The Lynx are 24-6, the best record in the WNBA. Will they lose a game before Aug 12?
67% of users predicted YES — the community got this one right. 3 predictions cast.
The Minnesota Lynx, who held the WNBA's best record entering August, lost 89-82 to the Los Angeles Sparks on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, ending a 10-game winning streak, according to wire coverage carried by ABC News and the Washington Post. Rae Burrell scored 17 points and Erica Wheeler added a key basket during a game-closing 8-0 run for Los Angeles. Minnesota's Kayla McBride hit a 3-pointer to put the Lynx up 82-81 with under five minutes remaining, but the team missed its final seven shot attempts and went scoreless over the last 4 minutes, 53 seconds. Rookie Olivia Miles led Minnesota with 23 points, eight rebounds and five assists in the loss. The defeat was the Sparks' first win over the Lynx in three meetings this season. The loss left Minnesota at 25-7, still the league's best overall mark, but it broke the team's longest winning streak of the year and satisfied the question's window, which asked whether the Lynx would lose at least once before Aug. 12. The community leaned toward this outcome, with roughly two-thirds of votes predicting a Lynx loss before Aug. 12, matching the actual result.