Bird, Seattle storm past Lynx in OT

SEATTLE (AP) -- Sue Bird scored eight of her career-high 27 points in overtime as the Seattle Storm defeated the Minnesota Lynx 78-68 Tuesday night.

Bird, the No. 1 overall pick in this year's draft, also stole the ball from Betty Lennox in overtime to seal the victory for the Storm (2-1).

Svetlana Abrosimova scored 16 points and had five steals for the Lynx (2-2). Tamika Williams, a teammate of Bird at Connecticut, had 13 points and six rebounds, and Katie Smith scored 14 points.

MINNESOTA (68)

Abrosimova 7-18 2-3 16, Williams 5-7 3-6 13, Whiting-Raymond 0-2 0-0 0, Schweitzer 2-5 0-0 5, Smith 5-9 1-2 14, Pride 2-3 0-0 4, Harrower 0-0 0-0 0, Gortman 3-8 0-0 6, Lennox 3-8 3-5 10, Burse 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 27-61 9-16 68.

SEATTLE (78)

Randall 1-6 0-0 3, Vodichkova 4-8 4-4 12, Edwards 4-6 4-5 12, Bird 7-16 11-12 27, Henning 4-8 0-0 8, Barnes 5-8 2-2 12, McCulley 0-0 0-0 0, Ragland 1-8 2-2 4, Paye 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 26-62 23-25 78.

Minnesota 27 39 2 -- 68

Seattle 28 38 12 -- 78

3-Point Goals--Minnesota 5-11 (Smith 3-4, Lennox 1-2, Schweitzer 1-2, Abrosimova 0-1, Gortman 0-2), Seattle 3-12 (Bird 2-5, Randall 1-2, Henning 0-1, Paye 0-1, Ragland 0-3). Fouled out--Schweitzer. Rebounds--Minnesota 39 (Abrosimova, Williams 6), Seattle 40 (Vodichkova 12). Assists--Minnesota 16 (Abrosimova, Schweitzer 4), Seattle 17 (Bird 7). Total fouls--Minnesota 27, Seattle 20. A--4,318.