SEATTLE, July 23 -- The number that will outlast the final score is this: Olivia Miles is now the second rookie in WNBA history to record at least 30 points, eight rebounds and eight assists in a single game. Candace Parker did it in 2008. No other first-year player has accomplished it in the 28 seasons since. On Tuesday night at Climate Pledge Arena, with the Seattle Storm twice tying the game in the fourth quarter, Miles did it in a road environment that had produced nothing easily.

Minnesota held on for a 105-102 victory, their sixth consecutive win and the final game of what has been the best first half in Lynx franchise history. The team arrived in Seattle at 20-6 and departed at 21-6, heading into the WNBA All-Star break as the lea...