NBA

Dallas Wings at Minnesota Lynx

· WNBA Commissioner's Cup
9-11, 5-7 Away
Final
85 - 79

10-7, 6-3 Home

McBride scores 25 to help Lynx beat Wings 85-79

Napheesa Collier, Damiris Dantas and Bridget Carleton each scored 10 points for Minnesota (10-7).

The Lynx, who trailed 65-60 at the end of the third quarter, opened the fourth with a 14-4 run to take the lead for good. Dallas trimmed its deficit to a point on four occasions in the final 3 1/2 minutes but each time Minnesota answered. Fowles had an offensive rebound and putback with 54.4 seconds remaining to make it 82-79.

Allisha Gray led Dallas (9-11) with 13 points, Satou Sabally and Isabella Harrison scored 12 apiece and Arike Ogunbowale added 11. Sabally grabbed six rebounds and had a career-high seven assists.

Minnesota shot 50.8% from the field and had 22 assists on 33 made field goals.

The Wings missed their final nine 3-point shots.

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Regular Season Series

MIN wins series 2-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 79 - 85
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 79 - 85
4th 5.7 Sylvia Fowles defensive rebound 79 - 85
4th 8.9 Allisha Gray misses 27-foot three point jumper 79 - 85
4th 16.9 Kayla McBride makes free throw 2 of 2 79 - 85

Statistics

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31-74 FG 33-65
42 Field Goal % 51
9-28 3PT 7-20
32 Three Point % 35
8-8 FT 12-17
100 Free Throw % 71
34 Rebounds 32
10 Offensive Rebounds 5
24 Defensive Rebounds 27
15 Assists 22
7 Steals 6
4 Blocks 6
11 Turnovers 13
3 Team Turnovers 0
14 Total Turnovers 13
2 Technical Fouls 1
2 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
15 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 14
6 Fast Break Points 20
32 Points in Paint 46
20 Fouls 10
11 Largest Lead 10

Game Information

Target Center

Location: Minneapolis, MN
Attendance: 2,321 · Capacity:

2025-26 Western Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Minnesota - 4 W2 0.7894737 15
Las Vegas 1 5 W2 0.7368421 14
Golden State 2.5 7 W3 0.65 13
Dallas 4 8 L2 0.57894737 11
Los Angeles 6.5 10 L2 0.44444445 8
Portland 7.5 12 L3 0.4 8
Phoenix 8.5 13 W2 0.35 7
Seattle 10.5 15 W2 0.25 5
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