Lynx 89-81 Mercury (8 Jun, 2016) Box Score

Phoenix Mercury

2-6, 0-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	15	23	27	16	81
MIN	15	17	31	26	89

Minnesota Lynx

8-0, 4-0 home

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Penny TaylorP. Taylor#13
Candice DupreeC. Dupree#4
Sonja PetrovicS. Petrovic#5
Brittney GrinerB. Griner#42
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
bench
Mistie McCray BassM. Bass#8
DeWanna BonnerD. Bonner#24
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
27	2-7	0-2	0-0	1	6	7	10	1	1	1	3	+6	4
23	2-4	0-0	3-4	0	8	8	0	1	0	3	4	-7	7
23	6-9	0-1	0-0	1	1	2	0	1	0	4	4	-10	12
26	6-8	0-0	2-2	1	5	6	2	0	3	2	5	+18	14
33	4-11	3-9	1-1	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	4	-2	12
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
17	4-5	0-0	1-2	4	2	6	1	0	1	1	2	-4	9
26	4-13	0-6	6-7	0	4	4	2	1	0	0	2	-9	14
13	1-4	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	-21	2
11	2-3	1-1	2-2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	-6	7
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	31-64	4-19	15-18	7	29	36	18	5	5	13	28		81
	48.4%	21.1%	83.3%

Minnesota Lynx

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

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
34	4-8	0-0	4-4	3	6	9	4	0	0	1	3	+13	12
37	6-20	3-8	6-6	2	4	6	4	3	0	1	1	+9	21
33	6-11	0-0	9-10	3	5	8	1	0	2	1	5	+3	21
24	0-6	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	-6	0
14	1-5	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-11	2
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
5	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	+1	2
4	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	-6	2
26	4-11	2-3	1-1	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	2	+18	11
22	4-10	3-5	7-8	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	3	+14	18
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	27-73	8-16	27-29	9	19	28	16	4	2	9	18		89
	37.0%	50.0%	93.1%

+/- 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

Target Center

1:00 AM, 8 June 2016

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 7,207

Referees:
Jeff Smith
Daryl Humphrey
Thomas Nunez

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

MIN wins 3-0

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