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Minnesota Lynx stun New York Liberty with 95-93 overtime win in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals
NEW YORK (AP) — Minnesota coach Cheryl Reeve has seen a lot in her incredible career that's included four WNBA championships. The historic rally by the Lynx to beat New York 95-93 in a wild Game 1 of the WNBA Finals ranks right up there as one of the best moments. ...
Minnesota Lynx win wild Game 1 of the WNBA Finals
NEW YORK (AP) — On a night that WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert announced the Finals would go to a best-of-seven format next season, this year's championship opener was one of the wildest games in playoff history. The Minnesota Lynx used a historic rally to beat the New York...
Breanna Stewart and New York Liberty lament lost opportunity to win Game 1 of WNBA Finals
NEW YORK (AP) — Breanna Stewart and the New York Liberty were left thinking about what could have been. The Liberty had an 18-point lead in the first half and an 11-point advantage with 3:23 left in regulation before Game 1 of the WNBA Finals slipped away and with it homecourt...
Liberty and Lynx both trying to make history as they face off in WNBA Finals
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Liberty and the Minnesota Lynx both have a shot to make history when the teams meet in the WNBA Finals. The Liberty are looking for the franchise's first championship while the Lynx are vying for a record fifth. They were the best two teams during the...
New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx to meet for WNBA championship
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Liberty are back in the Finals, looking for the first championship in franchise history. They'll have to beat the Minnesota Lynx to do it. The Liberty advanced to the WNBA Finals for the second straight year after knocking off the two-time defending Las...
Changes are coming to Aces after they fall short of three-peat
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Becky Hammon wasn't quite ready to look ahead, Sunday's 76-62 loss to the Liberty that ended the Aces' season in the WNBA semifinals still too fresh in her head. But she acknowledged if Las Vegas was to return to championship form, the organization couldn't sit...
Liberty aren't celebrating beating Aces with WNBA Finals on the horizon
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The celebration was relatively muted given how long the Liberty had waited to exact revenge on the Aces for beating New York on its home court in last year's WNBA Finals. Except Sunday's 76-62 victory wasn't exactly the moment the Liberty have dreamed about. ...
Ionescu scores 22 points to lead Liberty to 76-62 win over Aces and into WNBA Finals
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Sabrina Ionescu didn't take long to make a quick statement that what transpired not even 48 hours earlier would not happen again. But she and her Liberty teammates had an even larger message to deliver. Ionescu rebounded from a rare off game to score...
Jackie Young's 24 points and Aces' 16-point run staves off elimination in 95-81 win over Liberty
LAS VEGAS (AP) — On the verge of elimination, the Aces showed Friday night as the two-time defending WNBA champions they weren't ready to go quietly. Las Vegas took control with a 16-point third-quarter run, held the Liberty without a point over a 7:36 stretch and won 95-81 to cut...
Aces avoid elimination against Liberty while Lynx take 2-1 lead in series with Sun
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A return home helped Las Vegas stave off elimination by New York and look like the team that has won consecutive WNBA championships, while Connecticut couldn't stop Minnesota and take advantage of their homecourt. Both the Aces and Sun now will try to avoid seeing...
