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It was, pretty much from start to finish, a thing of offensive beauty.
The third-place Lynx went to play the defending champion Aces in Las Vegas on Wednesday night and put on a clinic. Moving, passing, shooting, hitting.
And this includes about everybody in the Lynx’s 98-87 victory.
While winning their fourth straight game and their third straight since the Olympic break, the Lynx (20-8), got a 22-point, 10-assist, seven-rebound double-double from Courtney Williams. Napheesa Collier (23 points, seven rebounds) got the better of her battle with A’Ja Wilson (15 points, 9 rebounds). Myisha Hines-Allen, traded to the team Tuesday and with just one shootaround in a Lynx uniform, played vital minutes with starting center Alanna Smith battling foul trouble all night. Hines-Allen had eight points, four rebounds and two assists in 14 minutes.
The Lynx shot 59.4% overall, made 11 of 19 three-pointers and had assists on 28 of 38 made field goals.
It was the Lynx’s second victory in three games vs. the Aces (17-10), with both coming on the road. The Lynx offense was so efficient that they were able to lead for much of the game — and keep their difference while doing it — on a night when the Aces (46.5% shooting) were pretty good, too.
The Aces had just used a five-point run that turned an 11-point Lynx lead in the first minute of the fourth quarter to six with 7:31 left.
But, out of a timeout, the Lynx scored eight consecutive points, with Collier scoring four of those, to take back control of the game.
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