Sylvia Fowles scored 22 points and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Los Angeles Sparks 80-69 to force a decisive Game 5 in the WNBA Finals.

For the second consecutive year the Lynx found themselves down 2-1 to the Sparks in the best-of-five series and just like last season, Minnesota won Game 4 to set up a winner-take-all contest at home.