NBA

Seattle Storm at Minnesota Lynx

· WNBA Commissioner's Cup
7-4, 4-3 Away
Final
83 - 64

8-3, 5-1 Home

McBride hits 7 3s, scores season-high 32 as Lynx beat Storm 83-64

Kayla McBride drops 32 in Lynx's dominant win over Storm

Minnesota (8-3), which beat the Storm in back-to-back games to open the season, has won four of its last five games. The Lynx had a three-game win streak snapped Friday when Kahleah Copper's 3-pointer just before the buzzer gave the Mercury an 81-80 win over Minnesota

McBride — who set a franchise record by hitting eight 3-pointers in Friday's loss to the Mercury — made 9 of 13 from the field, 7 of 10 from 3-point range and 7 of 7 from the free-throw line.

McBride hit 3s to open and cap a 10-3 spurt that made it 57-49 with 2:15 left in the third quarter and Minnesota led the rest of the way.

Skylar Diggins-Smith hit a mid-range jumper to cut the Storm's deficit to five with 5:38 left in the fourth quarter but McBride answered with two free throws and followed with a 3-pointer to make it 70-60 less than a minute later and Seattle got no closer.

Jewell Loyd led Seattle with 25 points but shot just 9 of 27, 1 of 9 from behind the arc. The No. 1 pick in the 2015 WNBA draft, Loyd moved past Taj McWilliams-Franklin (5,013) into 24th on the WNBA's career scoring list with 5,030 points. Nneka Ogwumike added 14 points.

Bridget Carleton scored 13 points for the Lynx.

The Storm used a 19-2 run to take a 10-point lead late in the second quarter.

Minnesota shot 45% from the field, hit 12 of 22 (55%) from 3-point range, made 17 of 21 (81%) from the free-throw line and had 25 assists on 27 made field goals.

Seattle (7-4) was coming off a 78-65 road win over the defending champion Las Vegas Aces on Friday.

Regular Season Series

MIN wins series 3-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 64 - 83
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 64 - 83
4th 8.1 Olivia Epoupa defensive rebound 64 - 83
4th 11.1 Kiana Williams misses two point shot 64 - 83
4th 20.0 Sika Kone makes 6-foot two point shot (Cecilia Zandalasini assists) 64 - 83

Statistics

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26-75 FG 27-60
35 Field Goal % 45
4-22 3PT 12-22
18 Three Point % 55
8-13 FT 17-21
62 Free Throw % 81
34 Rebounds 36
14 Offensive Rebounds 6
20 Defensive Rebounds 30
12 Assists 25
9 Steals 6
9 Blocks 7
13 Turnovers 16
1 Team Turnovers 2
14 Total Turnovers 18
2 Technical Fouls 0
2 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
10 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 12
13 Fast Break Points 10
30 Points in Paint 26
17 Fouls 18
10 Largest Lead 19

Game Information

Target Center

Location: Minneapolis, MN
Attendance: 7,121 · Capacity:

2025-26 Western Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Las Vegas - 3 W6 0.7692308 10
Minnesota - 3 L1 0.7692308 10
Dallas 2 5 L1 0.61538464 8
Golden State 2 5 W2 0.61538464 8
Los Angeles 3 6 W3 0.53846157 7
Portland 4 8 W1 0.46666667 7
Phoenix 7 11 L3 0.26666668 4
Seattle 8 12 L8 0.2 3
Full Standings

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