Alanna Smith scores 25 and the Lynx hold off the Mystics 80-76 to improve to 16-1 at home

— Alanna Smith scored 25 points, Courtney Williams had 14 and the Minnesota Lynx held off the Washington Mystics 80-76 on Friday night to improve to 16-1 at home this season.
Aug 9, 2025, 03:32 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

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According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Sonia Citron makes layup (Kiki Iriafen assists)
  • Jessica Shepard misses 11-foot jumper
  • Shakira Austin makes 5-foot two point shot (Sug Sutton assists)
  • Courtney Williams makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Alanna Smith assists)
  • Sonia Citron makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Alanna Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Shakira Austin makes two point shot (Sonia Citron assists)
  • Alanna Smith misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Shakira Austin makes two point shot (Sug Sutton assists)
  • Alanna Smith makes driving layup
  • Courtney Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Lucy Olsen misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Shakira Austin misses layup
  • Courtney Williams makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kiki Iriafen makes layup (Lucy Olsen assists)
  • Alanna Smith makes layup (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Emily Engstler makes layup (Lucy Olsen assists)
  • DiJonai Carrington misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kiki Iriafen makes 14-foot step back jumpshot (Jade Melbourne assists)
  • Alanna Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Stefanie Dolson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kiki Iriafen assists)
  • Natisha Hiedeman makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alanna Smith assists)
  • Alysha Clark misses layup
  • Stefanie Dolson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alysha Clark assists)
  • Alanna Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Natisha Hiedeman makes two point shot
  • Maria Kliundikova misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Shakira Austin misses 12-foot step back jumpshot
  • Maria Kliundikova makes layup (Kayla McBride assists)
  • Natisha Hiedeman misses two point shot
  • Sug Sutton misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jessica Shepard misses 6-foot pullup jump shot
  • DiJonai Carrington makes free throw 1 of 2
  • DiJonai Carrington makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kiki Iriafen makes layup (Sug Sutton assists)
  • Maria Kliundikova misses 16-foot jumper
  • Kayla McBride misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla McBride makes driving layup (Maria Kliundikova assists)
  • Jade Melbourne misses driving layup
  • Maria Kliundikova makes 26-foot three point jumper (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
  • Sonia Citron makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kiki Iriafen assists)
  • Sonia Citron misses technical free throw
  • Jessica Shepard misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Jessica Shepard misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Shakira Austin misses driving floating jump shot
  • Courtney Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Bridget Carleton blocks Lucy Olsen 's 3-foot two point shot
  • Alanna Smith makes 3-foot layup (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Alanna Smith blocks Shakira Austin 's 3-foot driving layup
  • Shakira Austin makes driving layup
  • DiJonai Carrington misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Alysha Clark misses layup
  • Lucy Olsen misses driving floating jump shot
  • Kayla McBride misses free throw 1 of 3
  • Kayla McBride makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Kayla McBride makes free throw 3 of 3
  • DiJonai Carrington makes 10-foot two point shot (Alanna Smith assists)
  • Courtney Williams makes two point shot (Bridget Carleton assists)
  • Lucy Olsen makes 23-foot three point jumper (Shakira Austin assists)
  • Alanna Smith misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Alanna Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Lucy Olsen makes 24-foot three point jumper (Shakira Austin assists)
  • Bridget Carleton misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Courtney Williams misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Lucy Olsen misses driving layup
  • Jessica Shepard makes 2-foot layup (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Jessica Shepard makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Courtney Williams makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Bridget Carleton makes 19-foot jumper (Jessica Shepard assists)
  • Courtney Williams misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Sonia Citron makes two point shot (Jade Melbourne assists)
  • Sug Sutton misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Shakira Austin makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Sonia Citron assists)
  • Jessica Shepard misses layup
  • Jade Melbourne misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Sug Sutton makes 13-foot jumper
  • Kayla McBride misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Courtney Williams makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Shakira Austin makes 8-foot two point shot
  • Jessica Shepard misses 2-foot two point shot
  • Emily Engstler misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Lucy Olsen misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Alanna Smith makes 23-foot three point jumper (Bridget Carleton assists)
  • Sonia Citron misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Alanna Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Alanna Smith makes 2-foot layup (Jessica Shepard assists)
  • Sonia Citron makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sug Sutton assists)
  • DiJonai Carrington misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Alanna Smith makes 2-foot layup (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Emily Engstler misses driving layup
  • Alanna Smith makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jessica Shepard assists)
  • Kiki Iriafen misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Kiki Iriafen makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kayla McBride misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Kiki Iriafen makes layup (Sonia Citron assists)
  • Sonia Citron makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kiki Iriafen assists)
  • Jessica Shepard misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Jessica Shepard makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Emily Engstler makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sonia Citron assists)
  • Natisha Hiedeman makes layup (Kayla McBride assists)
  • DiJonai Carrington makes 22-foot three point jumper (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
  • DiJonai Carrington makes two point shot
  • Sug Sutton misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Lucy Olsen misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Sug Sutton makes driving layup
  • Kayla McBride misses driving layup
  • Natisha Hiedeman blocks Lucy Olsen 's 14-foot jumper
  • Stefanie Dolson makes driving layup (Alysha Clark assists)
  • Kiki Iriafen blocks Natisha Hiedeman 's 1-foot layup
  • Alysha Clark makes 22-foot three point jumper (Lucy Olsen assists)
  • Courtney Williams makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Sug Sutton misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Courtney Williams misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Sonia Citron makes 6-foot two point shot (Emily Engstler assists)
  • DiJonai Carrington makes 28-foot three point jumper (Alanna Smith assists)
  • Sonia Citron makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Sonia Citron misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Kayla McBride makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kayla McBride makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Shakira Austin misses layup
  • Shakira Austin misses 14-foot jumper
  • Sug Sutton misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Courtney Williams blocks Shakira Austin 's 7-foot layup
  • Alanna Smith makes layup (Kayla McBride assists)
  • Shakira Austin misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Sonia Citron makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Sonia Citron makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Alanna Smith makes 23-foot three point jumper (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Sonia Citron misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kayla McBride misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Sonia Citron makes driving layup
  • Sonia Citron makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Alanna Smith makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kayla McBride assists)
  • DiJonai Carrington blocks Shakira Austin 's 7-foot two point shot
  • Shakira Austin misses layup
  • Kiki Iriafen makes two point shot
  • Kiki Iriafen makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Courtney Williams misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Sonia Citron misses driving layup
  • Kayla McBride makes driving layup
  • Sonia Citron makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jade Melbourne assists)
  • Courtney Williams makes 15-foot jumper (Bridget Carleton assists)
  • Sug Sutton misses 11-foot jumper
  • Kayla McBride makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kayla McBride makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sug Sutton misses 27-foot three point jumper
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