Lynx 86-80 Liberty (Aug 16, 2025) Box Score

New York Liberty

21-13, 8-9 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NY	12	21	28	19	80
MIN	21	17	22	26	86

Minnesota Lynx

28-5, 17-1 home

New York Liberty

starters
Leonie FiebichL. Fiebich#13
Jonquel JonesJ. Jones#35
Emma MeessemanE. Meesseman#33
Natasha CloudN. Cloud#9
Sabrina IonescuS. Ionescu#20
bench
Stephanie TalbotS. Talbot#6
Kennedy BurkeK. Burke#22
Marine JohannesM. Johannes#23
Isabelle HarrisonI. Harrison#21
Breanna StewartB. Stewart#30
Nyara SaballyN. Sabally#8
Rebekah GardnerR. Gardner#7
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
32	3-8	1-3	0-0	3	4	7	4	1	0	1	4	-5	7
30	7-11	2-4	1-1	0	6	6	2	0	1	3	2	-5	17
28	4-8	2-3	0-0	0	3	3	3	1	1	0	5	-4	10
28	4-8	0-2	2-2	0	4	4	6	1	0	1	5	-4	10
33	5-16	2-7	1-2	2	8	10	2	2	0	3	4	-6	13
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0
24	4-9	2-4	1-3	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	2	-6	11
23	5-11	2-6	0-0	0	1	1	2	0	0	3	0	+2	12
DNP-CONCUSSION PROTOCOL
DNP-RIGHT KNEE
DNP-RIGHT KNEE
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	32-71	11-29	5-8	6	26	32	21	5	2	13	22		80
	45.1%	37.9%	62.5%

Minnesota Lynx

starters
Jessica ShepardJ. Shepard#15
Bridget CarletonB. Carleton#6
Alanna SmithA. Smith#8
Kayla McBrideK. McBride#21
Courtney WilliamsC. Williams#10
bench
Maria KliundikovaM. Kliundikova#77
Natisha HiedemanN. Hiedeman#2
DiJonai CarringtonD. Carrington#3
Napheesa CollierN. Collier#24
Camryn TaylorC. Taylor#20
Anastasiia Olairi KosuA. Kosu#7
Jaylyn SherrodJ. Sherrod#00
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
31	5-7	0-0	7-12	2	8	10	2	1	0	1	1	+14	17
19	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	2	2	3	1	0	0	2	+8	0
35	6-11	0-2	2-2	3	4	7	2	1	4	3	3	-2	14
34	3-14	2-7	9-13	1	3	4	2	0	0	0	1	+1	17
35	10-18	3-6	3-4	0	5	5	5	0	0	3	2	+8	26
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
14	1-4	1-1	0-0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3
19	2-4	1-2	0-0	0	2	2	4	3	0	0	0	-4	5
13	1-5	0-2	2-2	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	+5	4
DNP-SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	28-65	7-22	23-33	6	27	33	20	7	4	7	12		86
	43.1%	31.8%	69.7%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

MIN leads 3-0

Liberty
93
Lynx
100

Game 1

7/30

Lynx
83
Liberty
71

Game 2

8/10

Liberty
80
Lynx
86

Game 3

8/16

Lynx
Liberty

Game 4

8/19

NBA TV

Target Center

2:00 PM, August 16, 2025Coverage: CBS

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 10,810

Referees:
Tim Greene
Ryan Sassano
Jenna Reneau

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Atlanta	21	12	.636	-	L1
New York	21	13	.618	0.5	L2
Indiana	18	16	.529	3.5	L2
Washington	15	18	.455	6	W1
Chicago	8	25	.242	13	L4
Connecticut	6	26	.188	14.5	W1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	28	5	.848	-	W6
Phoenix	19	13	.594	8.5	L2
Las Vegas	20	14	.588	8.5	W6
Golden State	18	15	.545	10	W4
Seattle	17	17	.500	11.5	W1
Los Angeles	16	17	.485	12	W1
Dallas	9	25	.265	19.5	L1

Lynx take down Liberty 86-80

The Lynx hold on to beat the Liberty 86-80 in a WNBA Finals rematch.

Williams scores 26, McBride hits 3-pointer with 30.8 seconds left as Lynx beat Liberty 86-80

— Courtney Williams scored a season-high 26 points, Kayla McBride hit a deep 3-pointer with 30.8 seconds left and the Minnesota Lynx beat the defending WNBA champion New York Liberty 86-80 on Saturday.

Natasha Cloud misses crunch-time layup for Liberty

Natasha Cloud is unable to convert a layup that would have cut the Liberty deficit to one late in the fourth quarter vs. the Lynx.

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Regular Season Series

MIN leads 3-0

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Lynx take down Liberty 86-80

Williams scores 26, McBride hits 3-pointer with 30.8 seconds left as Lynx beat Liberty 86-80

Natasha Cloud misses crunch-time layup for Liberty