The Minnesota Lynx put their league-leading six-game winning streak on the line Friday when they travel to Connecticut to play the Sun as the WNBA season gets back into the swing after taking a month-long break for the Rio Olympics.Minnesota (21-4), which resides a half game behind the Los Angeles Sparks in the Western Conference, has already clinched a berth the new-look WNBA playoffs. The top eight teams, regardless of conference, qualify for the postseason.The Lynx remaining goal during the regular season will be to secure one of the top two seeds, giving them a bye to the semifinals of the postseason.Theyll also want to keep their key players rested and healthy for a run at their repeat championship, which would be their fourth title in six years. That shouldnt be too much of a challenge, considering six of their remaining nine games are against teams that are under .500.The Sun (8-16) are one of those teams but Minnesota will face Connecticut during one of its best runs of the season. Connecticut has won two in a row and five of its past eight games.It took a while, but were really excited about the second half of the season, being 5-3 in our last eight games, and those three losses we had late leads in all of those games, Connecticut coach Curt Miller said. So were really excited about how were playing, but more importantly about the culture that seems to have started with this team.The Sun will certainly have Minnesotas full attention, thanks to Connecticuts 93-89 home overtime win over the Lynx on July 7. In that victory the Sun received exemplary performances from Alex Bentley (24 points) and Chiney Ogwumike (21 points, seven rebounds) to help secure victory.Four Minnesota players -- Lindsay Whalen, Seimone Augustus, Maya Moore and Sylvia Fowles -- and coach Cheryl Reeve were part of the United States gold-medal-winning team in Rio. That means that while most of the leagues teams had a month to rest for the final push of the regular season, a third of the Lynx roster did not. Air Jordan 11 Retro Ie . 10 Texas A&Ms offence dominated as usual against SMU. Jordan 11 Wholesale Shoes . Hargreaves began his career in 2008 with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and has played with the Edmonton Eskimos and last season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. http://www.airjordan11ireland.com/ . Anthony Davis had 31 points and 17 rebounds in his seventh straight game with more than 20 points, but that was only enough to keep the Pelicans competitive into the final minutes. Andrew Bogut had 10 points and 15 rebounds for Golden State, which rebounded from a loss a night earlier in Oklahoma City and snapped a two-game skid. Air Jordan 11 Wholesale . Numbers Game looks into the Canadiens securing the services of Thomas Vanek in a trade with the New York Islanders. The Canadiens Get: LW Thomas Vanek and a conditional fifth-round pick. Air Jordan 11 Cheapest . John Lucas, signed as a mentor for rookie Trey Burke, showed he can score if required, scoring 12 points of his 16 points in the second quarter as Utah built an 18-point lead. NEW ORLEANS -- Ravens defensive tackle Michael Pierce was a little-known undrafted rookie out Samford when the preseason began.He was among the stars of Baltimores preseason finale, sacking and stripping Saints backup quarterback Luke McCown, then recovering the loose ball for a touchdown in a 23-14 Ravens win on Thursday night. That it happened in a stadium just two hours drive from his hometown of Daphne, Alabama, made it all the better.It was great to have that happen with family and friends watching, said Pierce, who celebrated by running toward the sidelined holding the ball above his head while teammates chased him. I hope Ive proved to the coaching staff that I deserve a spot on the team.Baltimores Josh Johnson passed for 181 yards and rushed for a 2-yard touchdown while helping keep the Saints winless for a second-straight preseason.The performance was an important one for Johnson, who is competing with Ryan Mallett to back up Joe Flacco.Mallett, who started, was 8 of 12 for 65 yards before Johnson was given a chance to finish the game.New Orleans has now lost nine straight preseason games, a streak that began against Baltimore in the Superdome at the end of the 2014 preseason.Saints coach Sean Payton had said when the preseason began that he thought it was important to try to win preseason games in order to cultivate a competitive edge on the heels of back-to-back 7-9 regular seasons. So following a sluggish outing by starters in a preseason loss to Pittsburgh a week earlier, Payton elected to play his starters early against the Ravens.But the offensive line, which has struggled this preseason, continued to do so. Baltimores defense registered three sacks -- one of which resulted in a fumble for a touchdown -- and held the Saints to 259 total net yards.My experience is you just cant turn a switch, Payton said. We played a lot of starters to start the game on both sides of the ball and its been a while since weve done that.Drew Brees started at quarterback for New Orleans and led the Saints to a field goal on his only drive, going 3 of 6 for 40 yards. Luke McCown replaced Brees but struggled, completing only two passes on four attempts. Garrett Grayson finished the game for the Saints at quarterback, complleting 11 of 16 passes for 98 yards and a late touchdown on a 3-yard pass to fullback Austin Johnson.ddddddddddddROOKIE WATCHRavens: Pierce finished the preseason with six total tackles, 1 1/2 sacks and a quarterback hit to go with his forced fumble, fumble recovery and touchdown. Linebacker Kamalei Correa, a second-round pick, started at inside linebacker. He assisted on one tackle. Outside linebacker Victor Ochi had a sack. Rookie defensive tackle Willie Henry was flagged for roughing the passer on a failed fourth-down pass, setting up Graysons TD pass on the next play.Saints: Defensive tackle David Onyemata, a fourth-round pick out of Manitoba, had what appeared to be a sack of Johnson, but it was wiped out by rookie cornerback Ken Crawleys illegal contact penalty. Receiver Jordan Williams-Lambert caught two passes for 41 yards, including a late 30 yarder to set up New Orleans lone TD.POSITION BATTLESRavens: Alex Lewis started at left guard with John Urschel nursing an undisclosed contusion. Receiver Breshad Perriman, a 2015 first-round draft pick who has been riddled with knee injuries, finally took his first live game snaps for the Ravens. He caught two of four passes thrown his way for 25 yards.Saints: Kicker Kai Forbath hit a 36-yard field goal. Hes competing to keep his job against Connor Barth, who made a 40-yarder. John Jenkins, who is competing for snaps at defensive tackle, was credited with two sacks.QUOTABLERavens: It felt just like a sigh of relief. ... For me to get that first catch and just being out there with my teammates, it was great. -- Perriman on his first game action.Saints: Its an awful feeling any time you lose. That being said, there is a ton of winning experience in that locker room. -- Payton on going 0-4 this preseason.INJURY UPDATERavens: Defensive back Carrington Byndom left the game with a hamstring injury. Defensive tackle Carl Davis left with a left ankle injury.Saints: The Saints did not report any injuries and none were apparent during the game.---Online:AP NFL website: http://www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '