MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL – The Minnesota Lynx defeated the Phoenix Mercury last night 82-67 in Game 3 of the WNBA semifinals round, sweeping the best-of-five series and advancing to the WNBA Finals.

The team has home court advantage and will play Game 1 and Game 2 of the Finals at Target Center on October 9 and 11. Should the series go to Game 5 it would be played at Target Center on October 20. The away games in the best-of-five series will be played on October 14 and 16.

Single-game tickets for all home games go on sale today at 10 a.m. and can be purchased on lynxbasketball.com/tickets. For Game 1, 10,000 fans in attendance will receive a free Lynx WNBA Finals t-shirt.

WNBA Finals Schedule

Game 1            Oct. 9               2:00 p.m.          Target Center

Game 2            Oct. 11              7:00 p.m.          Target Center

Game 3            Oct. 14              TBD                  TBD (depending on opponent)

Game 4 *           Oct. 16              TBD                  TBD (depending on opponent)

Game 5 *           Oct. 20              7:00 p.m.          Target Center