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Minnesota Lynx vs New York Liberty

WNBA
Lynx
15-5
86-99
Final
Liberty
13-8
Barclays Center
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MIN2227162186
NY2633192199

Who won: Liberty 99-86

The New York Liberty beat the Minnesota Lynx 99-86 on Friday, July 3, 2026 at Barclays Center. The Liberty win the series 2-1. Breanna Stewart led the Liberty in points (36). Kayla McBride led the Lynx in points (18).

Leaders

MINNY
Points
Kayla McBride
18
Breanna Stewart
36
Assists
Olivia Miles
5
Sabrina Ionescu
6
Rebounds
Natasha Howard
6
Jonquel Jones
15

Scoring

2nd Quarter
1.4
Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot

Pauline Astier makes 6-foot two point shot (Jonquel Jones assists)

49-59
3rd Quarter
9:36
Jump Shot

Breanna Stewart makes 24-foot three point jumper (Leonie Fiebich assists)

49-62
7:45
Layup Shot

Breanna Stewart makes layup

49-64
7:25
Step Back Jump Shot

Kayla McBride makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot

52-64
6:56
Layup Shot Putback

Courtney Williams makes two point shot

54-64
6:26
Running Pullup Jump Shot

Courtney Williams makes 12-foot running pullup jump shot

56-64
5:23
Driving Layup Shot

Sabrina Ionescu makes driving layup

56-66
5:06
Running Layup Shot

Breanna Stewart makes running layup (Leonie Fiebich assists)

56-68
3:45
Running Layup Shot

Breanna Stewart makes running layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)

56-70
3:31
Cutting Layup Shot

Natasha Howard makes 4-foot layup (Nia Coffey assists)

58-70
3:01
Driving Layup Shot

Kayla McBride makes driving layup

60-70
2:43
Driving Layup Shot

Breanna Stewart makes driving layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)

60-72
2:27
Jump Shot

Antonia Delaere makes 27-foot three point jumper (Anastasiia Olairi Kosu assists)

63-72
1:41
Free Throw - 1 of 2

Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 1 of 2

63-73
1:41
Free Throw - 2 of 2

Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 2 of 2

63-74
1:25
Free Throw - 1 of 2

Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 1 of 2

63-75
1:25
Free Throw - 2 of 2

Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 2 of 2

63-76
29.2
Layup Shot Putback

Han Xu makes two point shot

63-78
16.4
Driving Finger Roll Layup

Olivia Miles makes 5-foot two point shot (Anastasiia Olairi Kosu assists)

65-78
4th Quarter
9:36
Jump Shot

Maya Caldwell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Antonia Delaere assists)

68-78
8:10
Reverse Layup Shot

Leonie Fiebich makes 3-foot reverse layup (Jonquel Jones assists)

68-80
7:33
Free Throw - 1 of 2

Pauline Astier makes free throw 1 of 2

68-81
7:33
Free Throw - 2 of 2

Pauline Astier makes free throw 2 of 2

68-82
7:01
Jump Shot

Jonquel Jones makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)

68-85
6:46
Driving Floating Jump Shot

Courtney Williams makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot

70-85
6:21
Driving Layup Shot

Pauline Astier makes driving layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)

70-87
6:03
Jump Shot

Kayla McBride makes 23-foot three point jumper (Maya Caldwell assists)

73-87
5:42
Cutting Layup Shot

Breanna Stewart makes 2-foot layup (Pauline Astier assists)

73-89
5:42
Free Throw - 1 of 1

Breanna Stewart makes free throw 1 of 1

73-90
5:33
Jump Shot

Courtney Williams makes 26-foot three point jumper (Maya Caldwell assists)

76-90
5:11
Turnaround Jump Shot

Breanna Stewart makes 10-foot turnaround jump shot (Pauline Astier assists)

76-92
4:08
Driving Layup Shot

Kayla McBride makes driving layup (Anastasiia Olairi Kosu assists)

78-92
3:31
Layup Shot Putback

Liatu King makes two point shot

80-92
3:09
Cutting Layup Shot

Leonie Fiebich makes 1-foot layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)

80-94
2:50
Driving Layup Shot

Liatu King makes driving layup (Kayla McBride assists)

82-94
1:52
Free Throw - 1 of 2

Breanna Stewart makes free throw 1 of 2

82-95
1:52
Free Throw - 2 of 2

Breanna Stewart makes free throw 2 of 2

82-96
1:10
Cutting Layup Shot

Anastasiia Olairi Kosu makes 3-foot layup (Antonia Delaere assists)

84-96
52.7
Jump Shot

Leonie Fiebich makes 23-foot three point jumper (Pauline Astier assists)

84-99
25.7
Step Back Jump Shot

Liatu King makes 9-foot step back jumpshot

86-99

Scores shown as MIN-NY.

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