Connecticut Sun @ Minnesota Lynx

0-2, 0-1 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
Sun CON	25	26	11	16	9	87
Lynx MIN	18	20	20	20	12	90

Minnesota LynxLynxMIN

2-0, 1-0 Home

Connecticut Sun

starters
Kelsey GriffinK. Griffin#5
Alyssa ThomasA. Thomas#25
Chiney OgwumikeC. Ogwumike#13
Katie DouglasK. Douglas#23
Allison HightowerA. Hightower#3
bench
Kelsey BoneK. Bone#14
Renee MontgomeryR. Montgomery#21
Danielle McCrayD. McCray#4
Alex BentleyA. Bentley#20
Kayla PedersenK. Pedersen#7
Kelly FarisK. Faris#34
Kelley CainK. Cain#52
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
28	8	4-10	0-2	0-1	8	3	1	2	0	4	4	2	+7
35	9	4-13	0-1	1-2	8	2	3	2	1	1	7	2	+11
40	25	11-18	0-0	3-6	10	0	2	4	3	4	6	4	+4
39	16	6-11	2-5	2-2	4	3	3	2	0	1	3	2	+3
32	12	6-15	0-3	0-0	0	4	1	2	1	0	0	6	-11
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
12	5	2-3	0-0	1-1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	-7
5	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	+7
19	7	3-4	1-1	0-0	2	1	4	1	0	1	1	1	-19
13	2	1-5	0-2	0-0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	2	-10
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	87	38-81	4-16	7-12	32	15	18	16	5	11	21	21
		47%	25%	58%

Minnesota Lynx

starters
Maya MooreM. Moore#23
Janel McCarvilleJ. McCarville#4
Damiris DantasD. Dantas#34
Lindsay WhalenL. Whalen#13
Seimone AugustusS. Augustus#33
bench
Asia TaylorA. Taylor#31
Tan WhiteT. White#5
Lindsey MooreL. Moore#00
Rebekkah BrunsonR. Brunson#32
Devereaux PetersD. Peters#14
Monica WrightM. Wright#22
Tricia ListonT. Liston#20
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
43	33	12-24	3-7	6-6	12	2	6	5	1	3	9	5	+6
26	2	1-5	0-0	0-0	5	3	4	1	1	0	5	0	-8
40	10	4-4	0-0	2-2	9	2	2	0	0	4	5	4	-3
27	17	5-14	0-0	7-9	5	4	4	3	0	0	5	2	-8
42	18	9-14	0-0	0-0	1	2	5	0	1	0	1	0	-1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
6	0	0-3	0-0	0-0	4	1	1	0	0	2	2	1	-2
23	6	3-6	0-1	0-0	2	1	1	3	0	1	1	3	+20
18	4	1-3	1-2	1-2	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	+11
DNP-RIGHT KNEE SURGERY
DNP-LEFT KNEE SURGERY
DNP-LEFT KNEE SURGERY
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	90	35-73	4-10	16-19	38	18	23	14	3	10	28	17
		48%	40%	84%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

CON

MIN wins season

2-0

MIN

Game 1@ MIN

Final/OT

Game 2@ CON

Final

Game Information

Minneapolis, MN

Referee:Sue Blauch

Referee:Lamont Simpson

Referee:Billy Smith

Women's National Basketball Assoc.

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Atlanta	15	10	.600	-	W2
Indiana	15	10	.600	-	W1
New York	13	11	.542	1.5	L3
Washington	12	11	.522	2	L1
Toronto	10	15	.400	5	L2
Chicago	9	16	.360	6	W2
Connecticut	7	18	.280	8	W2

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	19	6	.760	-	W4
Golden State	18	7	.720	1	W8
Las Vegas	17	7	.708	1.5	L1
Dallas	16	8	.667	2.5	W5
Portland	11	14	.440	8	W1
Los Angeles	10	14	.417	8.5	L3
Phoenix	8	18	.308	11.5	L5
Seattle	6	21	.222	14	L4

WNBA News

Leila Lacan scores career-high 26 points, Sun beat Mercury 96-83

— Leila Lacan scored a career-high 26 points on 10-of-13 shooting from the field to lead the Connecticut Sun to a 96-83 victory over the Phoenix Mercury on Friday night in the first of back-to-back meetings between the teams.

Phoenix Mercury vs. Connecticut Sun - Game Highlights

Watch the Game Highlights from Phoenix Mercury vs. Connecticut Sun, 07/17/2026

Fever's Caitlin Clark records WNBA's 1st 45-point, 10-assist double-double

Caitlin Clark scored a career-high 45 points and had 10 assists for the first 40-10 game in WNBA history, and the Indiana Fever beat Seattle 110-107.

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