Natisha Hiedeman scored all eight of her points in two second-half runs, Napheesa Collier returned from a night off with a game-high 24 points and the Minnesota Lynx surged past the host Golden State Valkyries 86-75 on Sunday night in San Francisco.
Napheesa Collier scored 23 points on 10-for-18 shooting, and the Minnesota Lynx pulled away for an 89-75 win over the host Los Angeles Sparks on Sunday evening.
The Lynx did not finish the WNBA鈥檚 regular season the way they had hoped to, and coach Cheryl Reeve made that abundantly clear with her postgame comments after the team鈥檚 loss Sunday to Indiana that cemented Minnesota into the No. 6 seed in the playoffs.
So Sunday was certainly a missed opportunity for the Lynx (19-21), who lost to a 13-win team. The score was tied 67-67 with eight minutes to play, but the Fever (13-27) closed the game on a 20-5 run.
