Lynx: Brunson closing in on WNBA record, team on franchise record

Rebekkah Brunson, a 6-2 forward for the Lynx in her seventh WNBA season, averaged a double-double last season (11.3 points and 10.3 rebounds) and is on a pace to duplicate that.

Brunson has six double-doubles in as many games. That ties the WNBA record held by two Los Angeles Sparks players, Lisa Leslie and Candace Parker.

She can break that record with another double-double at Seattle on Friday. If Brunson does get her seventh double-double, that would tie the WNBA record for most double-doubles during a season which was set by Seattle's Lauren Jackson in 2003. The 6-5 Storm center, ironically, won't play against the Lynx which should help Brunson to score more points and get more rebounds.

Jackson has a strained left hip from Tuesday when she collided with Tulsa's 6-8 rookie center Liz Cambage.

Brunson's six-game double-double streak:

June 2 at Los Angeles/ 10 pts., 12 rebs.

June 5 vs. Los Angeles/ 10 pts., 15 rebs.

June 9 at Seattle/ 22 pts., 14 rebs. ... 9 pts., 7 rebs. in 22-0 start

June 17 vs. Atlanta/ 18 points, 14 rebs.

June 19 at Atlanta/ 10 points, 10 rebounds ... she got last rebound in closing seconds

LYNX DROPPINGS

* The Lynx are 5-1, which ties their best start in the team's 13-year history. Minnesota was also 5-1 in 2008 and the Lynx won their next game, too, to go 6-1. But then they lost five in a row to fall to 6-6.