The Dallas Wings are coming off their eighth-straight loss, a 96-71 blowout loss to the Minnesota Lynx. It wasn't quite the homecoming that the Minnesota native Paige Bueckers wanted, but she was still productive with 17 points.

It is a privileged position in which Cheryl Reeve's team finds itself. Minnesota's 31 wins this season are a franchise record, and the Lynx clinched home-court advantage throughout the WNBA playoffs after defeating the Connecticut Sun, 94-70, on Saturday night.

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Alanna Smith and reserve DiJonai Carrington scored 18 points apiece and the Minnesota Lynx clinched the regular-season title with a 94-70 win over the Connecticut Sun on Saturday night. Minnesota (31-8) also set a franchise record for wins. The Lynx won 30 games last season in a 40-game schedule — four fewer than this year.

The Minnesota Lynx currently hold No. 1 position in the WNBA standings with an impressive 28-5 record. And on Tuesday evening, the league's top team will face

This year’s expanded 44-game schedule didn’t slow Minnesota down. The Lynx reached 31 wins in 39 games, surpassing last year’s 30-win mark. Their current 79.5% winning percentage is tracking with the best seasons in franchise history, right up there with their 2016 powerhouse team.

The Minnesota Lynx's regular season dominance continued Saturday when they beat the lottery-bound Connecticut Sun, 94-70, to clinch the No. 1 seed in the 2025 WNBA playoffs and homecourt advantage throughout the postseason. Now 31-8, the Lynx have also set a franchise record for wins in a season, breaking the previous mark of 30 in 2024.

The Dallas Wings' visit to the Minnesota Lynx on Monday night was an emotional one for Paige Bueckers. Though Bueckers has stood out individually for the Wings and is on pace to win WNBA Rookie of the Year at season's end,