▁August us ▁seemed ▁to ▁decl ine ▁in ▁scoring . ▁She ▁would ▁still ▁be ▁voted ▁into ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁W N BA ▁All - Star ▁Game , ▁making ▁it ▁her ▁sevent h ▁all - star ▁game ▁appearance ▁of ▁her ▁career , ▁despite ▁being ▁less ▁of ▁a ▁sc orer ▁she ▁would ▁be ▁more ▁of ▁a ▁facil it ator ▁on ▁off ence , ▁aver aging ▁a ▁career - high ▁in ▁ass ists . ▁On ▁August ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁the ▁Lyn x ▁made ▁history ▁as ▁they ▁defeated ▁the ▁Indiana ▁F ever ▁ 1 1 1 - 5 2 , ▁mark ing ▁it ▁the ▁largest ▁margin ▁of ▁victory ▁in ▁W N BA ▁history , ▁they ▁also ▁expl oded ▁on ▁a ▁league ▁record ▁ 3 7 - 0 ▁scoring ▁run ▁during ▁the ▁game . ▁The ▁Lyn x ▁finished ▁with ▁the ▁number ▁ 1 ▁seed ▁yet ▁again , ▁with ▁a ▁ 2 7 - 7 ▁record , ▁receiving ▁a ▁double - bye ▁to ▁the ▁semi - final s . ▁In ▁the ▁play offs , ▁August us ▁would ▁step ▁up ▁on ▁off ence ▁and ▁score ▁the ▁ball ▁more ▁to ▁be ▁more ▁effective ▁for ▁her ▁team . ▁In ▁the ▁semi - final s , ▁the ▁Lyn x ▁defeated ▁the ▁Washington ▁Myst ics ▁in ▁a ▁ 3 - game ▁swe ep , ▁adv ancing ▁to ▁the ▁W N BA ▁Final s ▁for ▁the ▁sixth ▁time ▁in ▁seven ▁years , ▁setting ▁up ▁a ▁rem atch ▁with ▁the ▁S par ks . ▁August us ▁scored