MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Lindsay Whalen scored 26 points, Maya Moore added 23 and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Tulsa Shock 83-75 on Friday in the season opener for both teams.
Whalen was 9 of 13 from the floor and 8 of 8 from the line. Seimone Augustus had 16 points, and Rebekkah Brunson added 14 points and 18 rebounds.
Plenette Pierson led Tulsa with 18 points. Odyssey Sims scored 17 points, and Skylar Diggins added 15.
Brunson's two driving layups gave the Lynx 77-70 lead with 3:07 left. Tulsa drew within two on Diggins' 3-pointer, but Augustus made it a four-point game with a jumper, and Whalen's free throws upped it to 81-75 with 37.7 left. Augustus made two more from the line for the final margin as Tulsa missed its last four shots - all 3-pointers.
Tulsa All-Star Glory Johnson-Griner is sitting out the season because she is pregnant. Phoenix star Brittney Griner filed for an annulment with Johnson-Griner on Friday, a day after Johnson-Griner announced she's pregnant and a month after the two WNBA players were married.
Griner and Johnson-Griner were married May 9, three weeks after they were arrested in Arizona on domestic violence charges for a fight at their home in suburban Phoenix. Both players were suspended seven games after their arrests. Johnson-Griner's suspension will not start until the 2016 season.
SKY 95, FEVER 72
ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) - Elena Della Donne scored 31 points and Chicago beat Indiana to win its fourth consecutive WNBA opener.
The Sky raised their Eastern Conference championship banner prior to the tip, took a double digit lead 5 minutes into the game and led by 13 at intermission, 51-38. Chicago outscored Indiana 22-14 in the final 10 minutes.
Della Donne was 11 of 20 from the field, 9 of 10 from the free throw line and had eight rebounds, four blocks and three steals. Courtney Vandersloot added 13 points for Chicago.
Marissa Coleman scored 18 points for Indiana.
LIBERTY 82, DREAM 73
NEW YORK (AP) - Tina Charles had 17 points and 12 rebounds, Swin Cash scored 11 of her 15 points off the bench in the final 12 minutes and New York held off Atlanta.
New York relied on its deep bench. In addition to Cash, the Liberty got 14 points from Brittany Boyd as the bench combined to outscore the starting five, 44-38. Collectively, New York was 29 of 60 from the field (48.3 percent), but just 3 of 15 from 3-point range.
The Liberty took a 51-38 lead in the first half, but Atlanta rallied in the third quarter, cutting it four points with 4:22 to play on a layup by Angel McCaughtry. Boyd answered with a driving layup and Sugar Rogers hit a three to push the lead back to nine.
McCoughtry finished with 27 points, going 10 for 10 from the free throw line, to lead Atlanta. Tiffany Hayes added 17 points, and Shoni Schimmels 10.
MYSTICS 73, SUN 68
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) - Stefanie Dolson had 18 points and 12 rebounds - both career highs - to help Washington beat Connecticut.
Ivory Latta added 15 points and five assists for the Mystics.
Alex Bentley led the Sun with 17 points and Kelsey None added 14.
Latta's free throws gave Washington a three-point lead with 24.2 seconds remaining and, after Dolson's 12th rebound, off a miss by Thomas, Latta made two more to ice it.
Connecticut was without 2014 Rookie of the Year Chiney Ogwumike and Allison Hightower, both recovering from offseason knee surgery.