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Candice Wiggins (11) defends Alana Beard/AP photo Hannah Foslien
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Former Stanford star Candice Wiggins did not have impressive statistics on Tuesday, but the WNBA uses a statistic that indicates how important Wiggins was in the Minnesota Lynx's wild 96-94, overtime victory over the Washington Mystics in Minneapolis.
The Lynx survived despite twice committing the cardinal sin of basketball -- fouling a player who was shooting a three-point shot in the final 10 seconds of a three-point game. With 8.6 seconds left in overtime and Minnesota trailing by three, the Mystics' Marissa Coleman was shooting a three-pointer when she was fouled by Crystal Langhorne. Coleman made two of three free throws, and after two Minnesota free throws, the Lynx were back up by three with 5.8 seconds to go. But with 1.1 seconds remaining, Washington's Lindsey Harding was fouled by rookie Renee Montgomery while Harding was attempting a three-pointer. Harding made the first two shots, but missed the third.
The Mystics fouled Wiggins with 0.4 seconds left, and Wiggins made the second of two foul shots to set the final score.
That foul shot was Wiggins' 11th point of the game, which is less than her average. She was 4-for-12 from the field with three rebounds and two assists, but she hit one of the biggest shots of the game when she scored off a driving layup with 2:51 left in overtime to give the Lynx a lead it never lost at 84-83.
The WNBA has a stat that measures how the team does when each player is in the game. During Wiggins' 39 minutes on the court, the Lynx outscored the Mystics by 13 points, easily the most of any player in the game.
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