Mercury 101-85 Sun (18 Jul, 2014) Box Score

Connecticut Sun

10-14, 3-9 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CONN	14	25	22	24	85
PHX	24	27	25	25	101

Phoenix Mercury

18-3, 10-1 home

101

Connecticut Sun

starters
Kelsey GriffinK. Griffin#5
Alyssa ThomasA. Thomas#25
Chiney OgwumikeC. Ogwumike#13
Katie DouglasK. Douglas#23
Alex BentleyA. Bentley#20
bench
Kayla PedersenK. Pedersen#7
Kelly FarisK. Faris#34
Kelsey BoneK. Bone#14
Renee MontgomeryR. Montgomery#21
Briana ButlerB. Butler#15
Kelley CainK. Cain#52
Allison HightowerA. Hightower#3
Danielle McCrayD. McCray#4
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
22	4-7	0-1	0-1	1	3	4	1	2	0	1	2	-5	8
23	3-6	0-0	2-2	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	3	-2	8
27	7-12	0-0	0-0	5	5	10	2	2	1	2	3	+3	14
32	8-18	5-11	2-2	3	2	5	6	1	0	5	2	-16	23
32	8-18	2-4	2-3	0	2	2	3	2	0	5	2	-8	20
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
16	1-2	0-0	2-2	1	5	6	0	0	0	0	1	-13	4
10	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	-1	0
15	0-3	0-0	2-2	4	2	6	1	0	0	2	1	-17	2
20	2-7	2-4	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	-16	6
4	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	-5	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-LEFT KNEE SURGERY
DNP-RIGHT THUMB SURGERY
	33-75	9-20	10-12	15	24	39	15	7	1	15	21		85
	44.0%	45.0%	83.3%

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Penny TaylorP. Taylor#13
Candice DupreeC. Dupree#4
DeWanna BonnerD. Bonner#24
Brittney GrinerB. Griner#42
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
bench
Mistie McCray BassM. Bass#8
Shay MurphyS. Murphy#14
Ewelina KobrynE. Kobryn#11
Erin PhillipsE. Phillips#31
Anete Jekabsone-ZogotaA. Jekabsone-Zogota#10
Tiffany BiasT. Bias#23
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
25	9-12	3-5	2-3	0	4	4	4	3	0	0	2	+5	23
28	6-9	0-0	2-2	3	4	7	2	1	0	1	0	+1	14
19	2-6	0-1	0-0	3	1	4	2	0	0	0	1	+5	4
30	10-14	0-0	1-2	1	4	5	3	1	3	2	3	+17	21
31	4-11	2-7	4-4	0	3	3	6	1	0	4	1	+18	14
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
15	4-4	0-0	1-2	2	5	7	1	0	0	0	1	+14	9
13	2-4	1-2	1-3	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	+9	6
7	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
20	1-4	0-2	6-6	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	2	+9	8
10	0-3	0-2	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1	2
2	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	+1	0
	38-71	6-21	19-24	9	23	32	22	11	3	8	13		101
	53.5%	28.6%	79.2%

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

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Mercury
95
Sun
96

Game 1

13/6

Sun
85
Mercury
101

Game 2

18/7

Footprint Center

3:00 AM, 18 July 2014

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 9,400

Referees:
Denise Brooks
Amy Bonner
Thomas Nunez

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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