Napheesa Collier scored 29 points, Jessica Shepard added 17 points, seven rebounds and five assists and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Chicago Sky 88-79 on Tuesday night at Wintrust Arena.
Minnesota scored the first seven points of the fourth quarter to take a 72-62 lead. Kayla McBride made a long 2-pointer to extend it to 81-71, and Shepard added a jumper from the free-throw line with 3:01 left for a 12-point advantage.
After a Sky turnover, Lindsay Allen made two free throws with 23.1 seconds left for an 85-79 lead. Collier added two free throws on Minnesota’s next possession for an eight-point lead.
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McBride finished with 13 points and Nikolina Milic added 12 for the Lynx (14-15). Rachel Banham, who had not played since July 12 because of a broken right thumb, scored three points in seven minutes. Dorka Juhasz did not play for the second straight game.
Collier, who picked up her fourth foul with 5:06 remaining in the third quarter, finished 10 of 18 from the field to help Minnesota shoot 52%.
Kahleah Copper scored 15 of her 23 points in the first half for the Sky (12-16), who had a three-game winning streak snapped. Elizabeth Williams scored a season-high 18 points and Courtney Williams scored all 12 of her points in the second half. Marina Mabrey added 11 points.
Ruthy Hebard didn’t play as she served a one-game suspension for coming off the bench in an altercation Sunday.