{"id":193388,"date":"2025-09-02T06:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T06:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/193388\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T06:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T06:04:09","slug":"dallas-wings-blown-away-by-minnesota-lynx-losing-streak-extends-to-eight-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/193388\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Wings blown away by Minnesota Lynx, losing streak extends to eight games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">MINNEAPOLIS \u2014 Napheesa Collier scored 25 points, Natisha Hiedeman added 20 points and a career-high 10 assists for her first double-double, and the Minnesota Lynx beat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/wings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/wings\/\">the Dallas Wings<\/a> 96-71 on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Courtney Williams added 15 points and nine assists for the Lynx (32-8), who already wrapped up the No. 1 overall seed for the playoffs. Bridget Carleton had 12 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/paige-bueckers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/paige-bueckers\/\">Paige Bueckers<\/a> scored 17 points for the last-place Wings (9-33). Maddy Siegrist, Amy Okonkwo and Diamond Miller each added 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Collier and Williams both shot 7 for 10 as the Lynx made 55% (36 for 65) but Collier was 4 for 4 from 3-point range. Hiedeman was 4 for 5 behind the arc and Carleton 4 for 8 as the Lynx went 14 for 24 (58%). They also had 29 assists.<\/p>\n<p>Sports Roundup<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Get the latest D-FW sports news, analysis and opinion delivered straight to your inbox. Plus, Kevin Sherrington&#8217;s A La Carte.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__8MgJa flex flex-wrap text-gray-dark secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center justify-center\">By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/terms-of-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Dallas was 3 for 15 from long range and shot 39% overall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Minnesota rested Kayla McBride, and DiJonai Carrington stepped into the starting lineup but did not play in the second half with a shoulder issue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Collier had 11 points in the first quarter when the Lynx scored the last two baskets to take a 25-21 lead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Dallas tied the score at 32 on Bueckers\u2019 jumper with four minutes left in the second quarter but Williams, Carleton and Hiedeman hit consecutive 3s for the Lynx. After Siegrist scored inside for the Wings, Collier hit a 3 for a 44-34 lead just inside the two minute mark. It was 48-41 at the break.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Hiedeman had 10 points in the third quarter with her late 3 making it 71-59 entering the fourth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Minnesota dominated the fourth quarter, outscoring the Wings 25-12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The Lynx start a three-game road trip at Las Vegas on Thursday when the Wings are at Golden State.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-only-list-only-module__DAHnF list-disc\"><a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-only-list-only-module__BZO7y link-blue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/wings\/2025\/08\/29\/maddy-siegrists-career-high-in-points-not-enough-as-short-handed-wings-fall-to-dream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maddy Siegrist\u2019s career high in points not enough as short-handed Wings fall to Dream<\/a><a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-only-list-only-module__BZO7y link-blue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/wings\/2025\/08\/27\/with-paige-bueckers-a-late-scratch-dallas-wings-drop-another-to-connecticut-sun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">With Paige Bueckers a late scratch, Dallas Wings drop another to Connecticut Sun<\/a><\/ul>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/wings\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Find more Wings coverage from <\/b><b>The Dallas Morning News<\/b><b> here<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MINNEAPOLIS \u2014 Napheesa Collier scored 25 points, Natisha Hiedeman added 20 points and a career-high 10 assists for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":193389,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,2470,2471,62,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,14378],"class_list":{"0":"post-193388","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-wings","11":"tag-paige-bueckers","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-tx","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa","21":"tag-wings"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115133196814015097","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}