| Qtr | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 TOR | 16 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 66 |
 MIN | 18 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 73 |
E. Cechova led all scorers (16 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST). E. Balogun answered with 12 for the Tempo, but it wasn't enough. The game turned on a 9-0 Lynx run. It changed hands 16 times and was tied on 11 separate occasions. The Lynx won the glass 40–34, and that was the margin. Lynx won Q4 by 6 (14–20), the period that decided it. Field goals: Tempo 35%, Lynx 43%. From deep: Tempo 25%, Lynx 40%. Rebounds: Tempo 34, Lynx 40. Turnovers: Tempo 11, Lynx 15. Points in the paint: Tempo 34, Lynx 38.
The Lynx lead the Western Conference by 2, losers of 2 straight, 7-3 over their last 10. The Tempo sit 6th in the Eastern Conference, 15 games back, losers of 4 straight, 1-9 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.
Lexi Held makes layupScore60-57Anastasiia Olairi Kosu makes free throw 1 of 2Score60-58Anastasiia Olairi Kosu makes free throw 2 of 2Score60-59Anastasiia Olairi Kosu makes running layupScore60-61Laura Juskaite makes 1-foot layup (Aaliyah Nye assists)Score62-61Emma Cechova makes free throw 2 of 2Score62-62Elizabeth Balogun makes driving layupScore64-62Olivia Miles makes free throw 1 of 2Score64-63Olivia Miles makes free throw 2 of 2Score64-64Kiki Rice makes 7-foot two point shotScore66-64Eliska Hamzova makes 23-foot three point jumper (Olivia Miles assists)Score66-67Olivia Miles makes 16-foot step back jumpshotScore66-69Emma Cechova makes 2-foot layup (Eliska Hamzova assists)Score66-71Emma Cechova makes layupScore66-73Each side's next fixtures, with the date and who travels.
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