The Minnesota Lynx are excellent at dwelling no extra.
Brittney Griner led the Atlanta Dream to a 90-86 win over the Lynx on Sunday at hand Minnesota its first dwelling lack of the season. The Lynx had beforehand received 14 straight at dwelling to begin the 2025 marketing campaign.
The Dream needed to fend off a stat-stuffing 32-point effort from Napheesa Collier and a livid late comeback effort from the Lynx to safe the win. However they did each to enhance to 15-10 and maintain strain within the East on the New York Liberty (17-7), whose first-place lead over the Dream now stands at 2.5 video games.
The Lynx nonetheless preserve the WNBA’s finest file with the loss that dropped them to 22-5 and 14-1 at dwelling.
Atlanta seized early management of the sport and raced out to a 46-32 halftime lead. Griner repeatedly outmatched her opponents within the paint en path to a season-high 22 factors alongside 4 rebounds and three assists. She scored 17 of her 22 factors earlier than halftime and completed the evening capturing 8 of 13 (61.5%) from the sector.
The second half was a unique story. Collier, who scored 11 factors within the first half, took the sport over after the break.
Minnesota lower its 14-point halftime deficit to 60-54 by the tip of the third quarter, and Collier saved the strain on en path to 32 factors, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 steals and a pair of blocks. She one-upped Griner’s offensive effectivity with a 14-of-18 (77.8%) effort from the ground, together with a jumper that lower Atlanta’s result in 86-89 with 11.1 seconds remaining.
However Jordin Canada hit a free throw that pushed Atlanta’s lead again to 2 possessions at 90-86 with 7 seconds remaining, and the Lynx ran out of time and probabilities to finish the comeback.
With the win, the Dream cap a six-game street journey with a 3-3 file. They’ll return to Atlanta to face the Golden State Valkyries on Wednesday of their first dwelling sport since July 7. They’ll end the season with a back-loaded slate of dwelling video games that options 11 of their final 19 video games in Atlanta, together with seven of their final 9.
The Lynx may have an opportunity to begin a brand new home-winning streak on Wednesday in a showdown with the Liberty that includes the 2 finest groups within the league. The Liberty would possibly play that sport with out All-Star Breanna Stewart, who’s coping with a leg damage however will reportedly journey with the workforce.