Lynx 85-78 Mercury (26 May, 2016) Box Score

Minnesota Lynx

4-0, 3-0 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	22	26	16	21	85
PHX	14	24	14	26	78

Phoenix Mercury

0-4, 0-2 home

Minnesota Lynx

starters
Rebekkah BrunsonR. Brunson#32
Maya MooreM. Moore#23
Sylvia FowlesS. Fowles#34
Lindsay WhalenL. Whalen#13
Seimone AugustusS. Augustus#33
bench
Keisha HamptonK. Hampton#24
Natasha HowardN. Howard#3
Janel McCarvilleJ. McCarville#4
Jia PerkinsJ. Perkins#7
Renee MontgomeryR. Montgomery#21
Bashaara GravesB. Graves#14
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
27	0-4	0-1	4-4	3	7	10	1	0	0	0	1	+6	4
35	11-18	3-5	9-11	1	3	4	1	2	1	5	2	+8	34
33	8-14	0-0	2-2	2	6	8	1	1	1	3	1	+9	18
27	1-4	0-0	4-4	1	4	5	7	2	0	4	2	-1	6
29	3-8	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	2	1	0	5	4	-1	6
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
3	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	3
10	2-3	0-0	1-1	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	4	+8	5
9	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	3	-9	2
13	2-4	1-3	2-2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	+9	7
13	0-3	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	3	+8	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	29-62	5-13	22-24	10	24	34	16	8	2	21	23		85
	46.8%	38.5%	91.7%

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
Sonja PetrovicS. Petrovic#5
Isabelle HarrisonI. Harrison#20
Noelle QuinnN. Quinn#45
Alex HardenA. Harden#12
Courtney WilliamsC. Williams#11
Nirra FieldsN. Fields#21
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
30	8-13	3-6	6-7	0	4	4	2	1	0	5	3	-8	25
27	2-3	0-0	0-0	2	3	5	3	2	0	3	0	-16	4
28	4-9	1-2	3-4	2	1	3	2	0	0	2	5	-7	12
21	2-4	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	2	1	6	-5	4
34	3-15	2-12	4-4	0	6	6	6	2	0	7	3	-9	12
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
20	4-6	0-0	2-2	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	5	+4	10
7	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	+1	2
12	1-2	0-0	3-4	1	3	4	1	1	0	1	2	+3	5
16	2-3	0-1	0-0	0	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	+3	4
5	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	27-59	6-23	18-21	6	22	28	16	10	3	19	26		78
	45.8%	26.1%	85.7%

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

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 3-0

Mercury
76
Lynx
95

Game 1

15/5

Lynx
85
Mercury
78

Game 2

26/5

Mercury
81
Lynx
89

Game 3

8/6

Footprint Center

3:00 AM, 26 May 2016

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 9,368

Referees:
Amy Bonner
Daryl Humphrey
Roy Gulbeyan

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 3-0

Game Information

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