robinson makes layup
  • Cheyenne Parker makes layup (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
  • Jantel Lavender misses 15-foot jumper
  • Danielle Robinson makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Courtney Vandersloot makes 20-foot jumper
  • Lexie Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Damiris Dantas blocks Cheyenne Parker 's 2-foot layup
  • Cheyenne Parker misses layup
  • Danielle Robinson misses 55-foot three point jumper
  • Courtney Vandersloot misses 22-foot jumper
  • Napheesa Collier makes two point shot
  • Courtney Vandersloot makes driving layup
  • Napheesa Collier makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Napheesa Collier makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Chloe Jackson misses 18-foot jumper
  • Gabby Williams misses 16-foot jumper
  • Allie Quigley misses 16-foot jumper
  • Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Sylvia Fowles misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Danielle Robinson misses driving layup
  • Allie Quigley misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Odyssey Sims misses two point shot
  • Gabby Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jantel Lavender assists)
  • Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Odyssey Sims assists)
  • Napheesa Collier blocks Chloe Jackson 's 2-foot layup
  • Lexie Brown makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Courtney Vandersloot makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Odyssey Sims makes technical free throw
  • Gabby Williams makes two point shot
  • Sylvia Fowles makes 2-foot layup (Jessica Shepard assists)
  • Lexie Brown makes 25-foot three point jumper (Odyssey Sims assists)
  • Stefanie Dolson makes 17-foot jumper (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
  • Napheesa Collier makes 23-foot three point jumper (Lexie Brown assists)
  • Courtney Vandersloot misses driving layup
  • Odyssey Sims misses 11-foot jumper
  • Sylvia Fowles makes jumper (Jessica Shepard assists)
  • Napheesa Collier blocks Kahleah Copper 's 9-foot jumper
  • Jessica Shepard misses three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper misses 5-foot jumper
  • Napheesa Collier misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Napheesa Collier makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Allie Quigley makes 16-foot jumper (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
  • Lexie Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Odyssey Sims makes 28-foot three point jumper (Jessica Shepard assists)
  • Cheyenne Parker misses jumper
  • Lexie Brown misses pullup jump shot
  • Allie Quigley makes 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jessica Shepard misses layup
  • Stefanie Dolson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Stefanie Dolson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Napheesa Collier makes layup (Damiris Dantas assists)
  • Gabby Williams misses jumper
  • Danielle Robinson misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Courtney Vandersloot misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Odyssey Sims misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Gabby Williams makes 8-foot two point shot
  • Odyssey Sims misses driving layup
  • Sylvia Fowles makes two point shot
  • Diamond DeShields misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Danielle Robinson makes pullup jump shot
  • Odyssey Sims misses driving layup
  • Diamond DeShields misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Gabby Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Diamond DeShields misses driving layup
  • Stefanie Dolson misses 15-foot jumper
  • Damiris Dantas makes 2-foot layup (Odyssey Sims assists)
  • Damiris Dantas misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Courtney Vandersloot misses three point jumper
  • Danielle Robinson makes layup (Odyssey Sims assists)
  • Jantel Lavender misses layup
  • Jantel Lavender makes two point shot
  • Napheesa Collier makes layup (Jessica Shepard assists)
  • Jantel Lavender misses 22-foot jumper
  • Courtney Vandersloot misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jantel Lavender misses layup
  • Napheesa Collier makes layup (Damiris Dantas assists)
  • Courtney Vandersloot misses driving layup
  • Danielle Robinson makes driving layup
  • Allie Quigley misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jessica Shepard makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jessica Shepard misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Jessica Shepard makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jessica Shepard makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Chloe Jackson makes 17-foot jumper (Gabby Williams assists)
  • Napheesa Collier makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Napheesa Collier makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Gabby Williams misses 19-foot jumper
  • Lexie Brown misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Astou Ndour makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Chloe Jackson assists)
  • Cheyenne Parker blocks Danielle Robinson 's 7-foot jumper
  • Diamond DeShields misses layup
  • Alaina Coates makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Alaina Coates misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Jessica Shepard misses driving layup
  • Alaina Coates misses layup
  • Cheyenne Parker blocks Danielle Robinson 's 2-foot two point shot
  • Lexie Brown misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Gabby Williams misses layup
  • Gabby Williams misses two point shot
  • Napheesa Collier misses 15-foot jumper
  • Odyssey Sims misses driving layup
  • Sylvia Fowles makes two point shot
  • Diamond DeShields misses 20-foot jumper
  • Danielle Robinson misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Napheesa Collier makes 24-foot three point jumper (Odyssey Sims assists)
  • Diamond DeShields misses driving layup
  • Danielle Robinson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Danielle Robinson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Gabby Williams misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Odyssey Sims misses driving layup
  • Cheyenne Parker makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Cheyenne Parker makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Odyssey Sims makes driving layup
  • Cheyenne Parker makes layup (Allie Quigley assists)
  • Allie Quigley misses 21-foot jumper
  • Danielle Robinson misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper makes driving layup
  • Allie Quigley misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jantel Lavender makes layup (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
  • Napheesa Collier makes 24-foot step back jumpshot
  • Danielle Robinson blocks Chloe Jackson 's 19-foot jumper
  • Gabby Williams makes layup (Katie Lou Samuelson assists)
  • Lexie Brown makes 24-foot three point jumper (Danielle Robinson assists)
  • Jantel Lavender makes layup (Katie Lou Samuelson assists)
  • Katie Lou Samuelson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Katie Lou Samuelson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Shao Ting misses layup
  • Alaina Coates makes layup
  • Lexie Brown misses layup
  • Stephanie Talbot misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Chloe Jackson makes layup (Gabby Williams assists)
  • Stephanie Talbot makes layup (Jessica Shepard assists)
  • Chloe Jackson misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Chloe Jackson misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Stephanie Talbot misses 2-foot jump bank shot
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper makes layup (Chloe Jackson assists)
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 1 of 1
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