{"id":880318,"date":"2026-06-20T10:39:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T10:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/880318\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T10:39:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T10:39:22","slug":"nia-coffey-scores-22-points-as-1st-place-lynx-overcome-slow-start-to-beat-valkyries-81-75","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/880318\/","title":{"rendered":"Nia Coffey scores 22 points as 1st-place Lynx overcome slow start to beat Valkyries 81-75"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SAN FRANCISCO (AP) \u2014 Nia Coffey scored 22 points, Courtney Williams had 21 points, a season-best 12 rebounds and five assists, and the WNBA-leading Minnesota Lynx snapped Golden State\u2019s four-game winning streak with an 81-75 victory over the Valkyries on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After Cecilia Zandalasini made a 3-pointer following a Golden State timeout, Olivia Miles made two free throws for the Lynx (13-3), then blocked Zandalasin\u2019s 3-point attempt moments later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zandalasini scored a career-high 23 points and Gabby Williams had 15 points and eight rebounds for Golden State (10-6).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miles\u2019 three-point play with 6:56 left put Minnesota ahead 71-64 then Gabby Williams made a 3-pointer with 6:06 to go as the teams traded baskets down the stretch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lynx were outrebounded 50-47 but scored 12 points off Golden State\u2019s 14 turnovers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coffey shot 7 for 11 with three 3s and also grabbed five rebounds to lead the Lynx, who also beat the Valkyries by single digits 87-84 on June 4 in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kayla McBride added 17 points while Natasha Howard had 10 points, eight rebounds and four assists for Minnesota before fouling out late.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Up next<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lynx: Host Washington on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Valkyries: At Las Vegas on Sunday.<\/p>\n<ol class=\"breadcrumb\"><strong>For Related Stories:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kstp.com\/tag\/lynx\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lynx<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kstp.com\/tag\/minnesota-lynx\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota Lynx<\/a><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO (AP) \u2014 Nia Coffey scored 22 points, Courtney Williams had 21 points, a season-best 12 rebounds&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":880319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[49],"tags":[5967,1519,62,67,132,68,232],"class_list":["post-880318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-lynx","tag-minnesota-lynx","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-wnba"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116782010782846666","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880318","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=880318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/880319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=880318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=880318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}