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MINNEAPOLIS — Courtney Williams and Kayla McBride scored 17 points apiece to help the Minnesota Lynx beat the Washington Mystics 74-67 without three-time All-Star Napheesa Collier. Jade Melboune made a driving layup that cut Washington's deficit to 67-64 with 5:50 to play but the Mystics made just 1 of 10 from the field and committed four turnovers the rest of the way. Bridget Carleton answered with a 3-pointer and it was a two-possession game the rest of the way. Minnesota (15-6) had lost back-to-back games (for the first time this season) — against the WNBA-leading New York Liberty and second-place Connecticut — and three of its last four. Ariel Atkins and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough led Washington (5-17) with 15 points apiece. Myisha Hines-Allen added 11 points, 11 rebounds and six assists.
