Syl & Mone lead team to important victories
Sylvia Fowles had 24 points and 14 rebounds and the Chicago Sky rallied to beat the Phoenix Mercury 91-82 on Tuesday night. The Sky (13-17) remained 4 1/2 games behind Washington for the last Eastern Conference playoff berth. Chicago, which trailed by as many as 11 in the third quarter, put together a 17-2 run in the fourth to beat the Mercury for the first time in nine tries. Temeka Johnson had 7 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists for Phoenix.
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Seimone Augustus scored 20 points and the Minnesota Lynx beat the San Antonio Silver Stars 73-66 on Tuesday night to improve their playoff positioning. Rebekkah Brunson had 12 points, all in the first half, and 12 rebounds for Minnesota (11-17), which never could pull away but had an answer for every Silver Stars rally. The Lynx moved into third in the Western Conference, a half-game ahead of San Antonio (11-18).Augustus scored eight points in the fourth quarter as the Lynx evened the season series at two games apiece ahead of their final scheduled meeting Sunday in Minnesota. Roneeka Hodges had 4 points and 3 rebounds for San Antonio.
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Marie Ferdinand-Harris had 11 points and 3 rebounds in losing effort as Los Angeles fell to Indiana 82-76. Marie was 1-1 from behind the arc and a perfect 4-4 from the free throw line.
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