Lynx 96-80 Mercury (28 Jun, 2012) Box Score

Phoenix Mercury

3-9, 1-6 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	23	22	17	18	80
MIN	24	27	19	26	96

Minnesota Lynx

13-1, 8-0 home

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Charde HoustonC. Houston
DeWanna BonnerD. Bonner
Krystal ThomasK. Thomas
Alexis HornbuckleA. Hornbuckle
Samantha PrahalisS. Prahalis
bench
Penny TaylorP. Taylor
Nakia SanfordN. Sanford
Candice DupreeC. Dupree
Avery Warley-TalbertA. Warley-Talbert
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi
Andrea RileyA. Riley
Alexis Gray-LawsonA. Gray-Lawson
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
32	4-14	1-6	2-2	0	2	2	1	1	0	2	2	-15	11
34	6-18	3-7	8-8	2	5	7	0	0	2	3	2	-14	23
20	1-5	0-0	0-0	4	2	6	1	0	0	2	6	-11	2
26	2-7	1-3	0-0	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	4	-17	5
29	8-17	2-4	2-2	0	4	4	3	2	0	3	1	-20	20
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
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	1-1	0-0	4-4	2	5	7	0	0	0	2	4	-8	6
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	4-9	2-5	3-3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	+5	13
	26-74	9-25	19-21	8	23	31	8	5	3	14	20		80
	35.1%	36.0%	90.5%

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
29	6-13	0-1	1-2	4	7	11	1	1	4	0	1	+23	13
22	6-10	0-0	4-4	4	9	13	0	0	0	2	4	+14	16
28	3-5	1-3	8-9	2	2	4	6	1	0	2	2	+18	15
23	2-5	0-0	1-3	1	3	4	6	1	1	1	2	+16	5
25	7-15	2-3	0-0	1	1	2	3	2	0	4	1	+7	16
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
16	4-5	1-1	1-2	0	2	2	3	0	3	1	1	+1	10
13	1-6	0-0	1-2	1	3	4	1	0	0	0	2	-6	3
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	+2	3
19	1-8	0-6	0-0	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	4	+2	2
21	4-9	1-2	4-4	0	3	3	4	0	0	1	3	+3	13
	35-78	6-18	20-26	13	32	45	27	6	8	13	20		96
	44.9%	33.3%	76.9%

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

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 4-0

Mercury
83
Lynx
105

Game 1

20/5

Lynx
78
Mercury
60

Game 2

16/6

Mercury
80
Lynx
96

Game 3

28/6

Lynx
89
Mercury
66

Game 4

22/9

Target Center

1:00 AM, 28 June 2012

Minneapolis, MN

Referees:
Roy Gulbeyan
Cameron Inouye
Clarke Stevens

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

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MIN wins 4-0

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