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Roman Augustoviz spends Minnesota's winters covering college hockey, specifically the Gophers, and other University of Minnesota sports. During the summer, he writes about the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx, with a dose of U sports sprinkled in. Follow him on Twitter @RomanStrib.
Lynx pregame: Tulsa suddenly on a roll
Posted by: Michael Rand under Lynx Updated: August 31, 2012 - 6:50 PM
Hello from Target Center, where I'll attempt to keep a chain going of successful pinch hitters for Lynx writer Roman Augustoviz.
We're a few minutes from tip-off; on paper, this matchup between the Lynx (20-4) and Tulsa Shock (6-19) looks like a blowout waiting to happen. Minnesota was won seven consecutive games and has defeated Tulsa with ease in all four previous meetings this season.
But a strange thing is happening lately with the Shock -- namely, Tulsa is winning. After a dismal 3-18 start, the Shock is 3-1 in its past four games. That includes back-to-back victories over Atlanta and Los Angeles, the latter coming in Tulsa on Thursday. In that game, guard Ivory Latta had 21 points and an eye-popping 14 assists to lead the way.
Translation: Maybe the Shock won't be quite the pushover as in previous games, when Minnesota took victories by 20, 21, 15 and 24 points.
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| Toronto - LP: R. Dickey | 5 |
| Cleveland - LP: V. Pestano | 4 | FINAL |
| Boston - WP: J. Tazawa | 7 |
| LA Angels - WP: B. Buckner | 7 | FINAL |
| Kansas City - LP: J. Guthrie | 0 |
| Colorado - LP: R. Betancourt | 5 | FINAL |
| San Francisco - WP: S. Romo | 6 |
| Minnesota - WP: P. Walters | 3 | FINAL |
| Detroit - LP: D. Fister | 2 |
| Chicago Cubs - LP: T. Wood | 2 | FINAL |
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| Pittsburgh - WP: J. Locke | 5 | FINAL |
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| NY Yankees - WP: I. Nova | 4 | FINAL |
| Tampa Bay - LP: J. Lueke | 3 |
| Atlanta - WP: A. Varvaro | 7 | FINAL |
| NY Mets - LP: B. Lyon | 5 |
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| Washington | 3 |
| St. Louis | 1 | Bottom 5th Inning |
| Los Angeles | 3 |
| Miami | 0 | Bottom 7th Inning |
| Chicago WSox | 1 |
| Oakland | 10 | Top 5th Inning |
| Houston | 3 |
| Atlanta | 5 | Bottom 5th Inning |
| NY Mets | 0 |
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| Montreal | 5 |
| Portland | 2 | FINAL |
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| Connecticut | 81 |
| Tulsa | 73 | 4th Qtr 2:59 |
| Atlanta | 89 |
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