Minnesota Lynx vs Indiana Fever — WNBA

WNBA ·WNBA 2026 ·Fri 25 Sep, 00:00 UTC

Minnesota Lynx ELO 1596

86–66

Final

Indiana Fever ELO 1612

Score by period

Period	Minnesota Lynx	Indiana Fever
Period1	32	13
Period2	30	19
Period3	14	9
Period4	10	25

Prediction High confidence

Minnesota Lynx 69%

Indiana Fever 31%

Pick: Minnesota Lynx

Expected total

180 points

Projected: 90 – 90

Favorite wins

70%

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 got it right · Over 215: ✓

Match facts

Arena

Target Center

City

Minneapolis

Tip-off

25 Sep, 00:00 UTC

Competition

WNBA

Minnesota Lynx

#1 · 33-11

Indiana Fever

#6 · 28-16

Minnesota Lynx

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	FG	3P	FT	+/-	TS%	eFG%	USG%	RTG
Kayla McBride	24	22	2	3	0	0	0	2	8-13	6-10	0-0	+34	–	–	–	8.6
Natasha Howard	20	21	8	2	0	3	1	0	9-11	0-0	3-4	+29	–	–	–	9.4
Courtney Williams	22	9	7	10	1	0	4	0	4-7	1-2	0-0	+30	–	–	–	8.4
Napheesa Collier	25	6	7	3	1	0	1	1	2-8	2-4	0-0	+34	–	–	–	7.1
Maya Caldwell	27	5	5	4	0	0	1	2	2-7	1-4	0-0	+29	–	–	–	6.9
Bench
Nia Coffey	13	9	4	2	0	0	2	4	3-6	3-6	0-0	+2	–	–	–	6.7
Aari McDonald	20	8	0	1	2	0	0	2	2-8	2-6	2-2	-9	–	–	–	6.3
Dorka Juhasz	10	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	1-4	0-1	0-0	-13	–	–	–	5.3
Liatu King	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1-5	0-2	0-0	-11	–	–	–	5.2
Antonia Delaere	19	2	5	1	0	0	1	1	1-4	0-3	0-0	-13	–	–	–	5.7
Chloe Bibby	11	0	3	1	0	0	2	2	0-2	0-2	0-0	-12	–	–	–	4.8

Indiana Fever

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	FG	3P	FT	+/-	TS%	eFG%	USG%	RTG
Kelsey Mitchell	22	10	2	1	1	0	0	1	3-12	2-6	2-2	-36	–	–	–	6.2
Lexie Hull	17	5	4	0	1	1	2	3	2-7	1-6	0-0	+5	–	–	–	6.4
Aliyah Boston	13	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	2-5	0-2	0-0	-22	–	–	–	6.1
Makayla Timpson	9	2	1	0	1	1	2	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	-13	–	–	–	6.1
Caitlin Clark	18	2	4	3	1	0	1	1	1-12	0-7	0-0	-27	–	–	–	4.4
Bench
Grace Vanslooten	10	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	2-2	0-0	5-7	+15	–	–	–	7.5
Bree Hall	13	8	5	1	0	0	0	0	3-6	1-4	1-3	+14	–	–	–	7.1
Myisha Hines-Allen	19	6	2	1	1	0	4	2	3-6	0-1	0-0	-23	–	–	–	5.9
Monique Billings	17	6	10	1	0	0	0	2	3-5	0-0	0-0	-12	–	–	–	7.1
Raven Johnson	23	6	3	4	3	1	0	1	3-8	0-0	0-1	+10	–	–	–	7.3
Tyasha Harris	11	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	1-2	-6	–	–	–	6.7
Ugonne Onyiah	12	4	5	0	0	0	2	1	1-3	0-0	2-5	+15	–	–	–	6.2
Sophie Cunningham	16	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0-4	0-4	0-0	-20	–	–	–	4.5

Season form

Minnesota Lynx #133-11 ·

Indiana Fever #628-16 ·

Head coaches

Cheryl Reeve

Minnesota Lynx

Stephanie White

Indiana Fever

Venue

Target Center

Minneapolis · USA · cap 19356

Form & trends

Metric	Value	Team
First half loser	4/5	Minnesota Lynx
Scored points average (Last 10)	86	Minnesota Lynx
Scored points average (Last 10)	98	Indiana Fever
Game points average (Last 10)	171	Minnesota Lynx
Game points average (Last 10)	189	Indiana Fever

Head-to-head (last 10)

Metric	Value	Team
First half winner	5/7	Indiana Fever
First half loser	5/7	Minnesota Lynx
First quarter winner	4/5	Indiana Fever
First quarter loser	4/5	Minnesota Lynx
Scored points average (Last 10)	84	Minnesota Lynx
Scored points average (Last 10)	86	Indiana Fever
Game points average (Last 10)	171	both