Paige Bueckers admired the Minnesota Lynx as a kid not all that long ago, cheering on each of the four WNBA championships that played no small part in her ascension to becoming the first overall pick in the draft last month.

Paige Bueckers impressed in front of her hometown crowd, but the Minnesota Lynx spoiled her first WNBA game back at the all-familiar Target Center in Minneapolis as the Lynx held on to beat Bueckers' Dallas Wings 85-81 in a nail-biter Wednesday night.

Napheesa Collier had 28 points and eight rebounds to lead the Minnesota Lynx to their second victory over the Dallas Wings in five days, an 85-81 decision that spoiled the homecoming for first overall draft pick Paige Bueckers on Wednesday night.