MINNESOTA LYNX 86 (22-5), Atlanta Dream 90 (15-10)
July 27, 2025
Lynx notes
Player Notes
• Napheesa Collier led the Lynx with a game-high 32 points on 14-of-18 shooting (77.8%), including 2-of-3 from deep and 2-of-3 from the line, also adding eight rebounds, seven assists, four steals and two blocks during the contest. Collier’s performance marks the first 30 point/five+ rebound/five+ assists/four+ steal game in franchise history and becoming the eighth player in WNBA history to post the line.
• Tonight was Collier’s 13th career 30+ point game, passing Katie Smith (12), and is now tied with Seimone Augustus for the second-most 30+ point games in Lynx franchise history.
• Alanna Smith added 12 points tonight, including three rebounds, a steal and a block. This marks Smith’s third straight game with at least a steal and a block, and her seventh consecutive game recording a rejection.
• Courtney Williams finished with 11 points on 5-of-12 shooting (41.7%). Williams also added nine assists, one block and a steal. With her ninth assist tonight at the 4:39 mark of the fourth quarter, Williams moved into 23rd on the WNBA all-time assist leaderboard, passing Katie Smith (1,258), and totaling 1,259 assists in her 316 games played.
• In 13:57 minutes off the bench, Natisha Hiedeman reached her 1,500th career point in the fourth quarter at 8:53. Hiedeman finished with 10 points, shooting 4-for-6 from the field (66.7%), including 2-of-3 from beyond the arc, and three assists. Scoring the entirety of her points in the fourth quarter, Hiedeman accounted for 7 of the first 9 points in the final quarter.
Team Notes
• Minnesota’s 86 points came on 56.1% shooting from the field (37-of-66), marking their third-best field-goal percentage of the season. The effort was led by Collier who posted 32 points on 14-of-18 (77.8%) shooting.
• The Lynx’s bench tallied 27 points, marking the 12th game this season Minnesota’s bench has scored 15+ in a game. The effort was led by Hiedeman (10) and Diamond Miller (8) who combined for 18 points off the bench.
• Minnesota only made it to the line eight times tonight, marking the third time this season the Lynx have shot fewer than eight free throws in a game.
(info courtesy of Lynx)
