Napheesa Collier scored 25 points before passing to Bridget Carleton for the go-ahead 3-pointer with 3.4 seconds left, and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Connecticut Sun 78-76 on Tuesday night to secure the No. 2 seed in the WNBA playoffs.
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Napheesa Collier scored 25 points before passing to Bridget Carleton for the go-ahead 3-pointer with 3.4 seconds left, and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Connecticut Sun 78-76 on Tuesday night to secure the No. 2 seed in the WNBA playoffs.
Connecticut and Minnesota traded misses with just under a minute left before Alyssa Thomas hit from near the foul line to give the Sun a 74-73 lead with 22 seconds to go. Collier answered 10 seconds later with a turnaround fadeaway on the left side of the lane. Kayla McBride had 14 points and Carleton added 11 for the Lynx, who lost the first two meetings with the Sun by a total of six points. Courtney Williams had eight points and a season-high 12 assists.
Minnesota was up 69-62 with four minutes to play when Bonner scored on a drive and then hit a 3-pointer before Carrington's three-point play put Connecticut up 70-69 with 2:25 to go.
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