Minnesota fought its way to a 91-80 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks in the deciding Game 3 of the conference semifinals at the Target Center on Tuesday night.
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Now it’s likely going to be a case of which team’s bench supports its star the best, as Minnesota’s Maya Moore and Los Angeles’ Candace Parker have both been strong so far. Glares have been exchanged. “But we were able to bounce back and make it a game”.
Mercury update: Phoenix has the edge in rest, having ousted Tulsa in two games in which C Brittney Griner averaged 20.5 points, 10.5 rebounds and 8 blocks per game.
If the Liberty win, then the Eastern Conference finals will begin in New York on Wednesday night (ESPN2, 7 p.m. ET) – rather than Thursday as originally scheduled – because of the pope’s impending visit to Madison Square Garden.
The Lynx will meet the defending WNBA champion Phoenix Mercury in the conference finals for the third year in a row and fourth time in five years.
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Minnesota Lynx guard Seimone Augustus (33) talks to a teammate against the Atlanta Dream in the first quarter at The Arena at Gwinnett Center. Though Parker had a monster game statistically (28 points, 13 rebounds, four assists and three steals while playing the entire 40 minutes), it wasn’t enough to overcome the five double-digit scorers on the Lynx, who ended the game on an 11-0 run to advance to the next round.
