With five minutes remaining Friday night against the Connecticut Sun, the Lynx and their perfect record were on the brink. Facing a winless team, Minnesota stared down a 15-point fourth-quarter deficit with a little more than five minutes to play.

Napheesa Collier had 33 points and 11 rebounds, and the Minnesota Lynx used a late run to rally and beat the Connecticut Sun 76-70.

Collier hit a short jumper, the Lynx forced a shot-clock violation on the other end and then Collier made two free throws to tie it 68-all with 1:38 to play. Marina Mabrey missed a 3-point shot for the Sun before Natisha Hiedeman hit a straight-away 3 to cap an 18-0 run and give Minnesota its first lead of the game.