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Dallas Wings @ Minnesota Lynx 90–103

2026-08-09 15:30 · WNBA · Target Center, Minneapolis MN · Att. 14,421 · NBC/Peacock

Dallas Wings 2026 · Minnesota Lynx 2026 · 2026 season

Score by period

	1	2	3	4	T
DAL	23	22	23	22	90
MIN	21	26	29	27	103

Team stats

	Wings	Lynx
Field goals	37-68 .544	40-72 .556
Three-pointers	6-20 .300	18-39 .462
Free throws	10-11 .909	5-9 .556
Offensive rebounds	8	6
Defensive rebounds	26	18
Total rebounds	34	24
Assists	24	29
Steals	5	12
Blocks	0	3
Turnovers	18	11
Personal fouls	8	12
Technical fouls	0	0
Points in the paint	44	34
Fast-break points	11	14
Points off turnovers	26	10
Largest lead	8	16
Lead changes	6	6

Dallas Wings

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3P	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	TO	PF	+/-
Paige Bueckers G	31	23	10-15	1-3	2-2	1	3	4	8	3	6	2	-14
Odyssey Sims G	31	17	7-13	1-4	2-2	0	3	3	4	0	3	0	-14
Arike Ogunbowale F	28	5	2-4	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	4	1	4	1	-26
Alanna Smith C	27	11	5-13	1-4	0-0	3	5	8	0	1	1	2	-12
Jessica Shepard F	5	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	-5
Li Yueru C	27	4	1-3	0-1	2-2	2	4	6	0	0	0	0	-8
Awak Kuier F	19	4	2-6	0-4	0-0	1	6	7	1	0	1	0	-1
Aziaha James G	15	19	7-10	1-1	4-5	1	5	6	2	0	2	1	+8
Sug Sutton G	9	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	+1
Maddy Siegrist F	6	5	2-3	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	+6
Haley Jones G	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	200	90	37-68	6-20	10-11	8	26	34	24	5	18	8

FG .544 · 3P .300 · FT .909

Did not play: Azzi Fudd (dnd - injury/illness), Alysha Clark (dnd - injury/illness)

Minnesota Lynx

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3P	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-
Napheesa Collier F	35	17	7-10	3-5	0-0	1	7	8	3	4	1	3	0	+9
Olivia Miles G	34	20	7-12	5-8	1-2	0	1	1	13	1	0	4	2	+15
Kayla McBride F	32	43	16-21	10-14	1-1	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	+16
Courtney Williams G	31	3	1-8	0-4	1-2	0	3	3	7	1	0	0	4	+15
Natasha Howard C	24	12	6-9	0-0	0-0	2	2	4	3	2	2	1	5	+12
Nia Coffey F	14	4	2-5	0-3	0-0	1	3	4	1	1	0	0	0	-1
Maya Caldwell G	10	2	1-2	0-0	0-2	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	-4
Dorka Juhasz F	9	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
Antonia Delaere F	8	0	0-3	0-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	+8
Eliska Hamzova G	4	2	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	-3
Total	200	103	40-72	18-39	5-9	6	18	24	29	12	3	11	12

FG .556 · 3P .462 · FT .556

Did not play: Anastasiia Olairi Kosu (dnp - coach's decision), Chloe Bibby (dnd - personal)

Officials: Angelica Suffren, Isaac Barnett, Blanca Burns

Play-by-play

Show every play (348)

Quarter 1

10:00 MIN Alanna Smith vs. Natasha Howard (Napheesa Collier gains possession)
9:38 MIN Natasha Howard makes 4-foot two point shot 0–2
9:20 DAL Arike Ogunbowale makes driving layup 2–2
9:05 MIN Napheesa Collier bad pass turnover (Paige Bueckers steals)
8:59 DAL Arike Ogunbowale bad pass turnover (Natasha Howard steals)
8:53 MIN Natasha Howard misses two point shot
8:50 DAL Alanna Smith defensive rebound
8:43 DAL Paige Bueckers misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
8:39 MIN Napheesa Collier defensive rebound
8:26 MIN Courtney Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper
8:24 DAL Paige Bueckers defensive rebound
8:15 DAL Alanna Smith makes driving layup (Paige Bueckers assists) 4–2
7:56 MIN Kayla McBride makes 3-foot layup (Olivia Miles assists) 4–4
7:29 DAL Alanna Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper
7:27 MIN Olivia Miles defensive rebound
7:10 MIN Olivia Miles makes 25-foot three pointer 4–7
6:46 DAL Paige Bueckers bad pass turnover (Courtney Williams steals)
6:39 MIN Natasha Howard makes 5-foot running pullup jump shot (Courtney Williams assists) 4–9
6:24 DAL Paige Bueckers makes 10-foot step back jumpshot 6–9
6:08 MIN Napheesa Collier makes 25-foot three point jumper (Courtney Williams assists) 6–12
5:49 DAL Odyssey Sims misses 25-foot three point jumper
5:46 MIN Napheesa Collier defensive rebound
5:40 MIN Courtney Williams misses running pullup jump shot
5:38 DAL Alanna Smith defensive rebound
5:29 DAL Paige Bueckers makes 8-foot two point shot (Jessica Shepard assists) 8–12
5:15 DAL Jessica Shepard shooting foul
5:15 MIN Courtney Williams makes free throw 1 of 2 8–13
5:15 DAL Li Yueru enters the game for Jessica Shepard
5:15 MIN Courtney Williams misses free throw 2 of 2
5:12 DAL Alanna Smith defensive rebound
4:55 DAL Odyssey Sims makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Arike Ogunbowale assists) 10–13
4:44 MIN Olivia Miles offensive foul
4:44 MIN Olivia Miles offensive foul turnover
4:44 Official timeout
4:44 MIN Nia Coffey enters the game for Natasha Howard
4:34 DAL Odyssey Sims makes driving layup 12–13
4:16 MIN Nia Coffey misses 22-foot three point jumper
4:15 MIN Napheesa Collier offensive rebound
4:14 MIN Napheesa Collier makes tip shot 12–15
3:54 DAL Alanna Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper
3:51 MIN Napheesa Collier defensive rebound
3:46 MIN Courtney Williams misses running pullup jump shot
3:44 DAL Li Yueru defensive rebound
3:38 DAL Odyssey Sims bad pass turnover (Kayla McBride steals)
3:15 MIN Nia Coffey makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Courtney Williams assists) 12–17
2:54 DAL Paige Bueckers makes 10-foot two point shot 14–17
2:41 MIN Olivia Miles misses two point shot
2:39 DAL Li Yueru defensive rebound
2:34 DAL Alanna Smith misses layup
2:31 MIN Napheesa Collier defensive rebound
2:26 MIN Courtney Williams misses running pullup jump shot
2:24 MIN Lynx offensive team rebound
2:24 MIN Maya Caldwell enters the game for Olivia Miles
2:24 MIN Eliska Joklova enters the game for Courtney Williams
2:24 MIN Dorka Juhasz enters the game for Napheesa Collier
2:24 DAL Awak Kuier enters the game for Alanna Smith
2:24 DAL Aziaha James enters the game for Arike Ogunbowale
2:15 MIN Kayla McBride makes driving layup 14–19
2:05 DAL Aziaha James makes 22-foot three point jumper (Paige Bueckers assists) 17–19
1:48 MIN Maya Caldwell misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
1:46 DAL Awak Kuier defensive rebound
1:27 DAL Aziaha James misses driving floating jump shot
1:26 DAL Wings offensive team rebound
1:26 DAL Sug Sutton enters the game for Odyssey Sims
1:26 DAL Maddy Siegrist enters the game for Paige Bueckers
1:25 DAL Sug Sutton bad pass turnover (Nia Coffey steals)
1:14 DAL Aziaha James shooting foul
1:14 MIN Eliska Joklova makes free throw 1 of 2 17–20
1:14 MIN Eliska Joklova makes free throw 2 of 2 17–21
1:04 DAL Awak Kuier misses 26-foot three point jumper
0:58 DAL Aziaha James offensive rebound
0:57 DAL Maddy Siegrist makes layup (Aziaha James assists) 19–21
0:46 MIN Dorka Juhasz misses 25-foot three point jumper
0:44 DAL Aziaha James defensive rebound
0:40 MIN Napheesa Collier enters the game for Kayla McBride
0:37 DAL Aziaha James makes 5-foot two point shot (Sug Sutton assists) 21–21
0:28 MIN Napheesa Collier traveling turnover
0:04 DAL Napheesa Collier blocks Aziaha James 's 12-foot driving floating jump shot
0:03 DAL Awak Kuier offensive rebound
0:03 DAL Awak Kuier makes two point shot 23–21
0:00 End of the 1st Quarter

Quarter 2

10:00 MIN Olivia Miles enters the game for Eliska Joklova
9:44 DAL Li Yueru makes driving layup (Sug Sutton assists) 25–21
9:28 MIN Maya Caldwell traveling turnover
9:08 DAL Maddy Siegrist misses 12-foot jumper
9:03 MIN Maya Caldwell defensive rebound
8:54 MIN Napheesa Collier misses 24-foot three point jumper
8:52 DAL Aziaha James defensive rebound
8:48 DAL Aziaha James makes running layup 27–21
8:48 MIN Lynx Full timeout
8:48 MIN Kayla McBride enters the game for Maya Caldwell
8:48 MIN Natasha Howard enters the game for Nia Coffey
8:48 MIN Courtney Williams enters the game for Dorka Juhasz
8:31 MIN Olivia Miles misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
8:28 DAL Li Yueru defensive rebound
8:17 DAL Aziaha James makes 14-foot jumper (Sug Sutton assists) 29–21
7:56 MIN Kayla McBride makes 20-foot jumper (Natasha Howard assists) 29–23
7:56 DAL Maddy Siegrist shooting foul
7:56 MIN Kayla McBride makes free throw 1 of 1 29–24
7:45 DAL Sug Sutton makes 15-foot pullup jump shot 31–24
7:30 MIN Kayla McBride makes 26-foot three point jumper (Napheesa Collier assists) 31–27
7:19 DAL Odyssey Sims enters the game for Sug Sutton
7:19 DAL Paige Bueckers enters the game for Aziaha James
7:19 DAL Alanna Smith enters the game for Maddy Siegrist
7:19 DAL Arike Ogunbowale enters the game for Awak Kuier
7:10 DAL Paige Bueckers lost ball turnover (Napheesa Collier steals)
7:06 MIN Kayla McBride misses 24-foot running jump shot
7:02 DAL Odyssey Sims defensive rebound
6:59 DAL Odyssey Sims misses running layup
6:59 MIN Lynx defensive team rebound
6:47 MIN Olivia Miles makes two point shot 31–29
6:33 DAL Alanna Smith makes 14-foot jumper (Arike Ogunbowale assists) 33–29
6:07 MIN Courtney Williams misses 23-foot three point jumper
6:06 DAL Wings defensive team rebound
5:57 DAL Odyssey Sims out of bounds lost ball turnover
5:46 MIN Napheesa Collier misses 24-foot three point jumper
5:41 DAL Paige Bueckers defensive rebound
5:37 DAL Arike Ogunbowale misses running pullup jump shot
5:33 DAL Alanna Smith offensive rebound
5:32 DAL Odyssey Sims misses 23-foot three point jumper
5:30 MIN Natasha Howard defensive rebound
5:23 MIN Kayla McBride makes 23-foot three point jumper (Olivia Miles assists) 33–32
5:09 DAL Paige Bueckers misses 23-foot three point step back jumpshot
5:06 DAL Alanna Smith offensive rebound
4:57 DAL Li Yueru vs. Olivia Miles (Odyssey Sims gains possession)
4:52 DAL Odyssey Sims makes 13-foot driving floating jump shot 35–32
4:35 MIN Natasha Howard misses 6-foot floating jump shot
4:34 MIN Natasha Howard offensive rebound
4:33 MIN Natasha Howard misses tip shot
4:32 DAL Paige Bueckers defensive rebound
4:25 DAL Arike Ogunbowale bad pass turnover (Napheesa Collier steals)
4:20 MIN Kayla McBride bad pass turnover (Paige Bueckers steals)
4:20 MIN Natasha Howard personal foul
4:20 MIN Dorka Juhasz enters the game for Natasha Howard
4:20 DAL Awak Kuier enters the game for Li Yueru
4:04 DAL Alanna Smith misses driving layup
4:02 MIN Courtney Williams defensive rebound
3:58 MIN Kayla McBride makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot (Courtney Williams assists) 35–35
3:40 DAL Paige Bueckers lost ball turnover (Napheesa Collier steals)
3:35 MIN Kayla McBride makes 23-foot running jump shot (Olivia Miles assists) 35–38
3:34 DAL Wings Full timeout
3:11 DAL Alanna Smith misses 7-foot two point shot
3:11 MIN Awak Kuier vs. Napheesa Collier (Kayla McBride gains possession)
3:11 MIN Lynx defensive team rebound
2:52 MIN Olivia Miles makes 24-foot three point step back jumpshot 35–41
2:26 DAL Paige Bueckers misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
2:23 DAL Alanna Smith offensive rebound
2:22 DAL Alanna Smith makes two point shot 37–41
2:09 DAL Paige Bueckers shooting foul
2:09 MIN Olivia Miles makes free throw 1 of 2 37–42
2:09 MIN Olivia Miles misses free throw 2 of 2
2:06 DAL Awak Kuier defensive rebound
1:48 DAL Alanna Smith makes 23-foot three point jumper (Paige Bueckers assists) 40–42
1:28 MIN Courtney Williams misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
1:25 DAL Alanna Smith defensive rebound
1:11 DAL Odyssey Sims makes 3-foot layup (Paige Bueckers assists) 42–42
0:53 MIN Olivia Miles misses 28-foot three point jumper
0:50 DAL Odyssey Sims defensive rebound
0:46 DAL Arike Ogunbowale makes 23-foot running jump shot (Odyssey Sims assists) 45–42
0:31 MIN Napheesa Collier makes 2-foot layup (Kayla McBride assists) 45–44
0:12 DAL Awak Kuier misses 25-foot three point jumper
0:09 MIN Courtney Williams defensive rebound
0:08 DAL Paige Bueckers personal foul
0:01 MIN Olivia Miles makes 23-foot three point step back jumpshot 45–47
0:00 End of the 2nd Quarter

Quarter 3

10:00 MIN Natasha Howard enters the game for Dorka Juhasz
10:00 DAL Li Yueru enters the game for Awak Kuier
9:47 DAL Paige Bueckers makes 13-foot turnaround jump shot (Arike Ogunbowale assists) 47–47
9:40 MIN Natasha Howard offensive foul
9:40 MIN Natasha Howard offensive foul turnover
9:40 MIN Lynx delay of game violation
9:27 DAL Arike Ogunbowale steps out of bounds turnover
9:17 MIN Kayla McBride makes 23-foot three point jumper (Olivia Miles assists) 47–50
8:57 DAL Odyssey Sims misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
8:54 DAL Li Yueru offensive rebound
8:53 DAL Natasha Howard blocks Alanna Smith 's 4-foot floating jump shot
8:52 MIN Natasha Howard defensive rebound
8:47 MIN Olivia Miles bad pass turnover (Alanna Smith steals)
8:41 DAL Odyssey Sims makes running layup 49–50
8:27 MIN Natasha Howard makes layup (Olivia Miles assists) 49–52
8:09 DAL Paige Bueckers out of bounds bad pass turnover
7:51 MIN Natasha Howard makes 5-foot floating jump shot (Courtney Williams assists) 49–54
7:42 DAL Alanna Smith offensive foul
7:42 DAL Alanna Smith offensive foul turnover
7:31 MIN Kayla McBride makes 23-foot three point jumper (Olivia Miles assists) 49–57
7:30 DAL Wings Full timeout
7:14 DAL Odyssey Sims makes driving layup (Paige Bueckers assists) 51–57
6:54 MIN Kayla McBride makes 1-foot layup (Natasha Howard assists) 51–59
6:42 DAL Odyssey Sims makes 24-foot three point jumper (Paige Bueckers assists) 54–59
6:18 MIN Napheesa Collier makes 23-foot three point jumper (Courtney Williams assists) 54–62
6:04 DAL Alanna Smith misses layup
6:03 DAL Awak Kuier enters the game for Arike Ogunbowale
6:03 DAL Aziaha James enters the game for Li Yueru
6:03 DAL Alanna Smith vs. Napheesa Collier (Aziaha James gains possession)
6:03 DAL Wings offensive team rebound
5:54 MIN Natasha Howard shooting foul
5:54 DAL Aziaha James makes free throw 1 of 2 55–62
5:54 DAL Aziaha James makes free throw 2 of 2 56–62
5:43 MIN Courtney Williams misses 22-foot three point jumper
5:40 DAL Odyssey Sims defensive rebound
5:26 DAL Paige Bueckers makes 13-foot pullup jump shot 58–62
5:18 MIN Kayla McBride makes driving layup (Olivia Miles assists) 58–64
5:04 DAL Aziaha James makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot (Odyssey Sims assists) 60–64
4:54 MIN Olivia Miles bad pass turnover (Paige Bueckers steals)
4:48 DAL Paige Bueckers makes running layup (Odyssey Sims assists) 62–64
4:28 MIN Olivia Miles misses 23-foot three point step back jumpshot
4:25 DAL Awak Kuier defensive rebound
4:19 DAL Alanna Smith makes running layup (Paige Bueckers assists) 64–64
4:19 MIN Lynx Full timeout
4:19 MIN Nia Coffey enters the game for Courtney Williams
4:19 MIN Antonia Delaere enters the game for Napheesa Collier
4:09 MIN Kayla McBride makes 20-foot pullup jump shot (Natasha Howard assists) 64–66
3:50 DAL Awak Kuier misses 26-foot three point jumper
3:48 MIN Nia Coffey defensive rebound
3:43 MIN Kayla McBride misses 26-foot running jump shot
3:41 MIN Kayla McBride offensive rebound
3:40 MIN Kayla McBride out of bounds bad pass turnover
3:26 DAL Paige Bueckers makes 12-foot pullup jump shot 66–66
3:14 MIN Kayla McBride misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
3:12 DAL Awak Kuier defensive rebound
3:11 DAL Awak Kuier lost ball turnover (Natasha Howard steals)
3:07 MIN Kayla McBride misses 24-foot three point jumper
3:04 DAL Alanna Smith defensive rebound
2:59 DAL Odyssey Sims misses running layup
2:59 MIN Nia Coffey defensive rebound
2:53 MIN Antonia Delaere misses 23-foot running jump shot
2:52 MIN Nia Coffey offensive rebound
2:48 MIN Olivia Miles makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nia Coffey assists) 66–69
2:37 MIN Natasha Howard personal foul
2:37 MIN Maya Caldwell enters the game for Kayla McBride
2:37 DAL Arike Ogunbowale enters the game for Odyssey Sims
2:31 DAL Paige Bueckers lost ball turnover (Maya Caldwell steals)
2:20 DAL Alanna Smith shooting foul
2:20 MIN Maya Caldwell misses free throw 1 of 2
2:20 MIN Lynx offensive team rebound
2:20 MIN Napheesa Collier enters the game for Natasha Howard
2:20 DAL Sug Sutton enters the game for Paige Bueckers
2:20 DAL Li Yueru enters the game for Alanna Smith
2:20 MIN Maya Caldwell misses free throw 2 of 2
2:18 DAL Awak Kuier defensive rebound
2:03 DAL Arike Ogunbowale offensive charge
2:03 DAL Arike Ogunbowale offensive foul turnover
1:39 MIN Napheesa Collier makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Olivia Miles assists) 66–71
1:22 DAL Awak Kuier makes driving layup (Arike Ogunbowale assists) 68–71
1:14 MIN Nia Coffey misses 24-foot three point jumper
1:10 DAL Aziaha James defensive rebound
1:02 DAL Aziaha James lost ball turnover (Antonia Delaere steals)
0:57 MIN Nia Coffey makes running layup (Maya Caldwell assists) 68–73
0:39 DAL Aziaha James bad pass turnover (Napheesa Collier steals)
0:34 MIN Olivia Miles misses running pullup jump shot
0:33 DAL Wings defensive team rebound
0:33 MIN Courtney Williams enters the game for Olivia Miles
0:18 DAL Awak Kuier misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
0:14 MIN Courtney Williams defensive rebound
0:02 MIN Napheesa Collier makes 23-foot three point jumper (Courtney Williams assists) 68–76
0:00 End of the 3rd Quarter

Quarter 4