basketball

MINNEAPOLIS -- Odyssey Sims scored 20 points and Sylvia Fowles added 19 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks as the Minnesota Lynx halted a four-game losing streak with a 92-83 victory over the visiting New York Liberty on Saturday night, June 22. Napheesa Collier contributed 19 points,...

MINNEAPOLIS — Jaylen Nowell didn’t know what to say when he got the call Thursday, June 21, so he said what he felt. “Thank you,” he told the Timberwolves when they made his NBA dream come true. The reigning Pac-12 Player of the Year wasn’t expecting to receive a call from...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Kayla McBride had 22 points, including four consecutive free throws made in the last 25.6 seconds, as the Las Vegas Aces beat the Minnesota Lynx 80-75 Sunday night, June 16, at Minneapolis. After the teams were tied at 58 entering the fourth quarter, Minnesota forged...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Jonquel Jones scored 16 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as the visiting Connecticut Sun held off the determined Minnesota Lynx for a 85-81 victory on Friday, June 14, to extend their winning streak to five games. Alyssa Thomas and Shekinna Stricklen also scored 16 points...