Final

New York Liberty25-1693 winneratMinnesota Lynx31-1081

Fri, Sep 18, 7:30 PM EDTTarget Center, Minneapolis, MNION

The box score

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
NYL	19	22	24	26	91
MIN	20	17	25	19	81

New York Liberty

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Breanna StewartF	38	24	10	4	3	0	0	8-17	2-3	6-8	+11
Leonie FiebichF	27	3	5	2	4	0	2	1-5	1-2	0-0	+11
Jonquel JonesC	29	18	10	0	1	2	4	8-17	1-3	1-1	+10
Sabrina IonescuG	29	15	3	6	3	0	4	6-15	3-9	0-1	+13
Pauline AstierG	27	14	5	3	0	0	1	6-8	2-2	0-0	+6
Han Xu	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-1
Rebekah Gardner	12	2	2	2	0	0	1	1-2	0-1	0-0	+5
Rebecca Allen	17	2	1	0	1	0	1	0-1	0-1	2-2	-1
Marine Johannes	11	13	0	0	0	0	2	4-8	4-8	1-2	-4
Team		91	37	17	12	2	15	34-74	13-29	10-14

DNP: Anneli Maley (coach's decision), Raquel Carrera (coach's decision), Marine Fauthoux (coach's decision)

Minnesota Lynx

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Natasha HowardF	21	11	3	3	0	2	1	4-6	0-0	3-3	-5
Napheesa CollierF	32	14	7	4	0	2	5	7-11	0-2	0-1	-4
Kayla McBrideG	33	16	3	1	2	1	2	5-15	2-7	4-4	-12
Courtney WilliamsG	28	12	5	2	1	0	2	5-12	2-3	0-0	-15
Olivia MilesG	34	20	8	5	2	1	5	5-18	0-3	10-12	-5
Nia Brodie	13	3	2	2	1	2	1	1-3	1-3	0-0	+1
Dorka Juhasz	15	0	4	2	0	0	1	0-3	0-2	0-0	-9
Maya Caldwell	20	5	6	3	1	0	0	2-6	1-2	0-0	-1
Team		81	38	22	7	8	17	29-74	6-22	17-20

DNP: Chloe Bibby (coach's decision), Antonia Delaere (coach's decision), Anastasiia Olairi Kosu (coach's decision), Aari McDonald (coach's decision)

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Lead tracker

Biggest lead · MIN: 5
Biggest lead · NYL: 10
Times tied: 6
Lead changes: 10
Longest run · MIN: 11

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How they entered this matchup

Rest edge: NYLTravel tax: NYLNational TV

NYL has the rest edge with 486.5h between tipoffs, 26h more than MIN.
NYL is carrying the heavier travel load at 1,019 mi from its previous stop.
NYL is in game 1 of 2 on the road with 0 mi already logged before tip.
National TV puts extra weight on a matchup that already has real schedule context.

Reading the setup…

The lineMIN −5.5 · didn't cover

The line

Pregame line · how it landed

SpreadMIN −5.5didn't cover — lost by 12

MoneylineNYL +180 · MIN −218NYL won — upset

TotalO/U 176.5under — 174 combined

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Rest, travel, and body clock

Schedule spot	NYL	MIN
Record	25-16	31-10
Days rest	19 days edge	18 days
Hours rest	486.5h	460.5h
Rest swing	+26h	-26h
Travel in	1,019 mi	913 mi edge
Zone change	-1h	-1h
Body clock	-1h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 1 of 2	Homestand · 1 of 1
Miles before tip	0 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	—	—
Fatigue Index	3	1 edge

marks the side with the edge in that row.

NYL carries the heavier fatigue load tonight — 3 vs. MIN's 1.

How each side got here1,019 mi vs 913 mi

How each side got here

NYL

1,019 mi

Brooklyn, NYMinneapolis, MN

NYL came from Brooklyn, NY with 1,019 mi of travel and -1h of time-zone change.

Brooklyn, NY to Minneapolis, MN

MIN

913 mi

College Park, GAMinneapolis, MN

MIN came from College Park, GA with 913 mi of travel and -1h of time-zone change.

College Park, GA to Minneapolis, MN

Where this game sitsroad 1 of 2 vs homestand 1 of 1

Where this game sits in the run

NYL

Road trip

NYL is on game 1 of 2 on the road, with 0 mi already behind it.

Game in segment1 of 2

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles1,710 mi

MIN

Homestand

MIN is in game 1 of 1 on this homestand.

Game in segment1 of 1

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

National: ION
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