TULSA, Okla. — Maya Moore rises to the occasion when the game is on the line.

The WNBA’s leading scorer had 40 points, including 13 in the final five minutes, as Minnesota won its ninth straight game Saturday night with an 84-75 victory over the Tulsa Shock.

Moore’s scoring output was her 11th game of 30 points or more this season, which sets a WNBA record for a single season, surpassing Diana Taurasi’s mark of 10 established in 2008.

After Tulsa’s Tiffany Jackson-Jones tied the score at 69 on a free throw with 5:25 to play, Moore put Minnesota (22-6) ahead to stay with a three-pointer from the left wing with 5:09 to remaining for her 30th point of the game.

She added a pair of free throws with 4:13 to go for a five-point Lynx advantage.

Tulsa (10-19) would get no closer than three points the rest of the way as Minnesota finished the game on a 15-6 run with Moore scoring all but two of her team’s points down the stretch.

“That was what I like to call ‘Maya time,’ ” Minnesota coach Cheryl Reeve said of her standout’s late-game flourish. “She is so hard to guard. She does so many things when a game is in the balance.”

Seimone Augustus added 22 points for the Lynx, who won their 10th straight on the road against Tulsa. The Shock’s last home win against Minnesota was a 92-79 decision on June 4, 2010.

Moore scored 28 points in the second half and 15 points in the third quarter, including nine in a row during one stretch, to help Minnesota increase a one-point halftime advantage to five entering the final period.

Her baseline jumper in the final second of the quarter gave the Lynx a 60-55 advantage.

But Tulsa’s Skylar Diggins, who had only five points through three quarters, had eight straight points in just more than a minute, to bring Tulsa within 67-65 with 6:28 to go.

The Shock finally tied the score at 69, the only tie of the contest, when Jackson-Jones connected on the second of two free throws.

Odyssey Sims, who ranks first among WNBA rookies in points, assists and steals paced Tulsa with 25 points, including four three-pointers.

“She is exactly what we thought she would be when we watched her in college,” Reeve said of Sims. “She has the ‘it’ factor. She knows she belongs. She is competitive. She has confidence in what she is doing.”

Johnson added 17 points and 10 rebounds for her 16th double-double of the season. Diggins finished with 15 points, including 10 in the final quarter on her 24th birthday.

The loss dealt a severe blow to Tulsa’s chances for a postseason berth. The Shock are trying to catch Los Angeles for the fourth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

Tulsa is three games behind the Sparks with five games remaining, four of them on the road.