Mercury 91-82 Sun (8 Sep, 2012) Box Score

Phoenix Mercury

7-20, 4-11 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	26	26	23	16	91
CONN	16	24	19	23	82

Connecticut Sun

20-8, 9-5 home

Phoenix Mercury

starters
N. Sanford F
D. Bonner F
K. Thomas C
D. Taurasi G
A. Hornbuckle G
bench
P. Taylor F
C. Dupree F
C. Houston F
L. Kizer F
A. Warley-Talbert C
S. Prahalis G
B. Butler G
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
22	4-5	0-1	0-1	2	3	5	2	0	0	0	3	+21	8
33	12-23	6-11	5-5	1	6	7	2	1	0	4	1	+17	35
26	0-1	0-0	3-6	7	9	16	2	0	0	4	5	+7	3
18	5-10	2-5	4-4	0	2	2	1	2	2	3	1	+18	16
32	4-11	0-1	0-0	1	2	3	5	0	0	3	5	+4	8
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
17	3-10	1-5	2-2	1	3	4	1	3	0	0	1	+2	9
11	2-7	0-0	2-2	3	1	4	0	0	0	1	2	-15	6
20	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	+3	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	2-5	2-5	0-0	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	4	-12	6
	32-73	11-28	16-20	16	29	45	18	6	2	16	23		91
	43.8%	39.3%	80.0%

Connecticut Sun

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

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
17	1-3	0-1	2-2	1	1	2	0	2	2	2	1	+2	4
35	5-8	1-1	7-7	0	3	3	1	0	2	1	0	-5	18
31	2-10	2-5	2-2	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	2	0	8
19	2-6	1-2	0-0	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	3	0	5
9	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	2	0	0	3	1	+6	0
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
5	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	-5	0
23	3-9	0-0	2-4	4	5	9	2	1	0	1	4	-9	8
6	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	-11	0
29	8-13	3-6	6-7	0	2	2	3	1	0	2	2	0	25
28	4-10	4-8	2-2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	-23	14
	25-63	11-24	21-24	5	16	21	16	7	4	12	17		82
	39.7%	45.8%	87.5%

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

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Mercury
91
Sun
82

Game 1

8/9

Sun
100
Mercury
78

Game 2

13/9

Mohegan Sun Arena

12:00 AM, 8 September 2012

Uncasville, CT

Referees:
Tony Dawkins
Felicia Grinter
Sue Blauch

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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