Jun 6, 2021
Lynx make early lead last in win over Dream
Kayla McBride scored 19 points and Crystal Dangerfield and Sylvia Fowles scored 17 apiece and the Minnesota Lynx never trailed in a 100-80 win over the Atlanta Dream.
The Canadian Press
MINNEAPOLIS — Kayla McBride scored 19 points and Crystal Dangerfield and Sylvia Fowles scored 17 apiece and the Minnesota Lynx never trailed in a 100-80 win over the Atlanta Dream.
Fowles scored nine of the Lynx's first 13 points for a 13-0 lead. McBride's three-point play with 5:10 left in the first quarter made it 21-5 before the Dream rallied to finish the first outscoring Minnesota 18-8.
Despite the run, Atlanta never got closer than six points the rest of the way. The Lynx (3-4) led by double figures for most of the remainder until Cheyenne Parker's three-point play with 1:40 left in the third made it 65-59.
Minnesota went on an 11-5 run to close the quarter and led by double digits the rest of the way.
Tiffany Hayes scored 21 for Atlanta (4-4) and Aari McDonald 15.
The Lynx beat the Dream 86-84 on Friday night.