Brittney Griner scored 13 of his 22 points at the top of the season to the second quarter on Sunday evening, when Atlanta’s dream took control before keeping a 90-86 victory against the minnesota lynx in Minneapolis.
The Lynx (22-5) saw the end of a sequence of 14 games at home, as well as a sequence of four consecutive victories of four games.
Griner made 5 of the 6 shots while Atlanta (15-10) fired 69.2% and preceded the Lynx 24-13 in the second decisive quarter. Griner had 8 out of 13 shots to finish the night to help the dream are distributing their six -game road trips.
Jordin Canada added 18 points while Allisha Gray and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough contributed to 12 each while Atlanta pulled 52.3%.
The top scorer in the WNBA, Napheesa Collier, led all the scorers with 32 points on 14 shots out of 18 to go with eight rebounds, seven assists and four interceptions. Alanna Smith added 12 points and Courtney Williams finished with 11 and nine assists while the lynx lost despite a 56.1%shot.
The Minnesota could not match the Phoenix Mercury 2014 for the fourth longer sequence of home victories in the history of the WNBA and won its first home loss in regular season since it abandoned its 2024 final at the Los Angeles Sparks.
Atlanta held a 12 -point lead after a basket in Canada with 6:59 to play in the third, but was held at two points for the next five and more. A basket of Griner put them 57-52, and the dream settled for an advance of 60-54 entering the fourth.
The 3-point pointer from Natisha Hiedeman, just over a minute, the fourth moved Minnesota in the 65-59. Walker-Kimbrough sank a triple with 7:21 on the left for an advance of 74-63, forcing the lynx to use a waiting period.
Canada has converted a three-point game and Naz Hillmon sank a lay-up for an advance of 81-68 with about five minutes to do. But the lynx returned in return, and necklace scored five points in a period of 27 seconds to obtain minnesota at less than 87-81 with 56.9 seconds.
The collar bank fired in the painting cut it at 89-86 with 10.9 seconds to do. Necklace stolen the following inbound pass, but came out of the limits with 8.1 ticks on the left, and Canada sank one of the two free throws with seven seconds to play for the final margin.
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