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Late Liberty surge sinks Lynx 93-81 in a possible playoff preview · Best of: Features

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  Late Liberty Surge sinks Lynx ninety-three eighty one in a possible playoff
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  preview. This article is being read by an automated voice, generated by
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  Everlet. Minneapolis, the AP. Brianna Stewart scored twenty four points
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  and grabbed ten rebounds. Jonkel Jones had eighteen points and ten rebounds,
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  and the New York Liberty beat the slumping Minnesota Lynx ninety three
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  eighty one on Friday night in a possible first round playoff matchup.
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  Stewart moved past Sue Bird and into ninth place on the WNBA's
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  career scoring list with six thousand eight hundred and six points. She's
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  five points behind Cappy Pundexter for eighth place. Stewart also had four
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  assists and three steals. Sabrina Ionescu scored seventeen points, with six assists
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  and three steals, Pauline Astier scored fourteen, and Reserve Marine Johannes thirteen.
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  Olivia Miles scored twenty points to lead Minnesota, losers of three straight.
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  Kayla McBride scored sixteen, Nafiza Collier fourteen, Courtney Williams twelve, and Natasha
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  Williams eleven. Miles converted a three point play for a sixty nine
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  sixty seven Lynx lead with eight eighteen left. Stewart responded with a
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  three pointer on New York's following possession, and the Liberty never trailed
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  again. New York outscored the Lynx twenty three twelve the rest of
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  the way. Despite the loss, Minnesota retained the WNBA's top seed while
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  the Liberty moved up to sixth, F Ever one hundred and three
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  Tempo eighty five, Toronto the AP. Kelsey Mitchell scored 33 points to
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  set a WNBA season.
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  Scoring record. Caitlin Clark had 28 points and matched a season high
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  with 14 assists, and Indiana beat Toronto for its eighth win in
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  ten games. With a three pointer in the third quarter, Mitchell eclipsed
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  the one thousand and twenty one points all Gia Wilson scored for
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  Las Vegas in twenty twenty four. Mitchell has one thousand and thirty
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  four points this season. Mitchell also scored at least twenty two points
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  for the twenty fifth consecutive game, extending her WNBA record. She shot
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  twelve for seventeen and went seven for eleven from three point range.
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  Clark shot seven for fifteen and went two for eight from distance
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  for her fourteenth double double in her first game since helping the
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  U.S. Win the Women's FIBA World Cup in Germany. She made twelve
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  free throws without a miss. The game was the first for both
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  teams following a nearly three week World Cup break. Clark also had
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  fourteen assists in a home win over Toronto on june sixteenth. Toronto's
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  Laura Juskate scored twenty two points and Kiki Rice had eighteen. Isabel
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  Harrison and Temi Tempagbenla each scored sixteen points, but the Tempo lost
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  their fifth straight. Toronto started its inaugural season nine nine, but has
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  gone two twenty one since.