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Lynx hold off Storm to return to conference finals

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Oct 3, 2012 at 7:26 am

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Seimone Augustus scored 21 points, Maya Moore had 20 and the Minnesota Lynx held off the Seattle Storm 73-72 Tuesday night to advance to the WNBA Western Conference finals.

Rebekkah Brunson scored 16 points to help the defending champion Lynx bounce back from a double-overtime loss in Game 2 and win the best-of-3 opening round series.

Minnesota will host Los Angeles in the opener of the West finals Thursday night. The Sparks swept San Antonio in their series.

The Storm had a chance to win it in the final seconds, but Lauren Jackson's turnaround jumper went off the rim.