Frantic finish in Lynx-Sparks game

October 22, 2016 at 4:55AM
Minnesota Lynx forward Rebekkah Brunson (32) and center Sylvia Fowles (34) celebrated after Brunson was fouled during a shot late in the fourth quarter. ] (AARON LAVINSKY/STAR TRIBUNE) aaron.lavinsky@startribune.com The Minnesota Lynx play the Los Angeles Sparks in game five of the WNBA championships on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn.
Rebekkah Brunson, right, and Sylvia Fowles celebrated a foul that sent Brunson to the free-throw line late in the game. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The frantic finish

Key fourth-quarter moments from Game 5 of the WNBA Finals:

8:25: Chelsea Gray completes a 2-minute, 35-second stretch in which she scores 11 straight points for the Sparks (L.A. 60, Lynx 59).

3:43: Kristi Tolliver keeps the momentum on the Sparks' side by making a desperation three-pointer from 24 feet (L.A. 69, Lynx 63).

3:06: Candace Parker's basket gives the Sparks their largest lead of the game. Time seems to be running out for the Lynx (L.A. 71, Lynx 63).

2:43: On the heels of a technical FT, Maya Moore puts the Lynx back in the game with a turn-and-shoot three-pointer (L.A. 71, Lynx 67).

1:48: An 8-0 Wolves run is complete after Lindsay Whalen steals the ball and races downcourt for a game-tying layup (L.A. 71, Lynx 71).

1:12: The Sparks' Nneka Ogwumike gets credit for a basket despite the shot clock running out. There is no review (L.A. 73, Lynx 71).

:23: After a Seimone Augustus basket, Rebekkah Brunson makes just one of two free throws, which would prove critical (Lynx 74, L.A. 73).

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:02: After Parker and Moore trade baskets, Ogwumike makes the winning basket off a rebound of her blocked shot (L.A. 77, Lynx 76).

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