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Lynx capture 3rd title in 5 years with 69-52 win in Game 5

Gallery: Lynx capture 3rd title in 5 years with 69-52 win in Game 5

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - With a suffocating defense and a yearning to celebrate in front of their loyal fans, the Minnesota Lynx turned a tense WNBA Finals into a runaway.

Sylvia Fowles had 20 points and 11 rebounds, and the Lynx captured their third championship in five years with a 69-52 victory over the Indiana Fever in Game 5 on Wednesday night.

Seimone Augustus added 16 points and Rebekkah Brunson grabbed 14 rebounds for the Lynx, who also won it all in 2011 and 2013.