New York Liberty v Minnesota Lynx

Match events

New York LibertyMinnesota Lynx

	1	2	3	4	T
New York Liberty	26	23	19	19	87
Minnesota Lynx	21	16	19	15	71

0Lead changes

0Times tied

19Biggest leadNew York Liberty

1st quarter

End of quarter26–21

2nd quarter

Half-time49–37

3rd quarter

End of quarter68–56

4th quarter

8–0 run
6:1079–60
Full-time87–71

Player stats

Lynx71

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
Starters
N. HowardF	16	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	5	1	1	0	2	3	2	1	-11
N. CollierF	33	14	6-14	0-0	2-4	7	1	2	0	0	4	3	5	-14
K. McBrideG	39	14	4-13	3-5	3-4

Highlights

1:05Liberty clobber Lynx to become first 8-seed to beat 1-seed in WNBA historyESPN 0:14Jonquel Jones drains it from downtown for LibertyESPN 0:25Breanna Stewart finishes through contact for LibertyESPN 0:18Nia Coffey drills a trey for the LynxESPN 0:17Courtney Williams gets the basket plus the foul for the LynxESPN

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News and reaction

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Where to watch

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Match details

Date: Wednesday 30 September 2026
Started: 10:30 am Sydney time
Venue: Barclays Center, Brooklyn
Competition: WNBA
Officials: Charles Watson (Referee), Tim Greene (Referee), Tiara Cruse (Referee), Ryan Sassano (Referee)
Crowd: 17,593

Form and ladder

New York LibertyMinnesota Lynx

8thLadder1st

26W 18LRecord33W 11L

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Team lists

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Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
Starters
B. StewartF	40	21	6-16	0-4	9-9	5	4	2	2	2	1	4	0	+16
L. FiebichF	29	7	2-5	1-4	2-2	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	4	+9
J. JonesC	32	21	9-14	1-3	2-2	13	2	2	0	1	6	7	1	+15
S. IonescuG	33	18	7-15	4-10	0-0	4	7	2	3	0	0	4	4	+15
P. AstierG	33	4	2-7	0-1	0-0	5	3	3	2	0	2	3	3	+12
Bench
H. XuC	8	6	2-4	2-4	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	+1
R. GardnerG	6	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	+2
R. AllenG	11	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	4	+7
M. JohannesG	8	8	3-5	2-4	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	+3
Team		87	32-69	10-32	13-13	36	19	11	7	4	12	24	17