Lynx 80-62 Liberty (23 May, 2012) Box Score

Minnesota Lynx

2-0, 1-0 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	18	26	18	18	80
NY	16	17	17	12	62

New York Liberty

0-3, 0-2 home

Minnesota Lynx

starters
Taj McWilliams-FranklinT. McWilliams-Franklin
Rebekkah BrunsonR. Brunson
Maya MooreM. Moore
Lindsay WhalenL. Whalen
Seimone AugustusS. Augustus
bench
Amber HarrisA. Harris
Devereaux PetersD. Peters
Jessica AdairJ. Adair
Erin ThornE. Thorn
Candice WigginsC. Wiggins
Monica WrightM. Wright
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
28	4-5	0-0	2-2	3	7	10	2	0	1	2	2	+19	10
30	6-11	0-0	2-2	3	5	8	0	2	2	1	4	+22	14
34	6-12	2-4	1-2	1	4	5	7	1	0	3	3	+20	15
23	1-6	0-1	2-2	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	1	+14	4
31	9-14	1-2	3-3	1	5	6	2	2	1	2	1	+22	22
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-5	0
12	2-4	0-0	0-0	1	4	5	0	0	1	1	4	0	4
2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-2	0
17	0-4	0-2	3-4	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	4	+4	3
14	4-8	0-2	0-2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	-4	8
	32-62	3-10	13-17	8	29	37	13	6	6	14	20		80
	51.6%	30.0%	76.5%

New York Liberty

starters
Plenette PiersonP. Pierson
Nicole PowellN. Powell
Kara BraxtonK. Braxton
Cappie PondexterC. Pondexter
Leilani MitchellL. Mitchell
bench
DeMya Chakheia WalkerD. Walker
Essence CarsonE. Carson
Alex MontgomeryA. Montgomery
Kia VaughnK. Vaughn
Kelley CainK. Cain
Kelly MillerK. Miller
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
26	3-7	0-0	3-4	2	1	3	0	0	2	2	1	-5	9
25	3-8	2-6	0-0	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	1	-6	8
15	1-5	0-0	0-0	2	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	-6	2
33	6-22	1-6	2-3	0	3	3	1	1	1	2	1	-21	15
30	2-7	1-4	0-0	4	2	6	3	1	0	1	3	-13	5
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
17	0-6	0-0	0-0	2	0	2	0	3	0	2	2	-15	0
22	6-10	1-3	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	3	-9	13
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	3-6	0-0	0-2	3	8	11	0	0	0	2	1	-10	6
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	1-3	0-1	2-2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	-5	4
	25-74	5-21	7-11	15	16	31	5	9	4	12	12		62
	33.8%	23.8%	63.6%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 2-0

Lynx
80
Liberty
62

Game 1

23/5

Liberty
70
Lynx
102

Game 2

22/6

12:00 AM, 23 May 2012

Referees:
Eric Brewton
Lauren Holtkamp
Jeff Smith

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	30	10	.750	-	L1
Las Vegas	27	13	.675	3	W5
Seattle	25	15	.625	5	W1
Phoenix	19	21	.475	11	L1
Dallas	9	31	.225	21	L9
Los Angeles	8	32	.200	22	W1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New York	32	8	.800	-	L1
Connecticut	28	12	.700	4	W1
Indiana	20	20	.500	12	L1
Atlanta	15	25	.375	17	W3
Washington	14	26	.350	18	W1
Chicago	13	27	.325	19	L5

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MIN wins 2-0

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