Minnesota Lynx @ Connecticut Sun

WNBA Semifinals - Game 3 • MIN leads series 2-1

30-10, 14-6 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Lynx MIN	23	25	20	22	90
Sun CON	16	20	18	27	81

Connecticut SunSunCON

28-12, 14-6 Home

Minnesota Lynx

starters
Bridget CarletonB. Carleton#6
Alanna SmithA. Smith#8
Napheesa CollierN. Collier#24
Kayla McBrideK. McBride#21
Courtney WilliamsC. Williams#10
bench
Myisha Hines-AllenM. Hines-Allen#22
Cecilia ZandalasiniC. Zandalasini#9
Dorka JuhaszD. Juhasz#14
Diamond MillerD. Miller#1
Alissa PiliA. Pili#35
Natisha HiedemanN. Hiedeman#2
Olivia EpoupaO. Epoupa#0
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
33	12	4-8	1-4	3-3	6	0	0	0	2	2	4	4	+7
26	7	2-2	1-1	2-4	3	1	3	0	3	0	3	6	+7
33	26	11-19	0-1	4-5	11	3	1	2	1	2	9	2	+11
37	13	5-13	2-6	1-1	1	5	0	2	0	0	1	0	+13
32	16	7-10	0-0	2-2	1	8	3	0	1	0	1	0	+9
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
11	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	4	3	1	0	0	0	4	0	+2
10	5	2-3	1-2	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	-2
10	5	2-2	0-0	1-2	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	-2
0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	4	1-2	0-1	2-2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	90	35-61	5-15	15-19	29	22	10	5	7	6	23	19
		57%	33%	79%

Connecticut Sun

starters
DeWanna BonnerD. Bonner#24
Alyssa ThomasA. Thomas#25
Brionna JonesB. Jones#42
Marina MabreyM. Mabrey#4
DiJonai CarringtonD. Carrington#21
bench
Caitlin BickleC. Bickle#51
Astou Ndour-FallA. Ndour-Fall#45
Olivia Nelson-OdodaO. Nelson-Ododa#10
Tyasha HarrisT. Harris#52
Veronica BurtonV. Burton#22
Tiffany MitchellT. Mitchell#3
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
36	16	4-9	2-4	6-7	8	1	0	1	0	2	6	2	-8
40	13	5-10	0-0	3-5	9	7	4	0	0	4	5	1	-9
30	21	8-13	0-1	5-5	4	5	2	0	0	4	0	4	-3
36	14	6-20	1-11	1-1	5	4	1	0	1	1	4	3	-11
33	13	6-15	0-2	1-3	5	2	1	2	0	2	3	2	-9
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	-5
6	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	+1
10	4	1-4	0-2	2-2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	-1
DNP-ILLNESS
	81	30-73	3-20	18-23	33	21	11	3	1	13	20	15
		41%	15%	78%

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

Matchups

WNBA Semifinals

MIN

MIN leads series

2-1

CON

Game 1@ MIN

Final

Game 2@ MIN

Final

Game 3@ CON

Final

Game 4@ CON

Final

Game 5@ MIN

Final

Game Information

Uncasville, CT

Referee:Jeff Wooten

Referee:Fatou Cissoko-Stephens

Referee:Eric Brewton

Women's National Basketball Assoc.

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	15	4	.789	-	W2
Las Vegas	14	5	.737	1	W2
Golden State	13	7	.650	2.5	W3
Dallas	12	8	.600	3.5	W1
Los Angeles	8	10	.444	6.5	L2
Portland	8	12	.400	7.5	L3
Phoenix	8	13	.381	8	W3
Seattle	5	16	.238	11	L1

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New York	12	8	.600	-	L2
Atlanta	12	8	.600	-	L4
Indiana	11	8	.579	0.5	W1
Washington	10	9	.526	1.5	W2
Toronto	9	10	.474	2.5	L1
Chicago	6	13	.316	5.5	L1
Connecticut	4	16	.200	8	L1

WNBA News

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