Japan @ Phoenix Mercury

Preseason

JapanJapanJAPAN

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Japan JAPAN	11	11	19	23	64
Mercury PHX	27	8	24	28	87

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Japan

starters
Yuko OgaY. Oga#13
Ramu TokashikiR. Tokashiki#10
Michiko MiyamotoM. Miyamoto#8
Asami YoshidaA. Yoshida#12
Cenjing WangC. Wang#15
bench
Arisa FujiwaraA. Fujiwara#11
Kumiko ObaK. Oba#4
Mutya MoriM. Mori#5
Kana MotoyamaK. Motoyama#6
Chika SakuragiC. Sakuragi#7
Yuki MiyazawaY. Miyazawa#14
Emi KudekenE. Kudeken#9
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
28	7	3-11	0-2	1-1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	-18
27	6	3-10	0-0	0-0	11	2	3	1	0	2	9	5	-23
30	15	4-15	2-7	5-6	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	-10
29	7	3-9	0-2	1-1	8	10	0	1	0	1	7	1	-7
33	10	5-7	0-0	0-0	3	1	2	0	0	2	1	5	-11
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
6	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-8
9	11	3-4	3-4	2-2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	-9
7	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	-12
10	6	3-5	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	+4
13	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	-6
3	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-4
6	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	-11
	64	25-65	5-16	9-10	25	15	12	4	0	6	19	22
		38%	31%	90%

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Candice DupreeC. Dupree#4
DeWanna BonnerD. Bonner#24
Brittney GrinerB. Griner#42
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
Samantha PrahalisS. Prahalis#99
bench
Charde HoustonC. Houston#22
Megan FrazeeM. Frazee#40
Ify IbekweI. Ibekwe#25
Lynetta KizerL. Kizer#12
Krystal ThomasK. Thomas#34
Erin ThornE. Thorn#5
Alexis HornbuckleA. Hornbuckle#14
Penny TaylorP. Taylor#13
Nikki GreeneN. Greene#98
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
26	14	6-12	0-0	2-2	9	1	1	0	0	2	7	1	+20
28	10	4-6	1-1	1-1	3	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	+15
21	18	6-10	0-0	6-9	8	1	1	1	1	2	6	3	+9
20	7	2-6	1-3	2-2	1	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	+11
27	5	2-9	1-4	0-0	2	8	6	0	0	0	2	1	+11
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
8	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	+9
10	6	1-2	0-1	4-4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	+5
12	6	3-6	0-1	0-0	4	1	0	2	1	3	1	1	+8
14	6	2-2	0-0	2-4	9	0	0	0	0	2	7	1	+3
19	10	4-6	0-0	2-7	4	2	1	0	1	1	3	1	+14
4	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	-2
10	5	2-3	1-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	+12
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	87	32-64	4-13	19-29	44	20	12	5	6	13	31	10
		50%	31%	66%

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

Game Information

Phoenix, AZ

Referee:Jeff Wooten

Referee:Janetta Graham

Referee:Thomas Nunez

Women's National Basketball Assoc.

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	15	5	.750	-	L1
Las Vegas	15	6	.714	0.5	L1
Golden State	14	7	.667	1.5	W4
Dallas	13	8	.619	2.5	W2
Los Angeles	8	10	.444	6	L2
Portland	9	12	.429	6.5	W1
Phoenix	8	13	.381	7.5	W3
Seattle	5	17	.227	11	L2

WNBA News

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