NBA

New York Liberty at Minnesota Lynx

· Women's National Basketball Association
13-10, 6-5 Away
Final
90 - 85

17-6, 7-4 Home

McBride scores 25, Miles 23 to lead Lynx to 90-85 win over Liberty

Minnesota Lynx vs. New York Liberty - Game Highlights

Natasha Howard scored 16 points for the Lynx (17-6), who lost by 13 to the Liberty eight days earlier. Courtney Williams added 12 points.

Sabrina Ionescu scored 25 points for the Liberty (13-10), who have lost four of five games. Breanna Stewart added 17 points, Jonquel Jones had 15 points and 12 rebounds, and Marine Johannes scored 14 off the bench.

Miles, coming back from a calf injury, had a steal with 1:21 to play and the Lynx up 86-83. Courtney and McBride snagged offensive rebounds before Miles hit two free throws to make it 88-83 with 53 seconds left. Miles missed a pair of free throws with 42 seconds to go.

New York answered with a basket from Jones basket before Williams put up a jumper just before the shot clock expired. She missed, but Miles grabbed the rebound and added two more free throws with eight seconds left to ice the win.

Minnesota used a 12-2 run to end the first quarter to take a 17-13 lead. Miles had 11 points in the second quarter and the Lynx led 42-32 at halftime.

Ionescu owned the third quarter with 19 points as the Liberty outscored the Lynx 30-19. A McBride jumper pushed the Minnesota lead to 56-41 midway through the quarter, but Johannes had back-to-back 3-pointers as the Liberty stormed back for a 62-61 lead entering the fourth quarter.

Up next Liberty: Play Sunday at Toronto.

Lynx: Home on Monday against Phoenix.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 85 - 90
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 85 - 90
4th 8.0 Pauline Astier bad pass turnover (Natasha Howard steals) 85 - 90
4th 8.4 Liberty Full timeout 85 - 90
4th 8.4 Olivia Miles makes free throw 2 of 2 85 - 90

Statistics

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32-75 FG 29-69
43 Field Goal % 42
13-38 3PT 14-28
34 Three Point % 50
8-9 FT 18-23
89 Free Throw % 78
34 Rebounds 40
11 Offensive Rebounds 15
23 Defensive Rebounds 25
20 Assists 18
8 Steals 9
2 Blocks 3
14 Turnovers 12
0 Team Turnovers 2
14 Total Turnovers 14
3 Technical Fouls 1
3 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
18 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 27
7 Fast Break Points 6
32 Points in Paint 22
16 Fouls 18
6 Largest Lead 15
6 Lead Changes 6
26 Percent Led 69

Game Information

Target Center

Location: Minneapolis, MN
Attendance: 12,405 · Capacity:

2025-26 Eastern Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Indiana - 10 W3 0.6296296 17
Atlanta 0.5 10 W3 0.61538464 16
New York 2 12 W2 0.5555556 15
Washington 2.5 12 W2 0.53846157 14
Toronto 6.5 16 L3 0.3846154 10
Chicago 8 18 L2 0.33333334 9
Connecticut 10 20 L2 0.25925925 7

2025-26 Western Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Minnesota - 6 W7 0.78571427 22
Golden State 2.5 8 L1 0.7037037 19
Las Vegas 3 8 L1 0.6923077 18
Dallas 3.5 9 W1 0.6666667 18
Portland 10.5 16 L2 0.4074074 11
Los Angeles 11 16 L5 0.3846154 10
Phoenix 12 18 W2 0.35714287 10
Seattle 16.5 23 L6 0.20689656 6
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