NBA

Minnesota Lynx at Washington Mystics

· Women's National Basketball Association
Minnesota Lynx
8-0, 5-0 Away
Final
73 - 98

Washington Mystics
6-3, 4-1 Home

Whalen becomes winningest WNBA player, Lynx beat Mystics

Whalen moved past Swin Cash with her 295th win in 13 seasons.

Minnesota scored 33 points in the first quarter and cruised to a 58-39 halftime lead behind Fowles' 17 points. She had her sixth 20-plus-point game and fifth double-double.

Rebekkah Brunson and Maya Moore each added 17 points for Minnesota (8-0). Seimone Augustus scored 14, Renee Montgomery 13 and Whalen had six assists. The Lynx finished with 30 assists on 40 field goals and shot 52.6 percent overall.

Elena Delle Donne (left groin) and Emma Meesseman did not play for Washington (6-3). Tayler Hill scored 20 points and Ivory Latta added 15 for the Mystics, who turned it over 15 times.

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Regular Season Series

MIN wins series 3-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 98 - 73
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 98 - 73
4th 4.0 Asia Taylor bad pass 98 - 73
4th 13.0 Asia Taylor defensive rebound 98 - 73
4th 15.0 Temi Fagbenle misses 16-foot jumper 98 - 73

Statistics

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40-76 FG 26-63
53 Field Goal % 41
11-23 3PT 6-20
48 Three Point % 30
7-9 FT 15-16
78 Free Throw % 94
33 Rebounds 33
10 Offensive Rebounds 8
23 Defensive Rebounds 25
30 Assists 10
8 Steals 6
2 Blocks 4
8 Turnovers 15
0 Team Turnovers 3
8 Total Turnovers 18
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
2 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 26
2 Fast Break Points 9
40 Points in Paint 30
14 Fouls 14
29 Largest Lead 0

Game Information

Capital One Arena

Location: Washington, DC
Attendance: 6,518 · Capacity:

2025-26 Western Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Minnesota - 7 W4 0.8055556 29
Golden State 3.5 9 W5 0.72727275 24
Las Vegas 5 12 L1 0.6666667 24
Dallas 8.5 15 L1 0.5714286 20
Portland 13.5 20 W2 0.42857143 15
Phoenix 16 23 L1 0.3611111 13
Los Angeles 16 22 L4 0.3529412 12
Seattle 22.5 30 L2 0.1891892 7

2025-26 Eastern Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Indiana - 12 W4 0.6571429 23
Atlanta 1.5 13 L1 0.61764705 21
New York 1.5 14 W2 0.6111111 22
Washington 2.5 14 W1 0.5882353 20
Chicago 10 22 W1 0.37142858 13
Toronto 12 23 L10 0.3030303 10
Connecticut 14 25 L2 0.24242425 8
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