Sun 86-80 Lynx (8 Jul, 2012) Box Score

Connecticut Sun

12-4, 6-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CONN	23	18	29	16	86
MIN	18	20	16	26	80

Minnesota Lynx

13-4, 8-1 home

Connecticut Sun

starters
A. Jones F
T. Charles C
K. Lawson G
A. Hightower G
K. Greene G
bench
M. Bass F
K. Griffin F
C. Shegog C
T. White G
R. Montgomery G
D. McCray G
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
33	6-11	0-0	4-4	2	9	11	1	0	1	1	3	+3	16
37	9-18	0-0	1-2	4	11	15	2	0	0	0	4	+14	19
32	7-12	3-7	5-6	1	9	10	3	1	0	3	1	+13	22
26	2-8	1-5	3-5	0	2	2	5	0	0	1	5	+15	8
16	3-7	0-1	0-1	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	+11	6
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
5	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-11	0
4	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	+8	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	3-5	2-4	1-2	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	-6	9
23	1-10	0-5	4-4	1	2	3	1	0	0	2	1	-10	6
3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-7	0
	31-74	6-22	18-24	12	36	48	12	3	1	10	17		86
	41.9%	27.3%	75.0%

Minnesota Lynx

starters
T. McWilliams-Franklin F
R. Brunson F
M. Moore F
L. Whalen G
S. Augustus G
bench
A. Harris F
D. Peters F
J. Adair C
E. Thorn G
C. Wiggins G
M. Wright G
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
28	5-10	1-1	4-5	2	6	8	1	1	1	2	6	-3	15
18	1-10	0-0	1-2	3	5	8	0	1	0	0	1	-30	3
30	6-18	3-7	4-4	2	2	4	4	0	0	2	2	+10	19
21	3-7	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	5	0	0	2	4	-13	6
34	6-10	0-0	2-2	1	3	4	4	0	0	0	1	-7	14
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
10	2-6	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	2	1	1	0	0	+5	4
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
10	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	+10	2
25	4-9	3-7	0-0	0	5	5	4	0	0	1	4	+14	11
24	2-5	0-0	2-4	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	3	-16	6
	30-76	7-15	13-17	10	28	38	21	4	2	8	21		80
	39.5%	46.7%	76.5%

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

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Lynx
85
Sun
72

Game 1

2/6

Sun
86
Lynx
80

Game 2

8/7

Target Center

1:00 AM, 8 July 2012

Minneapolis, MN

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

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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Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

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