Halfway through a stretch of four meetings between last year's WNBA finalists in a three-week span, the Lynx have already exacted plenty of revenge on the defending champions. 11 days after beating the Liberty in a thriller in Minneapolis, the Lynx went to Brooklyn on Sunday and toppled New York again in a marquee matchup on ABC.
Kayla McBride scored 18 points, recent trade acquisition DiJonai Carrington was incredible off the bench in her third game with the Lynx, and Minnesota got key contributions from several others players in an 83-71 victory.
The Lynx improved their WNBA-best record to 27-5 in the win. They're a full 6.5 games up on the Liberty — who fell to 20-11 — for the top seed in the league. If the Lynx can go 8-4 over the final 12 games of the season, they'll set a new WNBA