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For the first time in her young WNBA career, Olivia Miles on Thursday failed to pick up an assist in a game.
Nevertheless, her Minnesota Lynx had few problems against the Toronto Tempo.
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The Lynx secured their ninth consecutive win with a 104-72 win over the Tempo, but Miles' first visit to Coca-Cola Coliseum wasn't the best performance of her superb rookie year.
Miles scored 16 points on 15 shots, and for the first time in more than a month, the Rookie of the Year favorite didn't record at least one assist.
The Lynx welcomed back Napheesa Collier nine days ago, when the All-Star made her season debut in Seattle upon recovering from offseason ankle surgery.
In those three games Miles has played with Collier, Miles is averaging 17.7 points, but her efficiency has plummeted; she's shooting only 42.6 percent from the field, while Collier is pushing 49 percent while averaging 18.3 points.
Even still, the Lynx continue to win. Minnesota is 24-6, and it would be a major surprise if Cheryl Reeve's squad didn't end the season with the best record in the WNBA.
Miles has run the Lynx offense all season, but with Collier back now, the two stars are still learning to play together.
The fit between them is a significant storyline for the rest of the season as the Lynx hope to embark on a long playoff run that will end in the franchise's fifth championship -- and its first since 2017.
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