Thursday's WNBA Capsules

Games played on Aug. 7, 2014

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Maya Moore scored 17 points and the Minnesota Lynx closed with an 11-0 run to beat the Chicago Sky 74-64 on Thursday night for their 11th straight victory.

Lindsay Whalen added 14 points for Minnesota (24-6), which trailed 64-63 in the final two minutes.

Allie Quigley led the Sky (13-17) with 20 points. They opened the second half on a 9-0 run to take their first lead.

Minnesota held Chicago to 24 first-half points, but the Sky rallied to threaten to hand the Lynx their second home loss of the season.

MERCURY 78, STARS 73, OT

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Candice Dupree had 20 points and 18 rebounds and Phoenix beat San Antonio in overtime.

The Stars' Becky Hammon failed to score and had one assist in her first game since becoming the NBA's first full-time female assistant coach after the San Antonio Spurs announced her hiring Tuesday.

Penny Taylor scored 16 points, DeWanna Bonner added 13 points and Brittney Griner had 12 for Phoenix (25-4). Jia Perkins had 24 points for San Antonio (13-17).

STORM 88, DREAM 68

SEATTLE (AP) - Camille Little had 21 points and 13 rebounds and Seattle used a 13-0 first-quarter run to build a double-digit in its victory over Eastern Conference-leading Atlanta.

Crystal Langhorne added 17 points and Temeka Johnson had 16 to help Seattle (11-20) keep alive its faint hopes of making the WNBA playoffs for the 11th straight season.

Tiffany Hayes had 16 points for the Dream (17-12) and Schoni Schimmel added 14. Atlanta has lost three straight and seven of its last nine.

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