Lynx beat the Sparks 96-87 behind Kayla McBride's 5th straight 20-point game

— Kayla McBride scored 24 for her fifth straight 20-point performance, Courtney Williams added 19 points, and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Los Angeles Sparks 96-87 on Wednesday for their fourth straight victory.
Jul 15, 2026, 08:20 pm - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

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According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Olivia Miles misses 23-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Kayla McBride misses 12-foot jumper
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Erica Wheeler assists)
  • Courtney Williams makes 21-foot running pullup jump shot (Nia Coffey assists)
  • Olivia Miles misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Ariel Atkins makes 24-foot three point jumper (Rae Burrell assists)
  • Olivia Miles makes driving layup
  • Ariel Atkins misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes 15-foot jumper (Erica Wheeler assists)
  • Courtney Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Rae Burrell misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Rae Burrell makes running layup
  • Kayla McBride misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Nneka Ogwumike misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla McBride misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nia Coffey misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Rae Burrell makes 8-foot two point shot
  • Olivia Miles misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes 13-foot jumper (Erica Wheeler assists)
  • Courtney Williams makes 20-foot pullup jump shot (Natasha Howard assists)
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Ariel Atkins assists)
  • Courtney Williams makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Ariel Atkins misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Rae Burrell misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Courtney Williams misses running pullup jump shot
  • Cameron Brink makes driving layup (Kiana Williams assists)
  • Anastasiia Olairi Kosu misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
  • Cameron Brink misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Howard misses driving layup
  • Rae Burrell misses two point shot
  • Courtney Williams makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Antonia Delaere misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Anastasiia Olairi Kosu misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Anastasiia Olairi Kosu makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Anastasiia Olairi Kosu makes running layup
  • Dearica Hamby misses 6-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Jihyun Park makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jihyun Park misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Nia Coffey misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Natasha Howard makes running layup (Olivia Miles assists)
  • Erica Wheeler misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Dearica Hamby makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Dearica Hamby makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kayla McBride makes 1-foot layup (Natasha Howard assists)
  • Kayla McBride makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Nneka Ogwumike misses 13-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Natasha Howard makes layup (Olivia Miles assists)
  • Ariel Atkins misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Antonia Delaere makes 6-foot floating jump shot (Natasha Howard assists)
  • Olivia Miles makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot (Antonia Delaere assists)
  • Ariel Atkins misses 4-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kayla McBride misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kayla McBride makes technical free throw
  • Kayla McBride makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kayla McBride makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Anastasiia Olairi Kosu misses layup
  • Nneka Ogwumike misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Olivia Miles misses 2-foot reverse layup
  • Erica Wheeler misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Cameron Brink misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Cameron Brink makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Eliska Hamzova misses driving floating jump shot
  • Nneka Ogwumike misses 12-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Natasha Howard misses layup
  • Kayla McBride misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Courtney Williams makes 10-foot running pullup jump shot (Kayla McBride assists)
  • Cameron Brink makes 6-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Cameron Brink makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Cameron Brink makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kiana Williams misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Kiana Williams makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Courtney Williams misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Rae Burrell makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Rae Burrell makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kayla McBride makes 22-foot pullup jump shot (Olivia Miles assists)
  • Dearica Hamby makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot (Nneka Ogwumike assists)
  • Olivia Miles makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Olivia Miles misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Rae Burrell makes driving layup (Nneka Ogwumike assists)
  • Kayla McBride makes 8-foot two point shot (Nia Coffey assists)
  • Rae Burrell makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ariel Atkins assists)
  • Olivia Miles makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Olivia Miles makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Erica Wheeler makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Erica Wheeler makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kayla McBride makes layup (Eliska Hamzova assists)
  • Ariel Atkins misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Courtney Williams misses two point shot
  • Courtney Williams makes 22-foot three point jumper (Olivia Miles assists)
  • Nneka Ogwumike misses 18-foot jumper
  • Kayla McBride misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Erica Wheeler makes driving layup
  • Olivia Miles makes running layup
  • Ariel Atkins makes 2-foot layup (Nneka Ogwumike assists)
  • Kayla McBride misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Dearica Hamby makes running layup (Nneka Ogwumike assists)
  • Courtney Williams misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Ariel Atkins misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Howard misses layup
  • Rae Burrell makes driving layup
  • Erica Wheeler misses running pullup jump shot
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes tip shot
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Olivia Miles makes 15-foot step back jumpshot
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ariel Atkins assists)
  • Kayla McBride makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Olivia Miles makes 24-foot three pointer
  • Erica Wheeler makes 28-foot three point jumper (Ariel Atkins assists)
  • Olivia Miles makes driving layup
  • Natasha Howard makes 1-foot layup (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Rae Burrell misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Olivia Miles misses driving layup
  • Anastasiia Olairi Kosu makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Anastasiia Olairi Kosu makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Olivia Miles makes running layup
  • Courtney Williams makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Anastasiia Olairi Kosu makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Anastasiia Olairi Kosu makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Courtney Williams makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Courtney Williams makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Cameron Brink makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jihyun Park assists)
  • Courtney Williams makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Courtney Williams misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Dearica Hamby makes running layup (Erica Wheeler assists)
  • Courtney Williams makes 13-foot pullup jump shot (Natasha Howard assists)
  • Ariel Atkins makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nneka Ogwumike assists)
  • Olivia Miles misses driving layup
  • Natasha Howard makes running layup
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ariel Atkins assists)
  • Olivia Miles misses driving layup
  • Dearica Hamby misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Antonia Delaere makes 24-foot three point jumper (Anastasiia Olairi Kosu assists)
  • Jihyun Park misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Dearica Hamby makes layup (Rae Burrell assists)
  • Dearica Hamby misses running layup
  • Anastasiia Olairi Kosu makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Anastasiia Olairi Kosu makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Maya Caldwell makes 23-foot three point jumper (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Erica Wheeler misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Ariel Atkins misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes 5-foot turnaround jump shot (Erica Wheeler assists)
  • Ariel Atkins misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nia Coffey makes 25-foot three point jumper (Olivia Miles assists)
  • Rae Burrell makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ariel Atkins assists)
  • Courtney Williams misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Cameron Brink misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla McBride makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Kayla McBride makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Kayla McBride misses free throw 3 of 3
  • Maya Caldwell misses 22-foot running jump shot
  • Kayla McBride makes 24-foot three point jumper (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Rae Burrell makes 1-foot layup (Dearica Hamby assists)
  • Nia Coffey makes 23-foot jump bank shot (Natasha Howard assists)
  • Rae Burrell misses layup
  • Maya Caldwell misses 15-foot jumper
  • Nia Coffey makes 17-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Rae Burrell makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Rae Burrell makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kayla McBride makes layup (Natasha Howard assists)
  • Rae Burrell makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Rae Burrell makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kayla McBride misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Erica Wheeler assists)
  • Rae Burrell makes running layup
  • Kayla McBride makes 25-foot three point jumper (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Erica Wheeler makes 23-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Nia Coffey misses driving layup
  • Natasha Howard makes two point shot
  • Nneka Ogwumike misses jump bank shot
  • Dearica Hamby misses 24-foot three point jumper
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