Collier scores 24 points as No. 1 seed Lynx beat Valkyries 75-74 to advance in WNBA playoffs

— Napheesa Collier made a go-ahead 18-footer with 1:24 left on the way to 24 points, and the top-seeded Minnesota Lynx rallied from a 17-point, third-quarter deficit to beat the Golden State Valkyries 75-74 on Wednesday night and move on in the WNBA...
Sep 18, 2025, 05:38 am - AP

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  • Napheesa Collier misses 8-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kaila Charles misses driving floating jump shot
  • Courtney Williams makes 5-foot two point shot
  • Cecilia Zandalasini misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kayla McBride makes 27-foot three point jumper (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Bridget Carleton misses 24-foot three point shot
  • Veronica Burton makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot (Kaila Charles assists)
  • Kaila Charles makes two point shot
  • Napheesa Collier makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Iliana Rupert makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kaila Charles assists)
  • Cecilia Zandalasini makes two point shot
  • Bridget Carleton misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Cecilia Zandalasini misses two point shot
  • Veronica Burton misses two point shot
  • Alanna Smith misses driving layup
  • Alanna Smith makes tip shot
  • Napheesa Collier makes 26-foot three point jumper (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Monique Billings makes 5-foot layup (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Kayla McBride makes layup (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Natisha Hiedeman misses driving floating jump shot
  • Veronica Burton makes 23-foot three point jumper (Iliana Rupert assists)
  • Napheesa Collier misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Janelle Salaun makes 23-foot three point jumper (Iliana Rupert assists)
  • Kayla McBride makes 20-foot running pullup jump shot (Napheesa Collier assists)
  • Cecilia Zandalasini misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Courtney Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Courtney Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jessica Shepard misses 14-foot jumper
  • Monique Billings makes 14-foot jumper (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Kate Martin makes layup (Cecilia Zandalasini assists)
  • Courtney Williams makes 20-foot step back jumpshot (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
  • Kate Martin makes 22-foot three point jumper (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Jessica Shepard misses 30-foot three point jumper
  • Cecilia Zandalasini misses 20-foot step back jumpshot
  • DiJonai Carrington makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot (Kayla McBride assists)
  • Iliana Rupert makes 25-foot three point jumper (Carla Leite assists)
  • Alanna Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Carla Leite misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • DiJonai Carrington misses running pullup jump shot
  • Courtney Williams misses two point shot
  • DiJonai Carrington misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla McBride misses driving layup
  • Napheesa Collier misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • DiJonai Carrington blocks Kaila Charles 's 4-foot driving layup
  • Carla Leite misses driving floating jump shot
  • DiJonai Carrington misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Napheesa Collier makes 10-foot pullup jump shot
  • Janelle Salaun misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Bridget Carleton misses driving floating jump shot
  • Monique Billings misses 9-foot jumper
  • Kayla McBride misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Cecilia Zandalasini makes 25-foot three point jumper (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Monique Billings blocks Napheesa Collier 's 7-foot two point shot
  • Monique Billings makes layup (Cecilia Zandalasini assists)
  • Jessica Shepard misses driving layup
  • Veronica Burton blocks Kayla McBride 's 6-foot driving layup
  • DiJonai Carrington makes 2-foot two point shot (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
  • Monique Billings misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Janelle Salaun makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Kaila Charles assists)
  • DiJonai Carrington misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Veronica Burton misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Monique Billings makes driving layup (Iliana Rupert assists)
  • Janelle Salaun makes two point shot (Cecilia Zandalasini assists)
  • Napheesa Collier makes 13-foot pullup jump shot (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Iliana Rupert misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla McBride misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Cecilia Zandalasini makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Bridget Carleton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Veronica Burton makes driving layup
  • Bridget Carleton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)
  • Alanna Smith blocks Veronica Burton 's 6-foot driving layup
  • Veronica Burton misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Cecilia Zandalasini misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Courtney Williams misses running pullup jump shot
  • Janelle Salaun misses driving layup
  • Veronica Burton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Iliana Rupert assists)
  • Kayla McBride makes driving layup
  • Bridget Carleton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Alanna Smith blocks Monique Billings 's 6-foot driving layup
  • Napheesa Collier makes driving layup (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Cecilia Zandalasini makes 24-foot three point jumper (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Alanna Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Courtney Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Monique Billings makes 7-foot layup (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Kayla McBride makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Veronica Burton misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Alanna Smith blocks Cecilia Zandalasini 's 12-foot two point shot
  • Napheesa Collier misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Janelle Salaun makes 25-foot three point jumper (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Napheesa Collier makes 17-foot jumper (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
  • Napheesa Collier makes 18-foot jumper (Kayla McBride assists)
  • Janelle Salaun misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla McBride misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Natisha Hiedeman blocks Kate Martin 's 24-foot three point jumper
  • Natisha Hiedeman misses driving floating jump shot
  • Iliana Rupert misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Courtney Williams misses two point shot
  • Monique Billings misses layup
  • Monique Billings makes two point shot
  • Natisha Hiedeman misses 56-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Napheesa Collier misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Natisha Hiedeman misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Napheesa Collier makes 17-foot jumper
  • Natisha Hiedeman makes driving layup
  • Cecilia Zandalasini misses driving layup
  • DiJonai Carrington makes 29-foot jump bank shot (Napheesa Collier assists)
  • Monique Billings misses 10-foot jumper
  • Kaila Charles misses driving layup
  • Carla Leite misses driving layup
  • Kaila Charles blocks DiJonai Carrington 's 6-foot driving layup
  • Kayla McBride makes 13-foot driving floating jump shot (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
  • Kayla McBride makes 7-foot two point shot (Napheesa Collier assists)
  • Cecilia Zandalasini makes 11-foot step back jumpshot
  • Iliana Rupert blocks Jessica Shepard 's 3-foot driving layup
  • Kaila Charles makes 23-foot three point shot (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Bridget Carleton makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kayla McBride assists)
  • Iliana Rupert makes layup (Janelle Salaun assists)
  • Napheesa Collier makes 18-foot jumper (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
  • Kaila Charles misses driving floating jump shot
  • Veronica Burton misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • DiJonai Carrington makes 23-foot three point jumper (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
  • Veronica Burton misses driving layup
  • Kayla McBride makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Cecilia Zandalasini misses 2-foot pullup jump shot
  • Monique Billings makes tip shot
  • Napheesa Collier makes 18-foot jumper (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
  • Cecilia Zandalasini misses 15-foot step back jumpshot
  • Veronica Burton misses driving layup
  • Courtney Williams makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Bridget Carleton assists)
  • Cecilia Zandalasini makes 3-foot layup (Iliana Rupert assists)
  • Cecilia Zandalasini misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
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