Minnesota Lynx @ Seattle Storm

First Round

18-16, 7-10 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Lynx MIN	21	20	18	15	74
Storm SEA	29	18	17	20	84

Seattle StormStormSEA

18-16, 11-6 Home

Minnesota Lynx

starters
Napheesa CollierN. Collier#24
Sylvia FowlesS. Fowles#34
Damiris DantasD. Dantas#92
Danielle RobinsonD. Robinson#3
Odyssey SimsO. Sims#1
bench
Stephanie TalbotS. Talbot#8
Temi FagbenleT. Fagbenle#14
Seimone AugustusS. Augustus#33
Lexie BrownL. Brown#4
Karima Christmas-KellyK. Christmas-Kelly#0
Jessica ShepardJ. Shepard#10
Bridget CarletonB. Carleton#21
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
38	19	8-11	1-3	2-4	10	3	4	2	1	2	8	3	-10
24	14	7-13	0-0	0-0	11	0	3	0	2	3	8	0	-11
28	20	8-13	2-6	2-2	6	1	5	2	0	1	5	3	-3
19	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	4	3	2	0	0	2	2	2	-21
19	1	0-2	0-0	1-2	1	5	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
15	5	2-4	1-2	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	-11
16	4	2-4	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	0
21	6	3-11	0-1	0-0	3	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	+6
20	5	2-9	1-6	0-0	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
DNP-KNEE INJURY
DNP-ACL
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	74	32-70	5-19	5-8	38	16	18	6	6	11	27	15
		46%	26%	63%

Seattle Storm

starters
Alysha ClarkA. Clark#32
Natasha HowardN. Howard#6
Mercedes RussellM. Russell#2
Jewell LoydJ. Loyd#24
Jordin CanadaJ. Canada#21
bench
Crystal LanghorneC. Langhorne#1
Kaleena Mosqueda-LewisK. Mosqueda-Lewis#23
Courtney ParisC. Paris#3
Shavonte ZellousS. Zellous#11
Sami WhitcombS. Whitcomb#33
Blake DietrickB. Dietrick#12
Sue BirdS. Bird#10
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
26	4	1-5	1-4	1-2	2	1	1	4	1	0	2	4	+6
27	2	1-4	0-1	0-0	7	6	2	0	2	3	4	4	+11
32	13	6-7	0-0	1-1	9	2	1	0	1	0	9	1	+1
26	22	6-14	3-4	7-8	2	3	2	3	0	1	1	1	+11
33	26	10-21	1-3	5-6	3	4	1	2	0	0	3	2	+13
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
17	2	1-4	0-2	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	+3
14	5	2-3	0-1	1-1	1	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	+4
4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	+5
7	4	2-4	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0
14	6	2-4	2-2	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1
0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3
DNP-KNEE INJURY
	84	31-66	7-17	15-18	28	18	11	10	7	4	24	15
		47%	41%	83%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

MIN

SEA wins series

1-0

SEA

Game 1@ SEA

Final

Game Information

Everett, WA

ESPN2

Referee:Che Flores

Referee:Roy Gulbeyan

Referee:Isaac Barnett

Referee:Billy Smith

Women's National Basketball Assoc.

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Las Vegas	4	2	.667	-	L1
Minnesota	4	2	.667	-	W2
Golden State	3	2	.600	0.5	L1
Dallas	3	3	.500	1	L1
Los Angeles	3	3	.500	1	W2
Portland	3	3	.500	1	W1
Phoenix	2	4	.333	2	L2
Seattle	2	4	.333	2	W1

WNBA News

Kelsey Plum drops 38 on ex-team as Sparks keep Aces winless at home

Los Angeles Sparks guard Kelsey Plum is off to one of the hottest starts in the WNBA this season, and she burned her former team Saturday.

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Kelsey Plum scores 38, Erica Wheeler hits clutch 3-pointer and Sparks defeat Aces 101-95

— Kelsey Plum scored a season-high 38 points, Erica Wheeler hit the go-ahead 3-pointer late in the fourth quarter, and the Los Angeles Sparks defeated the Las Vegas Aces 101-95 on Saturday night.

Las Vegas Aces vs. Los Angeles Sparks - Game Highlights

Watch the Game Highlights from Las Vegas Aces vs. Los Angeles Sparks, 05/23/2026

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