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A four-point play in the final six seconds of the fourth quarter. A missed free throw that could have won in regulation. The first team in WNBA postseason history to win after trailing by more than 15 points with less than 5 minutes to play.

Overtime in the opening game of the WNBA Finals.

And now the Minnesota Lynx have stolen Game 1 in Brooklyn, beating top-seeded New York Liberty 95-93 in overtime on Thursday.

The Lynx trailed by as many as 18 points in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals. But the No. 2 seed rallied to take a one-point lead, 84–83, with 5.1 seconds left in regulation time on Courtney Williams’ four-point play.

But it wasn’t over yet. With 0.8 seconds left to play, Breanna Stewart converted one of two free throws to tie the score and force overtime, just the sixth WNBA Finals game to require extra time.

Williams added five more points – she led the Lynx with 23 – to seal the win.

New York fell to 0-6 all-time in Game 1 of the Finals, but the Liberty appeared to be in control after putting up 32 points in the opening period.

ESPN looks at how Minnesota made an improbable rally to take a 1-0 lead in Sunday’s Game 2 (3 p.m. ET, ABC) in Brooklyn.

How did the Lynx pull off one of the greatest comebacks in WNBA playoff history?

Call it faith. Call it resilience. Call it mental toughness. Minnesota had everything to win a game that seemed lost several times over.

The Lynx trailed by as many as 18 points and matched the greatest comeback in WNBA Finals history thanks in large part to the spark of Williams, who scored 12 of her 23 points in the final 2:33 of regulation time and overtime. Her four-point play gave Minnesota its first lead with 5.1 seconds left in regulation. It was the first four-point play in the final ten seconds that gave the team the lead with the free throw in WNBA history – regular season or playoffs.

That play specifically came on an offensive rebound and pass to the perimeter from Alanna Smith. It was just one of five offensive rebounds for Minnesota — New York had 20 — but it was the biggest of the game.

What does the Lynx’s Game 1 win mean for the rest of the series?

Not only did the Lynx win in shocking fashion, they did it on the road. That gives Minnesota a huge advantage, both mentally – because of the comeback – and historically. The winner of Game 1 of the Finals has won 20 of the 27 WNBA titles (the last to lose the series after winning Game 1 was the 2017 Los Angeles Sparks).

The Liberty must find a way to bounce back from a loss they probably still can’t believe happened. New York can focus on the fact that Jonquel Jones scored 24 points and had 10 rebounds (this was only the Liberty’s fourth loss in 33 games in which Jones had a double-double) and that Leonie Fiebich made 5 of 9 3-pointers made.

If this kind of performance can be duplicated, and just one of Stewart (6-for-21 from the field) or Sabrina Ionescu (8-for-26, though 3-for-9 from beyond the arc) shoots better, the Liberty can restore. .

It’s a long series. As we saw on Thursday, things can change in the blink of an eye. But if the Lynx win their fifth championship, this game will be long remembered in Minnesota and the league, and perhaps haunt New York as well.

What adjustments need to be made by both teams?

Minnesota won despite being dominated on the glass, 44-32. New York took 19 more shots thanks to 20 offensive rebounds. The outcome would have been different if New York had shot better than 37.8% from the field.

Credit Minnesota’s defense for a big part of that. Stewart and Ionescu combined to shoot 14-for-47. Stewart’s missed free throw at the end of regulation time and missed layup at the buzzer in overtime were almost as big as Williams’ heroics. Napheesa Collier had 21 points on 10-for-16 shooting, but she also showed why she won WNBA Defensive Player of the Year with her work against Stewart, who was just 1-for-9 when Collier was the primary defender. Collier also blocked six shots, the third most in Finals history, including one on Jones and Stewart late in the fourth quarter.

But Minnesota used a lot of secondary help to contain Stewart. New York coach Sandy Brondello will have to counter in Game 2 to give her star a more open look.

How does New York shake off this loss?

This will be a long 2½ days for New York until Game 2 starts. After the disappointment of losing to the Las Vegas Aces in last year’s WNBA Finals, this will test the mental toughness of the Liberty players.

What might help is if all their film sessions in the next 48 hours focus on the first quarter. The Liberty dominated the first 10 minutes and led by 13. Their 32 points were the most they scored in any quarter this season. The attack looked smooth and efficient. Jones was dominant early and Ionescu hit two 3-pointers late.

The offense had good moments the rest of the game, but was disrupted in the fourth quarter and overtime. It’s always surprising to see comebacks like Thursday’s. It’s even more shocking to see an experienced team like the Liberty lose a game like this.