WNBA Heat Check, Minnesota Lynx 10-0 in Their Last 10

Ten games is not a season, but it is a mood, and moods decide a lot of games. The current mood around WNBA: Minnesota Lynx keep winning, Los Angeles Sparks keep losing, and everybody else lives somewhere in the weather between.

Burning up

Minnesota Lynx own the league's best recent ledger at 10-0, and the +102 points margin underneath it says the record is earned. Per game the numbers read 97.0 for and 86.8 against, a gap that does not happen by accident across 10 games.

Indiana Fever are the closest thing to company at 9-1, with a +132 points margin that says the record is no fluke.

Atlanta Dream (8-2) round out the warm end of the ledger.

For scale, the league as a whole is averaging 89.5 points a game over this window, Minnesota Lynx are clearing that bar by 7.5 a night all on their own.

The cold end

At the bottom of the temperature map sit Los Angeles Sparks: 0-10 in their last 10, -75 on points margin. That is about 7.5 a game in the wrong direction, and no lineup shuffle fixes it overnight.

They have company at the cold end: Toronto Tempo, 1-9 over the same window.

Do not ignore the middle class, either: Las Vegas Aces (5-5) and Dallas Wings (5-5) sit close enough that a single hot or cold series flips their order.

By the numbers

The top of the ledger, at a glance:

One more thing

One reading tip before you go: points margin travels better than record. A fat margin with a modest record usually means the wins are coming; the reverse usually means they are not.

Next up on the slate: Dallas Wings against Golden State Valkyries. Check back after that one goes final.