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Leading the league in 3-point shooting, the long ball was key for the Lynx on Wednesday afternoon. It just wasn’t who you’d expect to provide the late long-distance spark. Natisha Hiedeman scored 16 of her 18 points in the fourth quarter, and the Lynx rallied to beat Atlanta 86-79 at Target Center to end a two-game slide.

ADVERTISEMENT “It was a gritty, gritty win,” said Kayla McBride, who led the Lynx with 30 points. Hiedeman made three 3-pointers in the final 10 minutes, a quarter she acknowledged was her best with the Lynx. The guard was 7 for 41 (17.



1%) from outside the arc entering the game. “Everything was just really going my way. My teammates were finding the ball, we were just playing together,” she said.

“(Today) it was my (day), and I was just super-excited and happy to see the ball go through.” A 10-0 Atlanta run late in the third quarter led to a 60-56 Dream advantage entering the final 10 minutes, but Hiedeman and Dorka Juhász combined for Minnesota’s first 12 fourth-quarter points to tie the game with 6:38 left. ADVERTISEMENT Hiedeman’s third 3-pointer gave Minnesota a 73-72 lead midway through the fourth.

She added a jumper and scored on a drive for an 81-74 lead with 1:26 to go, evoking another shriek of excitement from a Camp Day crowd of 15,013, many of whom were shrilling, Lynx towel giveaway-waving youth clad in a spectrum of T-shirts representing park and rec and other groups. Running the offense, Hiedeman also finished with four se.

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