NBA

Indiana Fever at Minnesota Lynx

· Women's National Basketball Association
11-21, 5-11 Away
Final
81 - 73

17-15, 11-6 Home

Sims, Collier lift Lynx past Fever 81-73

Collier surpassed 400 points and 200 rebounds to join former Indiana star Tamika Catchings as the only rookies to surpass the 400/200 barrier plus have 60 steals. That helped the Lynx (17-15) stay a half-game in front of Seattle for the home court advantage if the two teams meet in the No. 6-No. 7 matchup in the playoffs.

Minnesota only shot 44% to 51% for Indiana, but took advantage of 19 turnovers by the Fever and had 13 offensive rebounds. Indiana only shot 35 percent and the Lynx hit all four of their 3-pointers in the fourth quarter.

Sylvia Fowles had 10 points and five rebounds for the Lynx and is four boards behind Catchings for No. 2 in WNBA history. Fowles passed Lauren Jackson for 10th on the WNBA all-time field goal list.

Candice Dupree had 18 points and Tiffany Mitchell 14 for the Fever (11-20). Rookie Teaira McCowan had 12 points and 11 rebounds, extending her double-double streak to four games and surpassing Catchings' Indiana rookie record of 276. She now has 283, the second-best rebounding season in Indiana history and No. 7 all-time among WNBA rookies. With 20 rebounds in the last two games she would tie the Indiana record.

Regular Season Series

MIN wins series 2-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 73 - 81
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 73 - 81
4th 23.9 Teaira McCowan makes 6-foot jumper (Erica Wheeler assists) 73 - 81
4th 35.3 Temi Fagbenle makes 7-foot pullup jump shot 71 - 81
4th 51.6 Tiffany Mitchell bad pass (Napheesa Collier steals) 71 - 79

Statistics

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31-61 FG 31-70
51 Field Goal % 44
3-11 3PT 4-17
27 Three Point % 24
8-11 FT 15-17
73 Free Throw % 88
28 Rebounds 34
5 Offensive Rebounds 13
23 Defensive Rebounds 21
19 Assists 21
7 Steals 10
2 Blocks 4
19 Turnovers 13
0 Team Turnovers 0
19 Total Turnovers 13
1 Technical Fouls 1
1 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
25 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 11
4 Fast Break Points 11
40 Points in Paint 40
15 Fouls 12
7 Largest Lead 10

Game Information

Target Center

Location: Minneapolis, MN
Attendance: 8,833 · Capacity:

2025-26 Eastern Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Indiana - 10 W4 0.64285713 18
Atlanta 0.5 10 W4 0.6296296 17
Washington 2.5 12 W3 0.5555556 15
New York 2.5 13 L1 0.55172414 16
Toronto 8 18 L5 0.35714287 10
Chicago 8 18 W1 0.35714287 10
Connecticut 11.5 22 L4 0.2413793 7

2025-26 Western Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Minnesota - 6 W9 0.8 24
Las Vegas 3 8 W2 0.71428573 20
Golden State 4 9 L2 0.6785714 19
Dallas 5 10 L1 0.64285713 18
Portland 12 17 L3 0.39285713 11
Phoenix 12.5 18 W3 0.37931034 11
Los Angeles 12.5 17 L6 0.37037036 10
Seattle 18 24 L7 0.2 6
Full Standings

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