Rebekkah Brunson added 16 points for Minnesota (9-4), while Lindsay Whalen scored 13, including four big free throws down the stretch.

Tanisha Wright scored 18 points to lead Seattle (7-6), while Swin Cash had 16 and Sue Bird added 15.

Bird hit consecutive 3s to put Seattle ahead 24-23 with 6:23 to play in the first half, but Augustus followed with a pair of jumpers that started a 12-2 Minnesota run to close out the half.

The Lynx then scored the first 10 points of the third quarter, and Seattle didn’t get closer than six the rest of the way.