Washington Mystics vs Minnesota Lynx — WNBA

WNBA ·WNBA 2026 ·Fri 21 Aug, 23:30 UTC

Washington Mystics ELO 1566

84–94

Final

Minnesota Lynx ELO 1777

Score by period

Period	Washington Myst…	Minnesota Lynx
Period1	26	25
Period2	16	24
Period3	25	26
Period4	17	19

Prediction Low confidence

Washington Myst… 55%

Minnesota Lynx 45%

Pick: Washington Mystics

Expected total

169 points

Projected: 86 – 83

Favorite wins

30%

P(total > 205)

P(total > 215)

P(total > 225)

Fixed lines calibrated for NBA pace — European leagues typically score well below 205, so these probabilities read low by design.

Outcome: ✗ model missed · Over 215: ✓

Match facts

Arena

CareFirst Arena

City

Washington

Tip-off

21 Aug, 23:30 UTC

Competition

WNBA

Washington My…

#7 · 22-15

Minnesota Lynx

#1 · 31-7

Washington Mystics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	FG	3P	FT	+/-	TS%	eFG%	USG%	RTG
Kiki Iriafen	32	19	13	1	1	2	0	2	7-15	0-1	5-7	-1	–	–	–	7.7
Shakira Austin	33	17	8	6	1	1	5	1	7-13	0-1	3-4	-11	–	–	–	7.3
Michaela Onyenwere	26	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	6-10	2-6	0-0	-5	–	–	–	6.7
Sonia Citron	30	11	1	5	0	0	5	2	4-8	1-4	2-2	-9	–	–	–	6.6
Georgia Amoore	29	10	5	5	0	0	0	1	3-8	3-6	1-2	-3	–	–	–	7.3
Bench
Cotie McMahon	16	6	2	1	0	0	1	2	2-5	1-1	1-2	-6	–	–	–	6.2
Alicia Florez Getino	9	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-5	0-1	2-2	-4	–	–	–	6.1
Lauren Betts	13	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	3-4	-4	–	–	–	6.2
Angela Dugalic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2	–	–	–	–
Betnijah Laney-Hamilton	11	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-3	–	–	–	6.2
Cassandre Prosper	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2	–	–	–	–

Minnesota Lynx

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	FG	3P	FT	+/-	TS%	eFG%	USG%	RTG
Olivia Miles	29	24	3	7	3	0	2	5	10-22	2-6	2-2	+15	–	–	–	7.9
Natasha Howard	33	21	7	5	1	3	0	4	10-12	0-0	1-2	+16	–	–	–	9.1
Kayla McBride	35	18	1	3	0	0	1	2	6-12	4-8	2-2	+14	–	–	–	7.5
Courtney Williams	31	13	6	8	1	0	0	2	5-11	1-3	2-2	+9	–	–	–	7.9
Nia Coffey	30	8	2	1	3	1	0	2	3-6	2-4	0-0	+12	–	–	–	7.2
Bench
Dorka Juhasz	19	8	3	0	0	1	0	0	3-4	2-3	0-0	+2	–	–	–	6.9
Maya Caldwell	14	2	3	1	1	0	2	2	0-1	0-1	2-2	-11	–	–	–	5.7
Eliska Hamzova	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	–	–	–	–
Antonia Delaere	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	–	–	–	–
Anastasiia Olairi Kosu	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-9	–	–	–	–
Chloe Bibby	5	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0-2	0-2	0-0	+2	–	–	–	–

Team stats

Scoring

Stat	Washington Myst…	Minnesota Lynx
Free throws	17/23 (73%)	9/10 (90%)
2 pointers	23/45 (51%)	26/43 (60%)
3 pointers	7/21 (33%)	11/27 (40%)
Field goals	30/66 (45%)	37/70 (52%)

Other

Stat	Washington Myst…	Minnesota Lynx
Rebounds	36	26
Defensive rebounds	23	20
Offensive rebounds	13	6
Assists	21	25
Turnovers	12	6
Steals	2	9
Blocks	3	6
Fouls	9	18

Lead

Stat	Washington Myst…	Minnesota Lynx
Max points in a row	9	10
Time spent in lead	3:30	36:11
Biggest lead	5	10

Season form

Washington Mystics #722-15 · 0.595

Minnesota Lynx #131-7 · 0.816

Head coaches

Sydney Johnson

Washington Mystics

Cheryl Reeve

Minnesota Lynx

Venue

CareFirst Arena

Washington · USA · cap 4111

Players to watch

Olivia Miles

G · Minnesota Lynx

Last: 23p · 4r · 8a · rtg 8.1

Kiki Iriafen

F · Washington My…

Last: 21p · 13r · 0a · rtg 7.9

Form & trends

Metric	Value	Team
Wins	5	Minnesota Lynx
First half winner	8/9	Minnesota Lynx
First quarter winner	6/7	Minnesota Lynx
Scored points average (Last 10)	87	Washington Mystics
Scored points average (Last 10)	94	Minnesota Lynx
Game points average (Last 10)	169	Washington Mystics
Game points average (Last 10)	178	Minnesota Lynx

Head-to-head (last 10)

Metric	Value	Team
First quarter winner	4/5	Washington Mystics
First quarter loser	4/5	Minnesota Lynx
Scored points average (Last 10)	76	Washington Mystics
Scored points average (Last 10)	77	Minnesota Lynx
Game points average (Last 10)	152	both