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Game 3: New York Liberty 80, Minnesota Lynx 77, FINAL. Friday, Oct. 18. Game 4: ... 2024 WNBA semifinals scores and results. All times Eastern. ... Minnesota 90, Connecticut 81, Lynx leads series 2-1.
The Minnesota Lynx are one win away from the WNBA Finals after a 90-81 victory over the Connecticut Sun in Game 3 of their semifinals matchup. The Lynx took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five series.
Connecticut proved the stronger team after halftime and won the third quarter 22–19. However, the most lopsided quarter was the fourth, which Connecticut won 25–12 to win Game One by a twenty-four point margin. Connecticut had four players score in double-digits and were led by Marina Mabrey with twenty-seven points.
As a result, all eight playoff teams, seeded according to overall regular season record regardless of conference (1 vs. 8, 2 vs. 7, 3 vs. 6, 4 vs. 5), will begin postseason play in the first round. Since 2016 , seeds 3 and 4 received a bye to the second round (single game) and seeds 1 and 2 received a bye to the semifinals (best-of-5).
The WNBA postseason field is finalized after the conclusion of the regular season Thursday. A'ja Wilson and the defending champion Las Vegas Aces are back in the playoffs along with seven other teams.
The Sun won game one in Minnesota 73–70. They would lose games two and three 70–74 and 81–90 respectively to come within one game of elimination. The Sun won game four at home 92–82 to force a game five. Minnesota got off to a hot start in the fifth game and the Sun could not overcome the deficit, losing 77–88 to end their season.
The Liberty won the fourth quarter 19–15 and game three by three points. The Liberty drew within one game of winning their first WNBA title in front of a record crowd of 19,521 at the Target Center. [12] [13] The Liberty had four players score in double figures, and were led by Breanna Stewart who scored thirty points.
The final four of the 2024 WNBA playoffs are set. The first round of the postseason concluded on Wednesday, with the Connecticut Sun and Minnesota Lynx booking their spots in the semifinals.