Lynx, Sun take season-long duel into semifinal series

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After the Minnesota Lynx held off the Connecticut Sun to earn the No. 2 seed in the playoffs, they will take their earned home-court advantage into a matchup of the teams in a best-of-five WNBA semifinal series.

Minnesota will play host to Game 1 on Sunday at Minneapolis after it advanced in theopening round with a two-game sweep of the Phoenix Mercury. Third-seede