WASHINGTON – For the second game in a row, the Lynx went up against the best team in the WNBA.
This time, it didn't go quite as well.
Emma Meesseman scored a season-high 25 points, Elena Delle Donne had 23 points and 10 rebounds for her sixth double-double and the Washington Mystics beat the Lynx 101-78 on Sunday.
The Lynx were coming off an 89-57 home victory over Connecticut on Friday, a 32-point rout that ranked as the fifth-largest winning margin in team history. The Sun had won seven games in a row and had the league's best record at the time.
That distinction now belongs to Washington (17-7), which has won three in a row and eight of nine. The Mystics — averaging a league-high 87.3 points per game, more than five points higher than any other team in the league — scored 100 points for the third time this season, improved to 12-0 when scoring at least 90 and won by at least 20 points for the ninth time this season.
The Mystics shot 54.8% (34-for-62) from the floor and made 27 of 29 shots from the foul line — their season high for free-throw attempts and tying their season mark for free throws made. It was the first time the Lynx had given up at least 100 points since a 100-76 loss at Chicago on July 8, 2017.
"We've got one of the top defensive teams in the league, but you would not know that by watching this game today," Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve said. "We had zero concept of defending the post. Zero. Three players with 20-plus points — 25, 23 and 20 on our defense."
Aerial Powers added 20 points for Washington, and Myisha Hines-Allen scored 13. Meesseman shot 9-for-13 from the floor and 6-for-6 on free throws, while Delle Donne shot 8-for-14 from the floor and 7-for-7 from the line.
