1:03 pm
August 14

Lynx @ Sun

Who will WIN this matchup?

Minnesota Lynx (14-21)

@ Connecticut Sun (24-11)

 

Current odds:

Minnesota Lynx: (+215)

Connecticut Sun: (-260)

 

• The line for this game is Sun by 6 points.

• The Minnesota Lynx must beat the Connecticut Sun and get some help in order to extend the illustrious career of center Sylvia Fowles. An eight-time All-Star and former league MVP, Fowles will play her final regular season game on Sunday afternoon against the Sun in Uncasville, Conn. A win by the Lynx would be followed by some scoreboard watching.

• Minnesota (14-21) is jockeying with three other teams for the seventh and eighth seeds in the playoffs and hoping to avoid missing the postseason for the first time since 2010.

• To get the seventh seed, the Lynx need a win in conjunction with losses by New York and Phoenix. Minnesota will be the eighth seed if it wins and if New York or Phoenix loses.

• The Lynx are in this situation because of what unfolded Friday when they endured a 96-69 rout at the hands of the Seattle Storm in their home finale. While Fowles posted 13 points and 12 rebounds for her record-extending 192nd career double-double, Minnesota trailed by 20 after one quarter, shot 36.5 percent and allowed Seattle to shoot 52.8 percent.

• Connecticut (24-11) is assured of the third seed in the postseason and won for the eighth time in 10 games when it cruised to a 93-69 rout of the host Los Angeles Sparks on Thursday. Alyssa Thomas had 18 points, nine rebounds and five assists and Jonquel Jones had 17 points and eight rebounds as the Sun shot 50 percent and pulled away in the second half.

• The Sun own a pair of wins against the Lynx when it swept a two-game series at Minnesota on July 22-24. Thomas had a triple-double in an 94-84 win in the first meeting and Natisha Hiedeman had 19 points in the 86-79 win in the second contest.

• Connecticut signed Odyssey Sims for the remainder of the season earlier this week.

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