Minnesota Lynx v Portland Fire

WNBA

Final

Minnesota Lynx

101–93

Portland Fire

Match events

Minnesota LynxPortland Fire

	1	2	3	4	T
Minnesota Lynx	24	23	28	26	101
Portland Fire	16	23	21	33	93

0Lead changes

2Times tied

19Biggest leadMinnesota Lynx

1st quarter

End of quarter24–16

2nd quarter

Half-time47–39

3rd quarter

End of quarter75–60

4th quarter

10–0 run
9:4677–60
6:0483–76
8–0 run
Full-time101–93

Player stats

Fire93

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
Starters
B. CarletonF	32	22	8-16	6-9	0-0	8	4	0	3	0	0	8	0	-1
E. EngstlerF	29	12	3-8	2-3	4-4	6	3	2	1	1	3	3	3	-6
S. WilliamsC	23	8	4-8	0-0

Highlights

0:21Olivia Miles fights off defender for and-1ESPN 0:11Nia Coffey fights off defender for and-1ESPN 0:07Carla Leite gets the basket plus the foulESPN 0:10Kayla McBride knocks down the tripleESPN 0:07Bridget Carleton shows off the range with 3-pointerESPN

Compare these twoAll-time head to head, form, this season's numbers and our analyst's verdict

News and reaction

Match reportHow the Atlanta Dream turned their franchise around in just five yearsFive years ago, the Dream were the second-worst team in the WNBA -- making their Finals run all the more remarkable.ESPN5d ago

Match reportWNBA Finals saw surge in attendance, record ratingsThe WNBA Finals were the most watched since 1999, with an average of 1.88 million people viewing the seven-game series that Golden State won over Atlanta in a decisiveESPN5d ago

Match reportUnrivaled reveals Season 3 rosters as Breanna Stewart back for champion MistBack for its third season, Unrivaled unveiled its rosters Tuesday night, with Breanna Stewart, Arike Ogunbowale and Veronica Burton returning for defending champion Mist BC.

Where to watch

WNBA League PassStreaming on WNBA League PassEvery WNBA game on WNBA League Pass (paid).Subscription

ESPNStreaming on Kayo / Disney+Selected WNBA games live on ESPN (via Kayo and Disney+); Prime Video also has selected games. Not every game.SubscriptionWatch on Kayo Watch on Disney+

Usual broadcasters for this competition in Australia.

Match details

Date: Sunday 19 July 2026
Started: 10:00 am Sydney time
Venue: Target Center, Minneapolis
Competition: WNBA
Officials: Angelica Suffren (Referee), Teresa Stuck (Referee), Sarah Williams (Referee)
Crowd: 12,101

Form and ladder

Minnesota LynxPortland Fire

1stLadder9th

33W 11LRecord17W 27L

LLWLWLast 5WLLLL

Team lists

Team lists aren’t available for this game.

Updated 11 Nov, 3:01 am

Lynx101

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
Starters
N. HowardF	25	16	7-8	0-0	2-2	7	3	0	1	3	1	6	0	+10
CoffeyF	20	9	4-8	1-4	0-1	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	+5
K. McBrideG	32	24	9-14	4-8	2-3	3	0	2	0	0	0	3	2	+8
C. WilliamsG	32	15	6-12	1-3	2-2	2	7	2	2	0	0	2	0	+12
O. MilesG	34	14	5-14	2-3	2-3	4	10	2	0	4	0	4	4	+2
Bench
D. JuhaszF	21	12	6-10	0-3	0-0	5	5	0	0	1	1	4	0	-6
A. DelaereF	10	5	1-2	1-1	2-2	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	+4
A. KosuF	14	4	2-5	0-0	0-0	5	0	2	2	0	4	1	0	+7
M. CaldwellG	8	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	-2
HamzovaG	3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Team		101	41-75	9-23	10-13	34	29	10	6	9	8	26	9

Didn't play: N. Collier (Left ankle), E. Cechova (Right knee)