The league resumed after the World Cup and is closing out the regular season: finish on 24 September, playoffs from the 27th. Minnesota are one win from the No. 1 seed, and Indiana with Caitlin Clark back are fighting for fourth.
The league has paused for the World Cup in Berlin. Minnesota lead, all eight playoff spots are taken. Regular-season games resume 17 September, end on the 24th, the bracket starts on the 27th.
Minnesota beat the Portland Fire 85-81. Collier had 20 and 9, McBride 19. A 29-point lead nearly vanished in a 29-4 Portland run. The Lynx are 28-7 and have won 13 of 14.
Kayla McBride hit a WNBA-record 10 three-pointers and scored 43 points as Minnesota beat Dallas 103-90 and became the first team to clinch a playoff berth.
Minnesota Lynx beat Las Vegas Aces 98-87. Olivia Miles scored 26, Napheesa Collier 22. The Lynx are 26-7 and 11-1 in their last 12 after the Sparks loss.
The Los Angeles Sparks beat WNBA-leading Minnesota 89-82, ending a 10-game Lynx streak. Minnesota scored zero points in the final 4:53.
Minnesota Lynx at 24-6 host Indiana Fever at 19-10 on August 2: WNBA seeding stakes, star matchups and what a potential twenty-fifth Minnesota win would mean for the race.
Minnesota Lynx won an eighth straight game, 100-93 over Toronto Tempo. Olivia Miles scored 24 and Napheesa Collier added 15 in her first home game back.
Ahead of the July 22 rematch in Seattle, Napheesa Collier is listed as probable. On Monday Olivia Miles posted 32-8-8 — just the fifth such line in WNBA history.