WASHINGTON — The Minnesota Lynx are back in the WNBA Finals after completing a semifinal sweep of the Washington Mystics on Sunday.

That doesn’t mean it was easy.

Maya Moore scored 21 points, Sylvia Fowles added 17 points and 14 rebounds, and the Lynx sealed their place in a third straight finals after pulling away to an 81-70 win in Game 3.

Seimone Augustus added 18 points to help make sure Minnesota will have the chance to win a fourth WNBA title in seven years.

“They challenged us in many ways that whoever comes out of the other series, Phoenix or LA, will challenge us in the same way,” Augustus said.

The Lynx will play Los Angeles in a rematch of theWNBA Finals. The Sparks won last season’s championship round in five games.

Despite winning all three semifinal games by double digits, the Lynx felt fortunate to escape Washington just as the Mystics seemed to be gaining their footing.

“This is a team that didn’t have most of their group together for a big stretch of the season,” Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve said of Washington. “What concerned me was the longer they played, the better they were getting. And so we thought it was really important not to give them that life.”

Elena Delle Donne scored 15 points to lead the Mystics, who exit the playoffs after reaching the semifinals for the first time since 2002.

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