Game Recap: Minnesota Lynx 85, Portland Fire 81 (08/12/2026)
The Lynx defeated the Fire 85-81. The Lynx held off a fierce 2H rally from the Fire to sweep the season series 3-0.
Video Transcript
Two teams on two game-winning streaks each going head-to-head as Minnesota and Olivia Miles take on Bridget Carleton and the Portland Fire.
We start you off in the first, and it's Minnesota's Napheesa Collier.
Gorgeous little post move there, and Minnesota's up by six.
Teo Oblak spins, drives, and makes a wonderful interior pass over to Sarah Williams for a layup, and it's 13 to nine.
At that point, Minnesota in front.
Olivia Miles drives, finds Collier with a nice pass for a layup.
Collier, 20 points, nine rebounds on the game.
Minnesota up by 10.
Megan DeLeo gets the inbounds, fires the tough three off glass just before the first quarter buzzer.
That cuts the lead down to three, but the second quarter was all Lakes.
Gorgeous hesitation move from Olivia Miles.
Gets the and one bucket, makes the free throw.
She had 13 points, seven assists.
On one end, it's Collier blocking a layup.
On the other, Courtney Williams just streaking down the court for the bucket.
She had 10 in the game, the lead up to 19.
Now Miles swinging it over to Kayla McBride for a three, and the rout is on.
It's 57 to 31, a 26-point advantage.
They led by 24 at the half.
Their biggest lead was 29 in the third.
The Fire start to show a little heart here.
Bridget Carleton hits from the mid-range, and it's down to 17 after the third quarter.
We go to the fourth.
After a miss by DeLeo, she grabs her own rebound, floats that one up and in.
She had a dozen on the game, the lead down to 13.
Oblak to Frida Buehner, who drives and scores inside.
Part of a nine-nothing start to the fourth.
Oblak, 11 points, six rebounds, nine assists.
It's 68 to 60, Minnesota's lead in single digits.
Oblak to Carleton for a catch-and-shoot three, and it's a one-possession game.
Quick note, the biggest comeback in WNBA history is a 28-point comeback, so Portland with a chance to make history, and they're grabbing it.
Carleton, the pass, the drive, the spin.
Hits the mid-range shot, and it's a two-point game.
On the other end, Kayla McBride gets the handoff, drives in for the lefty layup to make it a three-point game.
McBride, 19 in the game.
Then down the stretch, the veterans and the rookie make their free throws.
Miles, McBride, and Williams would hit five of six from the line in the final 30 seconds, and Minnesota avoids being on the wrong side of history as they get the W in this one.
Your final score, 85 to 81.
