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Minnesota Lynx at Chicago Sky

· Women's National Basketball Association
12-5, 5-3 Away
Final
83 - 86

11-7, 6-4 Home

Dantas scores career-high 28 points in 86-83 Lynx win

Dantas made all five of her 3-point attempts but it was a layup that put Minnesota up for good at 80-79. Crystal Dangerfield extended the lead with a three-point play. With 34.4 seconds left, Courtney Vandersloot got Chicago within two and the Sky got the ball back with 17.6 left. But Vandersloot lost the ball driving and Odyssey Sims added a free throw with 3.1 left before Vandersloot wasn't close with a heave.

Dangerfield finished with 15 points and Mikiah Herbert Harrigan 10 for Minnesota (12-5), which has won six of its last eight games and has already qualified for the playoffs, as has Chicago (11-7). The win gave Minnesota a season sweep of Chicago and the tiebreaker.

Quigley finished with 23 points for 2,939 in her Sky career while going over 3,000 in the league play. She passed Sylvia Fowles (2,927), who has been sidelined for the Lynx with a calf injury since mid-August.

Cheyenne Parker finished with 20 points and 15 rebounds. Vandersloot, coming off a WNBA-record 18 assists, had 13 points and 12 assists.

Minnesota, which shot 10 of 19 from the arc for 53 percent, saw an 18-point lead cut to two in the third quarter before taking an eight-point lead into the final period.

Regular Season Series

MIN wins series 2-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 86 - 83
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 86 - 83
4th 0.0 Chicago offensive team rebound 86 - 83
4th 0.0 Courtney Vandersloot misses 27-foot three point jumper 86 - 83
4th 3.1 Odyssey Sims makes free throw 2 of 2 86 - 83

Statistics

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33-74 FG 33-67
45 Field Goal % 49
10-19 3PT 9-30
53 Three Point % 30
10-14 FT 8-9
71 Free Throw % 89
32 Rebounds 37
11 Offensive Rebounds 8
21 Defensive Rebounds 29
23 Assists 23
16 Steals 11
4 Blocks 6
16 Turnovers 23
0 Team Turnovers 0
16 Total Turnovers 23
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
22 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 22
14 Fast Break Points 10
36 Points in Paint 36
14 Fouls 16
18 Largest Lead 2

Game Information

Venue: IMG Academy

Location: Bradenton, FL
Capacity:

2025-26 Western Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Las Vegas - 2 L1 0.6666667 4
Minnesota - 2 W2 0.6666667 4
Golden State - 2 W1 0.6666667 4
Dallas 0.5 3 W1 0.5714286 4
Portland 0.5 3 W2 0.5714286 4
Los Angeles 1 3 W2 0.5 3
Seattle 1.5 4 W2 0.42857143 3
Phoenix 2.5 5 L3 0.2857143 2

2025-26 Eastern Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Atlanta - 1 W2 0.8 4
Indiana 0.5 2 W3 0.6666667 4
Chicago 1.5 3 L2 0.5 3
Toronto 2 4 L2 0.42857143 3
New York 2 4 L3 0.42857143 3
Washington 2 3 L2 0.4 2
Connecticut 4.5 7 L2 0.125 1
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