By DOUG FEINBERG
Kayla McBride scored 18 factors and DiJonai Carrington added 15 to assist the Minnesota Lynx beat the New York Liberty 83-71 on Sunday.
The groups will meet 3 times over the following 9 days with New York having back-to-back video games on the west coast earlier than heading to Minnesota to play Saturday. The Lynx are off till that sport.
Each side have been short-handed with New York lacking Breanna Stewart (knee) and Minnesota enjoying with out Napheesa Collier (ankle).
This was the primary sport between the groups at Barclays Middle since New York received the decisive Recreation 5 of the WNBA Finals final fall.
New York (20-11) was up 47-40 early within the third quarter earlier than Minnesota went on a 24-7 run over the following 6 minutes to go up 64-54 on Natisha Hiedeman’s 3-pointer from the wing. The Lynx (27-5) hit 5 3-pointers and had one three-point play in the course of the game-changing burst. Minnesota led 66-57 heading into the fourth quarter and put the sport away early within the closing interval behind Carrington, who the Lynx picked up final week in a take care of Dallas earlier than the commerce deadline.
Natasha Cloud scored 14 factors to guide New York.
After an entertaining first quarter that noticed New York lead 25-24, the sport slowed down within the second and the Liberty had a 38-36 benefit on the half. Courtney Williams had eight factors, seven assists and 4 rebounds within the opening 20 minutes for the Lynx.
Minnesota picked up former Liberty guard Jaylyn Sherrod on Saturday. New York reduce Sherrod when the workforce added Emma Meesseman to the roster. The workforce performed a spotlight video to honor Sherrod earlier than the sport which drew a loud ovation from the gang.
New York additionally inducted former star Tari Phillips into the workforce’s ring of honor at halftime. The workforce honored about two dozen former gamers on the finish of the primary quarter with the loudest ovation coming for Teresa Weatherspoon, who was launched final.
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