Kayla McBride scored 23 points, and Minnesota beat the Connecticut Sun 86-80 on Wednesday night to give Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve the WNBA record for career wins.

Reeve has 380 regular season wins, one more than Mike Thibault, whose son Eric Thibault is Minnesota's associate head coach.

A four-time WNBA coach of the year, Reeve was hired by the Lynx in 2010 and has led the franchise to each of its four championships – tied with the Houston Comets and Seattle Storm for the most in history.

After Reeve tied Thibault with an 85-77 win at Dallas on June 28, the Lynx (16-6) lost back-to-back games for the first time this season. Minnesota, which moved a half-game in front of Las Vegas, the defending WNBA champion, atop the standings, lost Friday at New York in her first chance to set the record, then fell 90-89 to the Sun at home on Monday.

Natasha Howard had 12 points and 10 rebounds for Minnesota.

Leila Lacan had 15 points, six assists and six rebounds for Connecticut (5-17) and Olivia Nelson-Ododa scored 14.

 

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Sparks spoil Clark’s return

Nneka Ogwumike had 24 points, eight rebounds and five assists and the Los Angeles Sparks spoiled Caitlin Clark’s return, beating the Indiana Fever 106-92 to snap a three-game losing streak.

Clark returned after missing two games because of a back injury and had nine points in 16 minutes for Indiana (12-9).

Kelsey Mitchell led the Fever with 29 points and Lexie Hull added 14. Indiana star Aliyah Boston sat out because of a right leg injury.

Rae Burrell added 22 points for Los Angeles (9-11). Dearica Hamby added 21 points and nine rebounds, and Erica Wheeler and Ariel Atkins each scored 12. Kelsey Plum (lower left leg) and Cameron Brink (left ankle) did not play.

 

Valkyries win sixth straight game

Janelle Salaun scored 26 points and the Golden State Valkyries held off the expansion Toronto Tempo 83-75 for their sixth straight victory.

Fellow reserve Kaitlyn Chen added 16 points for Golden State (16-7) and Kayla Thornton had 15 points and nine rebounds.

Isabelle Harrison had 24 points and eight rebounds for Toronto (9-12), which lost its third straight.

Marina Mabrey scored 11 points a day after being named the Tempo’s first WNBA All-Star. She also had six rebounds and four assists.