| Qtr | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 ATL | 14 | 23 | 19 | 25 | 81 |
 MIN | 23 | 19 | 28 | 26 | 96 |
C. Williams led all scorers (25 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST). A. Gray answered with 21 for the Dream, but it wasn't enough. The game turned on a 13-0 Lynx run. The Lynx lived in the paint, 52 points to 36, and that was the margin. Lynx won Q1 by 9 (14–23), the period that decided it. Field goals: Dream 45%, Lynx 60%. From deep: Dream 35%, Lynx 37%. Rebounds: Dream 27, Lynx 24. Turnovers: Dream 18, Lynx 14. Points in the paint: Dream 36, Lynx 52.
The Lynx lead the Western Conference by 2, losers of 2 straight, 7-3 over their last 10. The Dream sit atop the Eastern Conference, coming off a win, 7-3 over their last 10.
The most recent baskets, with the running score beside each one. Basketball scores too often to list a game end to end, so this is the latest stretch of it rather than the whole.
Angel Reese makes layup (Jordin Canada assists)Score71-81Natasha Howard makes 3-foot layup (Kayla McBride assists)Score71-83Jordin Canada makes 7-foot floating jump shotScore73-83Courtney Williams makes 14-foot pullup jump shotScore73-85Rhyne Howard makes 11-foot driving floating jump shotScore75-85Courtney Williams makes 22-foot three point jumper (Olivia Miles assists)Score75-88Kayla McBride makes 4-foot layup (Olivia Miles assists)Score75-90Courtney Williams makes 20-foot pullup jump shotScore75-92Madina Okot makes free throw 1 of 2Score76-92Maya Caldwell makes 19-foot jumper (Anastasiia Olairi Kosu assists)Score76-94Madina Okot makes free throw 2 of 2Score77-94Anastasiia Olairi Kosu makes 2-foot layup (Olivia Miles assists)Score77-96Madina Okot makes 3-foot layup (Isobel Borlase assists)Score79-96Isobel Borlase makes driving layup (Indya Nivar assists)Score81-96Each side's next fixtures, with the date and who travels.
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