Sabrina Ionescu scored 12 of her 18 points in the second half and Jonquel Jones had 15 points and 17 rebounds to lead the New York Liberty to a 76-66 victory Friday over the Minnesota Lynx in Minneapolis.

New York (21-6) avenged an 88-83 loss last week at home against the Lynx (13-15).

The Liberty, who have a six-game winning streak on the road, have won 11 of their last 13 games.

Ionescu made 6 of 11 shots from 3-point range and tallied five rebounds, six assists and three steals.

Breanna Stewart finished with 17 points and eight rebounds, and Betnijah Laney had 17 points.

Courtney Vandersloot contributed seven assists.

Minnesota has lost consecutive games after winning three straight, including the win over the Liberty last week.

Napheesa Collier led the Lynx with 18 points, and Kayla McBride added 14.

Jessica Shepard had 11 rebounds for Minnesota.

Neither team led by more than six points and there were 11 ties and 12 lead changes by the fourth quarter.

After the Liberty took a 39-33 lead with 3:02 left in the second, Minnesota went on an 11-2 run extending into the third. The Lynx led 44-41 with 9:48 remaining in the period.

Nine points in the third from Ionescu, who made all three of her 3-point attempts, kept New York in a back-and-forth affair with Minnesota.

The Liberty took a 58-56 lead into the fourth after Ionescu made a shot from beyond the arc with 1.5 seconds left in the third.

Ionescu made another 3-pointer with 9:29 remaining to increase the lead to 61-56.

New York took its biggest lead of seven points — 64-57 – with 7:46 left following one of two free-throw attempts made by Jones.

Stewart’s layup with 5:35 left increased the lead to 68-59.

New York outrebounded Minnesota 43-32. The Liberty tallied 16 offensive rebounds that contributed to 25 second-chance points.

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Jewell Loyd recorded 19 points and eight rebounds and converted the go-ahead three-point play with 13.8 seconds left as the Seattle Storm recovered from a 15-point fourth-quarter deficit to post a 68-67 victory over the visiting Atlanta Dream on Thursday night.

Ezi Magbegor had 17 points and 11 rebounds as Seattle (8-21) halted a six-game home losing streak in stunning fashion. The Storm are 3-13 at home this season.

Rhyne Howard had 20 points and three steals and Allisha Gray had 17 points, seven rebounds and three steals for the Dream (15-14). Aari McDonald added 10 points for Atlanta, which has lost six of its last nine games.

Loyd was just 5 of 20 from the field but made the biggest shot to give Seattle a 66-64 lead.

Howard stepped on the sideline with 7.1 seconds left for the Dream, and Sami Whitcomb made two free throws with 5.5 seconds left to give the Storm a four-point edge. Howard made a late trey to account for the final score.

Whitcomb added 11 points for Seattle, which made 33.3 percent of its shots and was 4 of 14 from behind the arc. The Storm have won four of their past six games.

The Dream shot 31.5 percent, including 8 of 21 from 3-point range.

Atlanta led by 15 with 9:07 remaining before going scoreless for 7:03, and Seattle took advantage with a 16-0 surge to take the lead.

Magbegor scored six points early in the charge as the Storm moved within 62-54 with 5:53 to play. Loyd scored six of the next seven, including a four-point play that pulled Seattle within one with 3:03 remaining.

Magbegor’s driving hoop gave the Storm a 63-62 edge with 2:19 left. It marked Seattle’s first lead of the entire game.

Gray’s shot jumper with 2:04 left ended the Atlanta drought and put the Dream back ahead. McDonald later missed two free throws with 19.2 seconds to play to set the stage for Loyd.

Atlanta led 60-47 after three quarters. Gray scored nine points in the period.

Gray’s three-point play with 1:52 left in the quarter gave Atlanta a 16-point lead.

The Dream held a 34-27 advantage at halftime. Seattle missed its first 11 shots of the game and shot 27.3 percent (9-for-33) in the half. Atlanta shot 31.6 percent (12-for-38).

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Brittney Griner had 21 points and 10 rebounds, Moriah Jefferson added 17 points and the host Phoenix Mercury defeated the Connecticut Sun 90-84 on Thursday night.

Diana Taurasi added 16 points and Megan Gustafson had 10 as the Mercury (9-20) improved to 5-5 after the All-Star break.

Rebecca Allen scored 24 points, Alyssa Thomas had 20 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists and Tiffany Hayes scored 15 to lead the Sun (21-8).

Phoenix scored the first four points of the third quarter to take an eight-point lead before Thomas’ short jumper produced Connecticut’s first points of the period and ended a 3 1/2-minute scoring drought.

Phoenix increased the lead to as many as 12 points before holding a 70-60 lead at the end of the third quarter.

Hayes’ 3-pointer pulled the Sun within one point with 2:05 left, but Jefferson answered with a jumper. Connecticut got within two with 30 seconds left, but Jefferson answered with another basket and two free throws.

The Mercury set a WNBA record for points in a quarter as they took a 45-24 lead at the end of the first period.

The Mercury scored the first five points of the game and Taurasi added a 3-pointer as they took a 10-2 lead.

Taurasi made a 3-pointer to push the lead to 15-6 and she added another as the advantage grew to 23-6.

DiJonai Carrington made two 3-pointers and Connecticut trimmed the lead to 25-14, but Gustafson scored eight points during a 17-10 finishing run.

The Mercury made 16 of 17 field-goal attempts, including 6 of 7 3-pointers, in the record-setting first period.

The Sun scored the first five points of the second quarter before Cunningham’s 3-pointer produced Phoenix’s first points of the period.

Allen scored seven points as Connecticut finished with a 19-4 run to pull within 52-48 at halftime. The Sun outscored the Mercury 24-7 in the second quarter.

–Field Level Media

Kelsey Mitchell scored a game-high 24 points Thursday night to lead five players in double figures as the Indiana Fever won for just the third time in 18 games, thumping the Minnesota Lynx 91-73 in Indianapolis.

Rookie Aliyah Boston added 15 points and 13 rebounds for Indiana (8-22), while Erica Wheeler contributed 17 points and 10 assists. Kristy Wallace chipped in 13 points and NaLyssa Smith came off the bench to tally 12.

The Fever, who have been frustrated by a lack of execution on both ends of the floor in key moments, made sure this wasn’t a close game with a good all-around performance. They shot 50 percent from the field, going 10-of-27 on 3-pointers, and controlled the boards 39-26.

Rachel Banham led Minnesota (14-16) with 18 points off the bench, while Jessica Shepard added 13, Diamond Miller 11 and Kayla McBride 10. But Napheesa Collier, the WNBA’s third-leading scorer at 21.9 ppg entering the game, didn’t score until the 5:34 mark of the third quarter and finished with only eight points on 3-of-12 shooting.

Indiana enjoyed a 34-18 advantage in points in the paint and also converted 13 Lynx turnovers into 18 points.

Indiana hinted at what was to come with an eight-point run that gave it a 17-11 lead at the 2:49 mark of the first quarter on Wheeler’s layup, although Minnesota rallied with 10 straight points to assume a 21-20 edge after 10 minutes.

The Fever created separation by dominating the final five minutes of the first half. Beginning with Victoria Vivians’ three-point play at the 5:06 mark, they ended the half with a 17-7 run. Mitchell’s layup before the buzzer made it 45-35 at intermission.

Indiana expanded the advantage to 59-41 with 5:52 remaining in the third quarter on Boston’s layup before the Lynx finally got Collier going. She scored eight points in less than 3 1/2 minutes to help them pull within 71-59 going to the fourth period.

–Field Level Media