9:05 pm
September 22

Lynx v. Storm

Who will WIN this matchup?

Minnesota Lynx (14-8)

Seattle Storm (18-4)

 

Current odds:

Minnesota Lynx: (+320)

Seattle Storm: (-400)

 

• The line for this game is Seattle by 8.5 points.

• The second-seeded Storm (18-4) received a double bye to the semifinals, missing out on the top seed after being swept in the season series versus Las Vegas. Stewart, who finished runner-up to Aces forward A’ja Wilson in MVP voting, and Bird – the team’s veteran standout point guard – both sat out the season-ending 86-84 loss to the Aces last Sunday.

• The second-seeded Storm (18-4) received a double bye to the semifinals, missing out on the top seed after being swept in the season series versus Las Vegas. Stewart, who finished runner-up to Aces forward A’ja Wilson in MVP voting, and Bird – the team’s veteran standout point guard – both sat out the season-ending 86-84 loss to the Aces last Sunday.

• The Storm were 10-1 in games both Stewart and Bird played, and both played key roles leading them to a season sweep of the Lynx. Seattle broke open both games in the third quarter and punished Minnesota on both ends of the floor, scoring 56 points off 48 turnovers and racking up 75 points in the paint.

• That championship mettle means the Lynx will not go quietly. The No. 4 seed held off fifth-seeded Phoenix 80-79 in the second round Friday to advance as Damaris Dantis scored a career-high 22 points and newly minted WNBA Rookie of the Year Crystal Dangerfield added 15 of her 17 in the second half, including seven in a decisive run that gave Minnesota the lead for good.

• The win also extended veteran forward Sylvia Fowles’ season one more game. After missing the final 13 games with a calf injury, the WNBA’s all-time leading rebounder — a milestone she claimed in Minnesota’s 90-66 loss to Seattle on July 28 — contributed six points and four rebounds in 18 minutes.

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