Dallas Wings’ Liz Cambage, pictured above left in a pre-season game against the Connecticut Sun driving on Brionna Jones, recorded 14 points, 12 rebounds, four assists and three blocks in the Wing’s loss on Wednesday to the Minnesota Lynx. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
Dallas Wings, 3-3 on the season, continue their three-game road trip tomorrow (Saturday, May 26) with a 5 p.m. game against the Dream at Atlanta’s McCamish Pavilion. The game will be broadcast on Fox Sports Southeast.
The Wings fell just short of a comeback win over the 2017 WNBA champion Minnesota Lynx last Wednesday, May 23, in Minneapolis, 76-68, despite outscoring the Lynx by 17 points in the second half.
Minnesota posted an early 13-4 lead, but Dallas came back, led by a Skylar Diggins-Smith three-pointer and a layup from Kaela Davis to finish the first quarter down by only four, 21-17. But the second quarter was all Minnesota, as the Lynx dominated defensively and outscored the Wings 25-4. The half ended with Dallas down, 46-24
But the Wings came back with a vengeance in the third, outscoring the Lynx 19-9, using an 11-2 run to make it 55-4. The comeback continued in the fourth as Dallas again outscored Minnesota, this time by a 28-21 margin, but the Wings ran out of time before they could completely close the gap and claim a win.
Liz Cambage led the Wings with 14 points, 12 rebounds, a career-high four assists and three blocks. Kayla Thornton recorded her second start of the season and scored 11 points and pulled down nine rebounds.
Diggins-Smith, an All-Star guard for Dallas, added 12 points and tallied a game-high seven assists. Rookie Azurá Stevens led the Wings off the bench with a career-high nine points and four rebounds.
For Minnesota, First Team All-WNBA selection Sylvia Fowles recorded 23 points and 20 rebounds to mark the first 20-point, 20-rebound game in Lynx history.
After Saturday’s game in Atlanta, Dallas heads to White Plains, N.Y., for a 6 p.m. matchup with the New York Libert at the Westchester County Center. That game will be broadcast via the WNBC League Pass and the regional sports network MSG+.
Then the Wings come back home for a June 2 game against the Seattle Storm, starting at 7 p.m. at College Park Center (broadcast on Fox Sports Southwest), before heading to Indianapolis for a 6 p.m. game against the Fever (broadcast on League Pass).
Dallas starts a two-game home stand, facing the Phoenix Mercury at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 2, and then hosting the Las Vegas Aces at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 15, when the Wings will be celebrating National LGBT Pride Month. Both of those games will also be broadcast on Fox Sports Southwest.
For the Dallas Wings complete schedule and tickets to any home game, visit Wings.WNBA.com.
— Tammye Nash
