Former MVPs Breanna Stewart and A’ja Wilson delivered masterful performances to lead the New York Liberty and Las Vegas Aces, respectively, to dominant victories in the WNBA.
Another day, another win for the Minnesota Lynx at home.
The no. 1 Lynx extended their perfect home record to 12 -0 after dominating the Phoenix Mercury in Thursday's five-game WNBA slate, which also saw Brittney Griner of the Atlanta Dream and Nneka Ogwumike of the Seattle Storm rise on the all-time WNBA scoring list.
HOME SWEET HOME FOR LYNX; GRINER, OGWUMIKE SURGE UP IN SCORING BOARD
- Minnesota Lynx (20-4) def. Phoenix Mercury (11-7), 79-66: The league-leading Lynx improved to 12-0 at home heading to the All-Star break after cruising past the no. 3 Mercury.
Kayla McBride paced Minnesota with 18 points as Minnesota became the first team so far to reach 20 wins.
- Atlanta Dream (13-9) def. Chicago Sky (7-15), 86-49: Brittney Griner passed Jewell Loyd to move into 19th place on the WNBA all-time scoring list during a dominant 37-point victory over the Sky.
Griner finished with 15 points, bringing her career total to 5,777, just 20 points behind Angel McCoughtry for the 18th spot.
- Seattle Storm (14-9) def. Golden State Valkyries (10-12), 67-58: Nneka Ogwumike fired 22 points, moving into sixth place on the WNBA’s all-time scoring list for a bounce-back Storm victory.
Ogwumike surpassed Candice Dupree and now trails Tamika Catchings, who finished her career with 7,380 markers.
- New York Liberty (15-6) def. Indiana Fever (12-11), 98-77: All-Star Breanna Stewart put up a two-way masterclass as the Liberty rolled past the Caitlin Clark-less Fever and to their third straight win.
Stewart fell three assists shy of a triple-double with 24 points, 11 rebounds and seven dimes on top of four blocks. New York ended the game on a 57.8% shooting, hit 14 threes, and dished out 30 assists in a masterful showing.
- Las Vegas Aces (11-11) def. Dallas Wings (6-17), 90-86: The Aces leaned on reigning MVP A’ja Wilson’s dominant performance to send the Wings reeling to a fourth straight loss.
Wilson finished with a season-high 37 markers— and her fourth 30-point game of the season — and grabbed 10 rebounds to hold off a furious Dallas rally in the fourth.