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ROSEMONT, Ill. -- Courtney Vandersloot hit two free throws to force overtime and Cappie Pondexter made a go-ahead layup with 21.3 seconds left to help the Chicago Sky beat the Minnesota Lynx 98-97 on Tuesday night.The Sky (17-15) moved into fourth in the WNBA standings, which comes with a first-round bye in the playoffs. Chicago has two games left this season.The Sky also hosted 50 Cent after rookie Imani Boyette used social media to campaign for the rapper to come to a WNBA game. Actress Sophia Bush also watched Chicagos win.Pondexter split two defenders in the lane to help Chicago to a 96-95 lead in overtime. After Minnesota jumped back in front on a Janel McCarville basket, Pondexter made another layup in traffic for a 98-97 lead. Minnesotas Renee Montgomery was called for traveling with 1.4 seconds left.Pondexter scored 24 points for sixth-ranked Chicago. The Sky played without the reigning MVP Elena Delle Donne, who had surgery Tuesday to repair her injured right thumb.Maya Moore scored 22 of her 27 points after halftime for top-ranked Minnesota (26-6).SUN 89, FEVER 87UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- Jasmine Thomas scored 21 points and the Sun rallied for the win.The Fever (16-16) fell one game back of Chicago for the fourth seed in the playoffs, which includes a first-round bye in the postseason.It was a back-and-forth first half before the Fever closed with the final five points, making it 47-41 at the break. The advantage grew to 11 in the third quarter before Connecticut (12-20) rallied.The game was tied at 80 with just over 2 minutes left before Thomas hit a 3-pointer from the wing. Jonquel Jones three-point play with 1:07 left made it 87-82.The Fever had a chance to tie it, but Shenise Johnsons 3-pointer from the corner bounced off the rim with 17.9 seconds left. Thomas hit two free throws to seal the win.MYSTICS 75, LIBERTY 62NEW YORK -- Stefanie Dolson scored a career-high 23 points, Tierra Ruffin-Pratt had a season-best 19 points and Washington kept its slim playoff hopes alive.The Mystics need to win their final two games and get some help to make the playoffs.New York lost its first game under associate head coach Katie Smith. Head coach Bill Laimbeer, who handed over the reins for one night, will be credited with the loss. The Liberty had already clinched the third seed in the postseason.The Mystics (13-19) made a 3-pointer on three straight possessions -- two by Ally Malott -- to extend their lead to 34-21 midway through the second quarter. Washington led by double digits the entire second half.Tina Charles had 22 points and 11 rebounds for New York (21-12). Shavonte Zellous added 11 points.STARS 71, DREAM 67ATLANTA -- Astou Ndour scored a career-high 20 points, Moriah Jefferson added 19 points and the Stars snapped a six-game losing streak.Ndour scored 10 of San Antonios final 14 points. She hit two free throws to give the Stars a 59-57 lead and made another one on their next possession. She added two layups and hit a 3-pointer with 35 seconds left to extend San Antonios lead to 67-63.Jayne Appel-Marinelli had 14 rebounds for San Antonio (7-25), which is ranked 12th in the AP power poll.Bria Holmes scored a career-high 20 points for fourth-ranked Atlanta (16-16), which played without leading scorer Angel McCoughtry after she was suspended by the WNBA on Monday for receiving her seventh technical foul of the season.SPARKS 90, MERCURY 85LOS ANGELES -- Nneka Ogwumike had 24 points and 10 rebounds, Chelsea Gray scored a career-high 23 points and the Sparks snapped a three-game losing streak.Jantel Lavender added 17 points for Los Angeles (25-8), ranked second in the AP power poll.Phoenix guard DeWanna Bonner made the first of two free throws with 1:15 left. She missed the second, ran down the rebound and Candice Dupree hit a long jumper to pull the Mercury to 84-82. 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Captain Leana de Bruin led from the front as the Magic battled their way to a 56-55 trans-Tasman netball league win over the Adelaide Thunderbirds in Hamilton on Sunday.The 104-Test Silver Fern had proven a game-long menace in the Thunderbirds shooting circle, picking up a series of deflections and intercepts in tandem with ever-improving goal keeper Kristiana Manua.But she saved her best until last, snaffling the vital turnover with just 30 seconds left on the clock to send the Magic into next weeks New Zealand conference playoffs on a high note.It was a win which appeared unlikely at the end of the first quarter at Claudelands Arena, as the visitors powered out to a 17-9 lead as the Magic midcourt struggled to find their timing in the attack third.At the other end of the court for Adelaide, Kristina Brice (37 from 42) and Erin Bell (18/22) matched accuracy with slick circle work in missingg only two of their 19 shots on goal.ddddddddddddMagic coach Julie Fitzgerald pushed Jo Harten (40/44) back to goal shoot at the first break, replacing Paula Griffin (3/3) with Ellen Halpenny at goal attack, and the home team never looked back.With Halpenny (13/17) and Harten converting the turnover ball generated by a more combative midcourt defence, the Magic took the second quarter 17-10 to cut back Adelaides lead to 27-26.The Thunderbirds bossed the early stages of the third quarter to extend their lead out to five, but the Magic finished the spell with a roar in sinking four goals on end to hit the front 43-41 with 15 minutes remaining.The two teams matched each other goal for goal right until de Bruin snared the key intercept with just 30 seconds remaining. 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