Lynx rookie Miles reaches 400 points, 100 rebounds, 100 assists - ESPN

MINNEAPOLIS — On a night when rookie star Olivia Miles made history again as the first WNBA player to reach 400 points, 100 rebounds and 100 assists in 22 games, Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve said she deserves her flowers.

"[Miles] is doing this and shouldering so much — basically the entire team," Reeve said after the Lynx's 104-100 win over the Phoenix Mercury on Monday. «The success of the team is on her shoulders and that is impressive how she's handled it.»

Miles and teammate Kayla McBride (37 points) combined to score 70, the first time in Lynx history that two players scored 30 points or more and only the fifth time in WNBA history that a pair of players reached 70 points or more in regulation, according to ESPN Research.

Miles scored 16 points in the fourth quarter to lead her team to a win over a struggling Mercury squad that has now lost four games in a row. Her 33 points — she also had eight assists — were the most by a Lynx rookie, and the 70 combined points for her and McBride were the No. 2 output by a duo in team history, behind the 74 points Maya Moore (48 points) and Lindsay Whalen (26 points), now an assistant with the current team, combined to score in a game in 2014, according to ESPN Research (though that game went to overtime).

Miles, who was named a WNBA All-Star starter as a rookie, dazzled Monday with the same breathtaking plays that have defined her stunning debut season. In the fourth quarter, she flung a left-handed curveball to the corner that landed in the hands of McBride, who connected on one of her six 3-pointers.

Those plays from Miles during a chaotic game — there were 23 lead changes and 13 ties — made the difference for the Lynx, who were eliminated in the playoffs by the Mercury