Overview
- Miles produced 16 points, eight assists and five rebounds in the Lynx’s 96-81 win over the Atlanta Dream on Wednesday, a performance that included a team-best +21 box plus-minus.
- Through her first seven games she is averaging about 15.1 points, 5.0 rebounds and 5.9 assists while shooting 47.5% from the field and 90.3% from the free-throw line.
- ESPN Insights and multiple outlets report Miles became only the fourth WNBA player to average at least 15 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists across her first seven career games, joining Caitlin Clark, Sabrina Ionescu and Candace Parker.
- Teammate Courtney Williams and coach Cheryl Reeve praised Miles’s natural feel and the team’s chemistry, and Williams said she and Miles combined for 15 of Minnesota’s 26 assists in the Atlanta game.
- Miles’s quick fit into the Lynx rotation has helped offset offseason departures and Collier’s ongoing recovery, leaving Minnesota at 5-2 and reshaping expectations for the team this season.