MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Lindsay Whalen scored 10 points in the final regular-season
home game of her career, Sylvia Fowles set the WNBA season record for rebounds
and the Minnesota Lynx closed the season with a 88-83 victory over the
Washington Mystics on Sunday night.
The Target Center had 13,013 in attendance for the game. Governor Mark Dayton
declared it “Lindsay Whalen Day” in Minnesota and a retirement ceremony followed
the game.
The 36-year-old Whalen starred at the University of Minnesota and now coaches
the Gophers.
Fowles had 26 points and 14 rebounds to finish with a WNBA-record 404 rebounds.
She broke the mark of 403 set last year by Jonquel Jones.
Whalen hit a 3-pointer that gave the Lynx (18-16) the lead for good during a
13-0 run that ended at 78-69 early in the fourth quarter. The Mystics (22-12)
got no closer than the final score.
The seventh-seeded Lynx will visit the sixth-seeded Los Angeles Sparks — a
rematch of the last two WNBA finals — in the single-elimination first round of
the WNBA playoffs Tuesday night.
