9 p.m. in Seattle • Ion
Lynx update: This is the first of a series of consecutive games between the Lynx (14-16) and Seattle. The teams will meet again on Sunday at the Target Center. In late June, the teams played back-to-back games, with the Lynx winning both — 104-93 at Target Center on June 27 and 99-97 in overtime in Seattle on June 29. … G Lindsay Allen is out indefinitely with a fractured thumb.
Seattle update: The Storm (9-21) are riding a two-game winning streak and have won three of their last four games. … G Jewell Loyd leads the WNBA in scoring (24.1 points per game). She scored a career-high 41 points in the loss to the Lynx on June 29. She is second in the league with 88 three-pointers made. … C Ezi Magbegor averages 13.9 points per game and is second in the league with 1.9 blocks per game. … Starter F Gabby Williams, who suffered a stress fracture in her left foot on Aug. 8, is expected to miss the rest of the season.