Second round, best-of-five series

Game 1, September 29: Sun 73, Lynx 70, at Target Center

Game 2, October 1: Lynx 77, Sunday 70, at Target Center

Game 3, Friday: Lynx 90, Connecticut 81, Mohegan Sun Arena

Match 4, Sunday: Sun 92, Lynx 82, Mohegan Sun Arena

Game 5, Tuesday: at Target Center, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)

Opening bell: Not until the third Game 5 in Lynx history – they are 2-1, with all three coming home (the finals in 2015, 2016 and 2017) – will the Lynx and Sun complete a series that has been tied from the start is daring. Through four games, the Lynx have scored 319 points, the Sun 316. The Lynx have hit 28 threes, the Sun 25. Both teams have earned splits on the other’s home court. The Sun is 0-2 in Game 5s, both away, losing in the finals in Washington in 2019 and in the semifinals in Las Vegas in 2020. In Sunday’s 92-82 win, Sun guard Ty Harris made her first start since she suffered her injury. only in the first round of the playoffs, scoring a team-high 20 points on 7-for-11 shooting, making four of five three-pointers.

Check her out: Napheesa Collier continued her stellar postseason Sunday. The problem was that she didn’t get enough help. She scored 29 points with 13 rebounds, three assists and a block. She is shooting 53.4% ​​and averaging 27.2 points and 9.3 rebounds in six playoff games. She has two games of 25 points, 10 rebound and 1 block in this postseason and three in her career.