The Lynx beat San Antonio 72-61 on Sunday to clinch the Western Confernce regular-season title. That's a franchise first. The best they had ever done in 12 seasons before was a tie for third place.
But there are many more amazing numbers from this latest win of the surging Lynx. They are 23-6 and have won five in a row. And:
* The Lynx outscored San Antonio 30-4 in the paint. That's a team record for keeping an opponent out of the lane. The previous low by an opponent was 12, set by Phoenix on July 9, 2004.
The Silver Stars were 11 of 28 on threes, but only eight of 25 on two-point attempts. In other words, they scored 33 points on threes, only 16 on twos.
"You look at the game and we just really didn't shoot the ball very well; made the game kind of hard," San Antonio coach Dan Hughes said. "I'll look at the tapes, but I thought we had some decent attempts.
"Their rebounding was very difficult for us to deal with. They rebound at all five positions pretty well. I thought defensively, we evolved through the game and really gave ourselves a chance, but we just couldn't realize it.
" Quite honestly, you're not going to shoot 30% against that team and have any chance of winning. It's disappointing. I thought defensively we moved into a position to give ourselves a chance. We just couldn't realize it."
* The Lynx outrebounded the Silver Stars 50-27, a huge difference of 23.
