{"id":107218,"date":"2024-09-26T12:33:45","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T05:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107218"},"modified":"2024-09-26T12:33:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T05:33:45","slug":"napheesa-collier-drops-42-to-tie-record-as-lynx-sweep-mercury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107218","title":{"rendered":"Napheesa Collier drops 42 to tie record as Lynx sweep Mercury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\"><span class=\"timestamp \">Sep 26, 2024, 12:15 AM ET<\/span><\/div>\n<p>MINNEAPOLIS &#8212; <a data-player-guid=\"3050c42f-4845-9e46-c003-1b0adb4c5e14\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/player\/_\/id\/3917450\/napheesa-collier\">Napheesa Collier<\/a> scored 42 points to tie a WNBA single-game playoff record, and the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"d815e23c-aa3e-3490-d7be-f876d1e30e8a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/team\/_\/name\/min\/minnesota-lynx\">Minnesota Lynx<\/a> swept the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"514d18a9-00a8-d52b-dda2-37d707f19bd0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/team\/_\/name\/phx\/phoenix-mercury\">Phoenix Mercury<\/a> 101-88 on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Collier tied <a data-player-guid=\"4d83d500-2f40-c89e-4f85-62927c5abbeb\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/player\/_\/id\/2998928\/breanna-stewart\">Breanna Stewart<\/a> and Angel McCoughtry for the 42-point record when she made one of two free throws with 3:18 left in the fourth quarter. It was one of only two misses from the free throw line in 14 attempts for Collier, who was subbed out with 58.3 seconds left.<\/p>\n<p>Collier, who scored a career-high 38 points in Game 1, became the first player in WNBA history with 38-plus points in back-to-back playoff games. She also set a WNBA record for the most points (80) in a two-game playoff stretch. Collier reached 38 points in Game 2 with 5:55 left in the fourth.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota plays Sunday against Connecticut, which advanced to its sixth consecutive semifinals after an 87-81 victory over Indiana earlier Wednesday.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p><a data-player-guid=\"d1fad434-2410-9267-1759-f76f7d43929f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/player\/_\/id\/2529205\/kayla-mcbride\">Kayla McBride<\/a> added 15 points, and <a data-player-guid=\"45bb9001-d6d5-f987-3e64-fe45e12895f8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/player\/_\/id\/3906972\/bridget-carleton\">Bridget Carleton<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"af9f2bf5-f7be-a160-609b-577fe20e48e0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/player\/_\/id\/3913881\/alanna-smith\">Alanna Smith<\/a> each scored 12 for Minnesota. <a data-player-guid=\"af31f6fd-c336-4832-e8bc-60604765de83\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/player\/_\/id\/2987891\/courtney-williams\">Courtney Williams<\/a> had 11 points.<\/p>\n<p><a data-player-guid=\"40e7dc87-4f73-696a-7dd3-6953d9f8ae79\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/player\/_\/id\/2490553\/brittney-griner\">Brittney Griner<\/a> scored 24 points for Phoenix and <a data-player-guid=\"af0e2a4e-188a-421e-60ba-0c5f32ad63ad\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/player\/_\/id\/585\/diana-taurasi\">Diana Taurasi<\/a> finished with 10 before fouling out with 2:34 left. Taurasi left to a standing ovation from the Minnesota crowd before Collier came over to the Mercury bench for a brief handshake with her fellow former UConn star.<\/p>\n<p>Taurasi hasn&#8217;t announced whether this is her final year in the WNBA, but the Mercury honored her at their final home regular-season game.<\/p>\n<p>Collier scored 11 of Minnesota&#8217;s 21 first-quarter points after making five of six shots. Collier finished the half with 23 points on 8-of-12 shooting to help Minnesota take a 49-47 lead into the intermission. The rest of her teammates combined to go 10 of 26 from the field.<\/p>\n<p>The officials reviewed a physical play in the third quarter involving Carleton and Phoenix guard <a data-player-guid=\"a9aee6b9-fc44-8fc7-e1bb-e6dfa6e5f0ab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/player\/_\/id\/3907781\/sophie-cunningham\">Sophie Cunningham<\/a>, who was assessed a flagrant 1 foul after the review. Williams was also assessed a technical foul. After it was all settled, McBride sank a wide open 3-pointer to give Minnesota a 58-53 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Williams gave Minnesota its first double-digit lead of the second half at 72-60 with 2:17 left in the third quarter. The Lynx led by double digits the entire fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota improved to 5-1 against the Mercury this season.<\/p>\n<p>It was Collier&#8217;s third straight playoff game overall with 30 points, tying the <a data-player-guid=\"9d049a87-30bf-a718-0206-b47ef02f57df\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/player\/_\/id\/3149391\/aja-wilson\">A&#8217;ja Wilson<\/a> for the longest streak in WNBA history, after scoring 31 points in a Game 3 loss to Connecticut last season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/41447771\/napheesa-collier-drops-42-tie-record-lynx-sweep-mercury\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sep 26, 2024, 12:15 AM ET MINNEAPOLIS &#8212; Napheesa Collier scored 42 points to tie a WNBA single-game playoff record, and the Minnesota Lynx swept the Phoenix Mercury 101-88 on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107218\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107218\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}