Sep 24, 2023; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Dallas Wings ahead Satou Sabally (0) dribbles downcourt through the first half of sport one of many 2023 WNBA Playoffs at Michelob Extremely Area. Necessary Credit score: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports activities The Dallas Wings will attempt to parlay two of their most rousing wins of the season right into a late push for the playoffs once they host the surging Minnesota Lynx on Friday in Arlington, Texas.
The Wings (8-22) are within the hunt for a season-high third win of the 12 months after beating two-time defending league champion Las Vegas 93-90 on Tuesday. Satou Sabally led Dallas with 28 factors within the win and helped the Wings overcome a 42-point efficiency from the Aces’ A’ja Wilson.
Tuesday’s victory got here after Dallas stormed again from 19 factors down within the fourth quarter to beat Los Angeles on Sunday.
Dallas trailed by a degree with 46.5 seconds to play on Tuesday earlier than late free throws by Sabally and Arike Ogunbowale lifted the Wings. Natasha Howard added 24 factors and Ogunbowale completed with 20 for Dallas, whereas Teaira McCowan grabbed 17 rebounds.
The Wings are in eleventh place within the 12-team league, three video games behind eighth-place Chicago and three spots under the playoff line.
“We had been within the semifinals final 12 months for a motive, and I do not need individuals to overlook that,” Sabally mentioned after Tuesday’s sport.
The Lynx (23-8) have received seven straight video games, are in second place within the league standings (2 1/2 video games behind New York) and have already clinched a playoff spot with 9 video games remaining.
Minnesota’s most up-to-date victory was an 89-76 choice at Phoenix on Wednesday as Kayla McBride led the way in which with 19 factors, Courtney Williams added 16, Napheesa Collier hit for 12 factors and eight rebounds and Myisha Hines-Allen tallied 11 factors off the bench.
The Lynx, the WNBA’s prime 3-point taking pictures workforce at 39.2 p.c, poured in 11 photographs from past the arc. They’ve received all six video games by double digits for the reason that league restart after the All-Star and Olympic break.
“It feels good. However we’re enjoying for one thing method greater than only a successful streak,” McBride mentioned after Wednesday’s win. “We wished to hit the bottom working for our Olympians who had been coming again. It is the willingness to be able to play each evening. We’re enjoying for one another.”
The Lynx have received two of the primary three video games with Dallas this season however the Wings captured the newest assembly, a 94-88 victory on June 27 in Arlington.
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