FINAL · GAME DETAIL
New York Liberty
vs Minnesota Lynx
One game ID connects the final, quarter flow, leading player lines and season position.
| Team | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NY | 13 | 19 | 30 | 23 | 85 |
| MIN | 17 | 25 | 19 | 29 | 90 |
GAME FLOW · NUMBERS
Reconstructing the game from the quarter line
Minnesota Lynx finished ahead of New York Liberty, 90-85, a 5-point margin. The first-half totals were 32 for New York Liberty and 42 for Minnesota Lynx; the third- and fourth-quarter totals were 53 and 48. The combined final of 175 matches the sum of the two quarter lines across 4 periods, including any overtime.
1Q: NY 13-MIN 17, 13-17 cumulative; 2Q: NY 19-MIN 25, 32-42 cumulative; 3Q: NY 30-MIN 19, 62-61 cumulative; 4Q: NY 23-MIN 29, 85-90 cumulative. Reading the period score beside the running score identifies exactly when the gap expanded or contracted. New York Liberty's highest-scoring period was 30 points, while Minnesota Lynx's high was 29; the final separation was 5 points.
The first-half margin was 10 points, compared with 5 across the third and fourth quarters. Splitting the final this way preserves two distinct parts of the game instead of reducing it to one score. The quarter table above provides the same sequence as team scores and cumulative totals for direct comparison.
BOX SCORE READ
Team indicators and leading player lines
New York Liberty recorded 43% from the field, 34% from three and 89% at the line; Minnesota Lynx posted 42%, 50% and 78%. Rebounds finished 34-40, assists 20-18 and turnovers 14-12. The same team box reports a 32-22 split in paint points and 11-15 in offensive rebounds.
Sabrina Ionescu led New York Liberty with 25 points. Jonquel Jones supplied a team-high 12 rebounds, while Sabrina Ionescu led with 5 assists. For Minnesota Lynx, the corresponding leaders were Kayla McBride with 25 points, Courtney Williams with 12 rebounds and Nia Coffey with 5 assists.
The player tables contain minutes, points, rebounds, assists, shooting and on-court differential for 10 recorded participants from NY and 10 from MIN. Reading those rows beside the team totals connects the final score, shooting efficiency and possession outcomes to specific player production without substituting an unsupported judgment for the box score.
SEASON CONTEXT · 2026
Locating both teams through standings and head-to-head results
In the current table, New York Liberty are 17-13, No. 8 overall and No. 4 in the East, 2.5 games behind the conference leader. Minnesota Lynx are 24-6, No. 1 overall and No. 1 in the West, 0 games back. Their cumulative point differentials are +64 and +282.
Counting only completed standard-season results through this game, New York Liberty stood at 13-10 across 23 games and Minnesota Lynx at 17-6 across 23. Their most recent sets of up to five finals were 1-4 and 3-2. Scoring in those short windows was 416-439 for the away team and 436-431 for the home team, keeping recent form separate from the full-season record.
Across 2 completed meetings in the same season, New York Liberty recorded 1 wins and Minnesota Lynx 1; aggregate scoring was 184-176. The teams are separated by 7 places in the overall order and by 7 cumulative wins. Standings, the recent five-game window and the season series cover different sample sizes, so they are presented as three numerical views of the same matchup rather than collapsed into one rating.
Team box score
| Stat | NY | MIN |
|---|---|---|
| FG% | 43 | 42 |
| 3P% | 34 | 50 |
| FT% | 89 | 78 |
| Rebounds | 34 | 40 |
| Assists | 20 | 18 |
| Turnovers | 14 | 12 |
| Paint points | 32 | 22 |
New York Liberty
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breanna Stewart * | 37 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7-16 | -4 |
| Sabrina Ionescu * | 35 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 9-20 | 7 |
| Jonquel Jones * | 33 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 5-11 | 5 |
| Pauline Astier * | 23 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2-5 | -9 |
| Rebekah Gardner * | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0-5 | 3 |
| Marine Johannes | 23 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 5-10 | -6 |
| Han Xu | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3-4 | 3 |
| Betnijah Laney-Hamilton | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-1 | -9 |
| Rebecca Allen | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0-2 | -10 |
| Raquel Carrera | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | -5 |
| Satou Sabally | CONCUSSION PROTOCOL | – | – | – | –-– | – |
| Leonie Fiebich | LEFT FOOT | – | – | – | –-– | – |
Minnesota Lynx
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natasha Howard * | 36 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5-9 | -1 |
| Courtney Williams * | 36 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 5-17 | 7 |
| Kayla McBride * | 33 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 8-17 | 1 |
| Olivia Miles * | 32 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 6-16 | 1 |
| Nia Coffey * | 28 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1-2 | 9 |
| Dorka Juhasz | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0-2 | 2 |
| Antonia Delaere | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2-3 | 4 |
| Maya Caldwell | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2-3 | 9 |
| Eliska Hamzova | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-0 | -2 |
| Anastasiia Olairi Kosu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | -5 |
| Napheesa Collier | LEFT ANKLE | – | – | – | –-– | – |
| Emma Cechova | RIGHT KNEE | – | – | – | –-– | – |