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Lynx must avoid mistakes in Game 2 that doomed them in finals opener
Coach Cheryl Reeve already had seen an encore performance of a game she called "a head-scratcher,'' looking at the video to catalog the shortcomings that gave the Sparks a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five series.
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Scoggins: Lynx' Fowles studying for post-basketball career as mortician
Sylvia Fowles hasn't decided how long she intends to play in the WNBA, but she's already preparing for her second career. She wants to become a mortician.
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Lynx-Los Angeles WNBA Finals Game 2 preview
In their previous four trips to the WNBA Finals, the Lynx are 4-0 in Game 2, with all four games at Target Center.
Lynx
Lynx lose Game 1 on buzzer-beater; Reeve cites 'bad plays that cost us'
Before Alana Beard's game-winning shot, silencing most in the crowd of 12,113 for Game 1 of the WNBA finals, the Lynx were undone by turnovers and defensive miscues,
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Sparks hold Lynx's Moore scoreless in first half
Moore entered the game averaging 25.7 points in the playoffs, and she averaged 18.7 against the Sparks in three regular-season games. Sunday, the Sparks held her without a basket on four first-half shots before Moore hit seven of 10 in the second, finishing with 18 points.
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Lynx lose Game 1 of the WNBA Finals
The Los Angeles Sparks beat the Minnesota Lynx 78-76 with a buzzer-beater in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on Sunday afternoon at Target Center.
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Lynx-Los Angeles Game 1 recap
Sparks guard Alana Beard hit a long corner jumper at the buzzer to give her team a victory in its return to the WNBA Finals for the first time in 13 years.
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Watch the shot that sunk the Lynx in Game 1
Alana Beard scored only four points in Sunday's game, but two of them were enough to send the Lynx to defeat in the opener of the WNBA finals.
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This season already unforgettable to Lynx players
The Lynx set a franchise record with 28 regular-season victories and a WNBA mark by starting 13-0.
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Gameday preview: Lynx-Sparks in WNBA Finals Game 1
The Lynx have played just three games in 21 days, giving them plenty of rest for the finals.
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Lynx coach Reeve says WNBA Finals could turn on little things
Both teams are so evenly matched and know each other so well that games are likely to be decided by details such as free throws or execution out of a timeout.
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Sunday's Lynx game on national TV, but faces lots of competition
The first game of the WNBA Finals is at 2 p.m., with the Vikings playing during that time.
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Lynx sweep Mercury, advance to WNBA Finals
The Lynx now will have six days to prepare for either Los Angeles or Chicago before the finals begin Sunday at Target Center
Lynx
Sweeping Phoenix: Lynx take another step toward a big goal
The Lynx' mastery over talent-rich Phoenix made them the first WNBA team to make the finals five times, with all five appearances coming in the past six years.
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Moore relishes challenge of sweeping Phoenix in WNBA semifinals
Despite a pair of double-digit triumphs at Xcel Energy Center, the Lynx understand how tough it is to deliver the knockout blow
Lynx
Firmed-up defense leads Lynx to brink of WNBA finals
Minnesota defeated Phoenix 96-86 to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five semifinals at the Xcel Energy Center.
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'Weezy mode:' Lindsay Whalen still the driving force on Lynx
Weezy mode — borrowed from the nickname of hip-hop star Lil Wayne, a favorite of Whalen and Augustus — powered Whalen to 19 points and seven assists as the Lynx pummeled Phoenix to begin the semifinals.
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Lynx honored: Cheryl Reeve, Sylvia Fowles win top WNBA awards
Reeve was named WNBA coach of the year for the second time and 6-foot-6 center Sylvia Fowles was named the top defensive player for the third time in her career.
Lynx
Well-rested Lynx demolish Phoenix in Game 1 with 113-point outburst
Over the past 10 days, Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve kept shooting down speculation that the long break before starting the playoffs could somehow be bad for her team in the WNBA semifinals.
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