MINNEAPOLIS -- To even their WNBA semifinal series at 1-1, the Phoenix Mercury had to do something no team had ever done in league history.

The Minnesota Lynx had never lost a playoff game in which they led at halftime by double digits (15-0). And they had never lost any game, playoffs or regular season, where they were up 16 or more at the half (61-0).

That is, until Tuesday's 89-83 Phoenix victory in overtime at Target Center. The No. 4 seed Mercury trailed 48-32 at the break and the top-seeded Lynx looked on their way to a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series.

Then, everything turned around. The Mercury fought their way back, setting up Phoenix guard Sami Whitcomb 's score-tying 3-pointer with 4.3 seconds left. Then Minnesota forward Napheesa Collier missed a jump shot at th

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