Lynx 89-66 Mercury (22 Sep, 2012) Box Score

Minnesota Lynx

27-6, 16-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	24	27	24	14	89
PHX	22	12	19	13	66

Phoenix Mercury

7-26, 3-13 home

Minnesota Lynx

starters
Rebekkah BrunsonR. Brunson#32
Maya MooreM. Moore#23
Devereaux PetersD. Peters#14
Lindsay WhalenL. Whalen#13
Seimone AugustusS. Augustus#33
bench
Jessica AdairJ. Adair#1
Erin ThornE. Thorn#5
Candice WigginsC. Wiggins#11
Monica WrightM. Wright#22
Taj McWilliams-FranklinT. McWilliams-Franklin#8
Amber HarrisA. Harris#6
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
17	1-3	0-0	2-2	1	6	7	1	1	2	0	1	+29	4
24	8-12	2-4	3-3	1	5	6	3	2	0	2	2	+25	21
33	3-8	0-0	2-2	5	4	9	6	0	4	3	2	+26	8
21	6-9	0-0	1-2	1	3	4	5	0	0	1	3	+27	13
22	6-15	2-3	2-2	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	+23	16
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
21	1-5	0-0	1-4	1	5	6	2	0	1	3	4	-10	3
23	6-10	5-8	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	+8	17
22	1-8	1-7	2-2	1	4	5	0	2	0	0	0	-5	5
17	1-6	0-0	0-0	2	1	3	2	3	0	2	3	-8	2
DNP-REST
DNP-ILLNESS
	33-76	10-22	13-17	12	29	41	24	8	7	13	15		89
	43.4%	45.5%	76.5%

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Candice DupreeC. Dupree#4
DeWanna BonnerD. Bonner#24
Krystal ThomasK. Thomas#34
Alexis HornbuckleA. Hornbuckle#14
Samantha PrahalisS. Prahalis#99
bench
Nakia SanfordN. Sanford#43
Charde HoustonC. Houston#22
Lynetta KizerL. Kizer#12
Penny TaylorP. Taylor#13
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
Dymond SimonD. Simon#1
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
18	4-9	0-0	0-0	4	3	7	1	0	0	1	1	-25	8
35	6-18	1-5	4-4	3	2	5	3	0	0	3	4	-25	17
27	1-3	0-0	2-4	1	10	11	0	0	2	5	2	-20	4
30	3-9	0-3	0-0	1	4	5	1	2	0	5	5	-19	6
34	6-15	0-2	2-3	0	0	0	8	2	0	4	3	-10	14
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
19	1-3	0-0	2-2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	4	+1	4
25	1-7	1-4	3-4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	-21	6
12	3-5	1-1	0-0	1	3	4	0	2	0	0	1	+4	7
DNP-TORN LEFT ACL
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	25-69	3-15	13-17	12	23	35	13	6	2	19	22		66
	36.2%	20.0%	76.5%

+/- 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

Footprint Center

3:00 AM, 22 September 2012

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 7,217

Referees:
Roy Gulbeyan
Kevin Sparrock
Felicia Grinter

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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Minnesota Lynx

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Regular Season Series

MIN wins 4-0

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