Lynx narrowly escape San Antonio in game one, 66-65

The Minnesota Lynx avoided a game one loss in their best-of-three series against San Antonio with a 66-65 win on Friday night. Lindsay Whalen led Minnesota with 20-points and Seimone Augustus added 19 of her own. Game two of the series is Sunday afternoon.
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The Minnesota Lynx avoided a game one loss in their best-of-three series against San Antonio with a 66-65 win on Friday night. Lindsay Whalen led Minnesota with 20-points and Seimone Augustus added 19 of her own. Game two of the series is Sunday afternoon.

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