Minnesota Lynx (30-10, 14-6 Western Conference) at Connecticut Sun (28-12, 14-6 Eastern Conference)
Uncasville, Conn.; Sunday, 5 p.m. EDT
BETMGM SPORTS BOOK: LINE Sun -1.5; plus/minus is 153.5
WNBA Playoff Semifinals:
BOTTOM LINE: The Connecticut Sun take on the Minnesota Lynx.
The Sun went 13-6 at home. Connecticut is eighth in the WNBA averaging 80.1 points and shooting 44.4 percent from the field.
The Lynx are 14-5 in road games. Minnesota leads the WNBA with 23.0 assists per game led by Courtney Williams averaging 5.5.
Connecticut scores 80.1 points per game, which is 4.5 points more than the 75.6 Minnesota gives up. Minnesota has shot 44.8 percent from the field this season, which is 1.7 percentage points higher than Connecticut’s opponents’ 43.1 percent shooting average.
TOP PERFORMERS: DeWanna Bonner averages 15.1 points and six rebounds for the Sun.
Napheesa Collier is averaging 20.4 points, 9.7 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.9 steals for the Lynx.
LAST 10 GAMES: Sun: 6-4, averaging 81.2 points, 34.2 rebounds, 22.5 assists, 5.8 steals and 4.5 blocks per game while shooting 44.4% from ground. Their opponents average 73.8 points per game.
Lynx: 8-2, averaging 81.6 points, 32.3 rebounds, 22.1 assists, 6.8 steals and 4.5 blocks per game while shooting 47.0% from the field. Their opponents average 76.0 points.
INJURIES: Sun: None listed.
Lynx: none listed.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data logging and the data of Sports radar.
