Second round, best-of-five series

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

Game 2, Oct. 1: Lynx 77, Sun 70, at Target Center

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

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

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

Opening bell: In just the third Game 5 in Lynx history – they are 2-1 with all three played at home (the 2015, 2016 and 2017 finals) – the Lynx and Sun end a series that was even from the start. In four games, the Lynx have scored 319 points, the Sun 316. The Lynx have hit 28 three-pointers, the Sun 25. Both teams have scored a split on the other team’s home court. The Sun is 0-2 in Game 5, both on the road, losing in the final in Washington in 2019 and the semifinal in Las Vegas in 2020. In Sunday’s 92-82 win, Sun guard Ty Harris made her first start since her ankle injury in the first round of the playoffs and posted a team-high 20 points on 7-for-11 shooting, making four of five three-pointers.

Watch her: Napheesa Collier continued her wonderful postseason performance on Sunday. The problem was that she wasn’t getting enough help. She scored 29 points with 13 rebounds, three assists and a block. She is shooting 53.4% ​​and is averaging 27.2 points and 9.3 rebounds in six playoff games. She has two games with 25 points, 10 rebounds and 1 block this postseason and three in her career.