Lynx beat Wings for 2nd time in 5 days, spoiling homecoming for Bueckers

MINNEAPOLIS AP Napheesa Collier had points and eight rebounds to lead the Minnesota Lynx to their second success over the Dallas Wings in five days an - decision that spoiled the homecoming for first overall draft pick Paige Bueckers on Wednesday night Alanna Smith and Courtney Williams each added points for the Lynx - who have picked up where they left off last season in the WNBA Finals where they lost to the New York Liberty in a tense series that went to overtime in the decisive Challenge Bueckers who grew up cheering for the Lynx and won a state championship at Target Center with Hopkins High School before her standout college career at Connecticut had points assists and three steals In her first three WNBA games Bueckers is shooting for from the floor including her debut at home on Friday against the Lynx Arike Ogunbowale led the Wings - with points on -for- shooting She went for from beyond the arc tying Diana Taurasi as the fastest players in league history to -pointers in career games VALKYRIES MYSTICS SAN FRANCISCO AP Veronica Burton made a go-ahead -pointer with remaining another with seconds left on the way to points nine rebounds and five assists leading Golden State to the expansion franchise s first triumph with a win against Washington Kayla Thornton converted a four-point play with left and scored points for the Valkyries cheered on by a dancing Golden State Warriors guard Brandin Podziemski among the raucous sellout crowd Streamers rained down after the final buzzer sounded Sonia Citron s for Washington with seconds left made it enthralling Brittney Sykes scored points and converted two free throws with to play to put Washington ahead but the Valkyries knocked down all the big shots in the closing minutes after losing guard Tiffany Hayes to a nose injury late in the first half MERCURY SPARKS PHOENIX AP Satou Sabally scored points Alyssa Thomas added and Phoenix held off Los Angeles Two free throws from Kelsey Plum had the Sparks who trailed by early in the fourth quarter within one at - with minutes to play in a competition of long runs but Thomas scored the next six Phoenix points Plum kept pace scoring the last points of the meeting for Los Angeles That included the th -pointer of her career and then a shot with four seconds left On that tightly contested desperation shot from the left wing her foot was on the line so the Mercury led - A second later Sabally made two free throws and Plum s half-court heave wasn t close Monique Akoa Makani scored points for the Mercury - who turned L A turnovers eight by Plum who played all minutes into points Plum had points for the Sparks - and Azura Stevens had with rebounds Dearica Hamby added Source