New York Liberty @ Minnesota Lynx

First Round - Game 1

26-18, 12-10 Away

3:10 - 4th

	1	2	3	4	T
Liberty NY	25	15	25	19	84
Lynx MIN	18	26	16	8	68

Minnesota LynxLynxMIN

33-11, 15-7 Home

New York Liberty

Breanna StewartB. Stewart#30
starters
Leonie FiebichL. Fiebich#13
Jonquel JonesJ. Jones#35
Sabrina IonescuS. Ionescu#20
Pauline AstierP. Astier#18
bench
Han XuH. Xu#21
Rebekah GardnerR. Gardner#7
Rebecca AllenR. Allen#9
Marine JohannesM. Johannes#23
Anneli MaleyA. Maley#24
Raquel CarreraR. Carrera#14
Marine FauthouxM. Fauthoux#4
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
36	34	11-18	2-3	10-12	11	6	5	2	2	1	10	3	+16
33	16	6-7	4-5	0-0	8	3	3	1	1	0	8	3	+20
26	8	2-5	2-3	2-2	5	3	1	1	1	2	3	2	+4
27	10	3-13	2-7	2-2	0	6	2	2	0	0	0	1	+11
28	7	3-6	1-1	0-0	8	5	4	1	0	1	7	4	+18
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
11	5	2-2	1-1	0-0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	+12
8	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	-2
3	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4
10	2	1-3	0-2	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	+5
Has not entered game
Has not entered game
Has not entered game
	84	29-58	12-24	14-16	35	25	16	9	6	4	31	18
		50%	50%	88%

Minnesota Lynx

Natasha HowardN. Howard#1
starters
Napheesa CollierN. Collier#24
Kayla McBrideK. McBride#21
Courtney WilliamsC. Williams#10
Olivia MilesO. Miles#5
bench
Nia BrodieN. Brodie#12
Dorka JuhaszD. Juhasz#14
Maya CaldwellM. Caldwell#3
Chloe BibbyC. Bibby#55
Antonia DelaereA. Delaere#8
Anastasiia Olairi KosuA. Kosu#7
Aari McDonaldA. McDonald#4
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
18	8	3-5	0-0	2-4	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	5	-16
32	12	6-14	0-3	0-0	5	3	3	1	0	1	4	5	-22
36	14	5-12	2-7	2-2	2	6	2	1	0	1	1	2	-16
34	7	3-11	1-3	0-0	3	5	1	0	2	0	3	0	-15
29	11	3-12	1-4	4-4	8	1	4	0	1	0	8	4	-15
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
18	16	6-7	4-5	0-1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	-1
5	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+7
10	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	-2
Has not entered game
Has not entered game
Has not entered game
Has not entered game
	68	26-62	8-23	8-11	22	19	12	3	4	4	18	22
		42%	35%	73%

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

Nia Coffey fights off defender for and-1

0:26

Kayla McBride nails the triple

0:14

Sabrina Ionescu nails the 3

0:14

Matchups

First Round

Postseason Series

0-0

MIN

Game 1@ MIN

3:10 - 4th

26-18

Game 2@ NY

33-11

26-18

Game 3@ MIN

33-11

Game Information

Minneapolis, MN

Referee:Kelsey Reynolds

Referee:Roy Gulbeyan

Referee:Fatou Cissoko-Stephens

Referee:Sarah Williams

Women's National Basketball Assoc.

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Atlanta	30	14	.682	-	W5
Washington	28	16	.636	2	W4
Indiana	28	16	.636	2	L1
New York	26	18	.591	4	L2
Chicago	16	28	.364	14	L1
Toronto	11	33	.250	19	L8
Connecticut	11	33	.250	19	W1

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	33	11	.750	-	W1
Golden State	32	12	.727	1	W1
Las Vegas	31	13	.705	2	W7
Dallas	27	17	.614	6	W1
Portland	17	27	.386	16	W1
Los Angeles	16	28	.364	17	L2
Phoenix	16	28	.364	17	L1
Seattle	8	36	.182	25	L5

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