Minnesota Lynx v New York Liberty

WNBA

Final

Minnesota Lynx

90–85

New York Liberty

Match events

Minnesota LynxNew York Liberty

By period (Minnesota Lynx-New York Liberty): Q1 17-13, Q2 25-19, Q3 19-30, Q4 29-23
Lead changes: 6
Times tied: 6
Biggest lead: Minnesota Lynx by 15

1st quarter

9:021–3
Lead changeBreanna Stewart makes 23-foot running pullup jump shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Lead changeMaya Caldwell makes running layup
1:4613–11
Run8-0 run (from 5-11 to 13-11)
1:4613–11
End of quarter17–13

2nd quarter

8.239–32
Run8-0 run (from 39-24 to 39-32)
Half-time42–32

3rd quarter

Run8-0 run (from 46-39 to 54-39)
5:4154–39
2:0756–54
Run13-0 run (from 56-41 to 56-54)
53.658–59
Lead changeSabrina Ionescu makes free throw 2 of 2
27.658–62
Run8-0 run (from 58-54 to 58-62)
End of quarter61–62

4th quarter

Lead changeOlivia Miles makes free throw 2 of 2
8:1866–65
8:0666–68
Lead changeMarine Johannes makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
Lead changeNatasha Howard makes free throw 1 of 2
6:1373–72
Run9-0 run (from 69-72 to 78-72)
5:3678–72
Full-time90–85

Player stats

New York LibertyPlayers

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
B. Stewart	37	17	7-16	2-3	1-1	7	3	4	2	1	3	4	1	-4
J. Jones	33	15	5-11	2-5	3-4	12	2	0	0	1	3	9	4	+5
R. Gardner	14	0	0-5	0-2	0-0	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	+3
S. Ionescu	35	25	9-20	3-12	4-4	8	5	3	2	0	3	5	0	+7
P. Astier	23	4	2-5	0-1	0-0	0	2	4	2	0	0	0	3	-9
R. Carrera	3	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-5
H. Xu

Highlights

0:18Breanna Stewart splashes a triple for the LibertyESPN0:18Olivia Miles knocks down the tripleESPN0:16Miles' reverse layup gives Lynx a 30-20 lead over LibertyESPN0:19Breanna Stewart somehow gets the and-1 to fallESPN0:27Sabrina Ionescu fights off defender for and-1ESPN

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Match details

Date: Sunday 12 July 2026
Started: 3:00 am Sydney time
Venue: Target Center, Minneapolis
Competition: WNBA
Officials: Roy Gulbeyan (Referee), Maj Forsberg (Referee), Agon Abazi (Referee)
Crowd: 12,405

Form and ladder

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Updated 10 Nov, 3:02 am

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
N. Howard	36	16	5-9	1-1	5-6	9	2	2	2	0	5	4	3	-1
Coffey	28	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	5	5	2	0	2	1	4	4	+9
K. McBride	33	25	8-17	5-11	4-4	4	2	0	4	0	1	3	4	+1
C. Williams	36	12	5-17	2-3	0-0	12	1	3	0	0	5	7	2	+7
O. Miles	32	23	6-16	4-7	7-10	5	4	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1
D. Juhasz	16	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	3	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	+2
A. Delaere	7	6	2-3	1-2	1-1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	+4
A. Kosu	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-5
M. Caldwell	7	5	2-3	0-0	1-2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	+9
Hamzova	4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	-2