Just over a month ago, also at Target Center, the Lynx hosted the Connecticut Sun. Minnesota started the game slowly, spending the better part of 3½ quarters digging a hole that only a 23-2 finish of the game could overcome.
On Sunday night, the Lynx started fast, took a breath, then blew the Suns’ doors off in a 102-63 victory, the third-biggest winning margin in franchise history.
Not stressful. Celebratory.
The Lynx (14-2) opened the game 10-2 and led by 20 before some of the announced crowd of 8,821 found their seats. After the Sun (2-15) pulled within four, McBride’s three-pointer started a 5-0 end to the first quarter and Alanna Smith’s layup with less than three minutes left in the half ended a 21-0 start to the second.
That’s a 26-0 run overall in about eight minutes. The Lynx held the Sun to 0-for-14 shooting and five turnovers during that stretch.