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September 26, 2011 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Minnesota Lynx News Release


Playoff Tickets on Sale

Lynx playoff tickets for the WNBA Finals are currently on sale! Lower-level tickets for Games 1, 2 and 5 begin as low as $20. Playoff strips, which include tickets to all three playoff rounds, are also available. All tickets can be purchased by calling the Lynx front office at 612-673- 8400 or by visiting LynxBasketball.com.

Lynx Advance to Finals

With Sunday's win over Phoenix, the Minnesota Lynx have advanced to the WNBA Finals for the first time in franchise history. Game 1 of the best-of-five WNBA Finals will be on Sunday, October 2 at 7:30 p.m. at Target Center. The Lynx, the No. 1 seed in this year's WNBA Playoffs presented by Boost Mobile, defeated the Mercury in the best-of-three Western Conference Finals 2-0 to advance. Their opponent will be decided on Tuesday night as the Indiana Fever and Atlanta Dream face off in the deciding Game 3 in Indiana.

After scoring just four points in Game 1, LINDSAY WHALEN scored 18 points, grabbed seven rebounds and dished out four assists in Minnesota's Game 2 victory.

MAYA MOORE set a WNBA record for most three-pointers in a postseason game by a rookie with six treys on Sunday. Moore finished the game with 21 points.

REBEKKAH BRUNSON is averaging a league- best 12.2 rebounds per game this postseason, more than doubling her career postseason rebounding average (4.3 rpg entering this postseason).

With her 21 points on Sunday, TAJ McWILLIAMS-FRANKLIN moved into third place all-time for postseason scoring (638). She finished the game with 21 points, seven assists and six rebounds.

In her first postseason, SEIMONE AUGUSTUS leads the WNBA in postseason scoring, averaging 20.4 points per game.

Lynx Among WNBA Postseason Leaders

- Seimone Augustus ranks T-1st in scoring (20.4 ppg), 4th in free throw percentage (.933), 10th in field goal percentage (.494), T-10th in assists (3.2 apg) and 34th in rebounds (3.8 rpg).

- Lindsay Whalen ranks 7th in assists (3.8 apg), 11th in field goal percentage (.490) and T-22nd in scoring (12.2 ppg).

- Rebekkah Brunson ranks 1st in rebounding (12.2 rpg), 22nd in field goal percentage (.425) and 33rd in scoring (9.4 ppg).

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