Mercury 104-97 Liberty (26 Jun, 2016) Box Score

Phoenix Mercury

6-9, 2-6 away

104

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
PHX	28	19	10	32	15	104
NY	20	26	21	22	8	97

New York Liberty

10-5, 4-4 home

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
Kelsey BoneK. Bone#45
Lindsey HardingL. Harding#10
Alex HardenA. Harden#12
Isabelle HarrisonI. Harrison#20
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
30	4-7	1-3	7-8	0	3	3	7	1	1	0	1	+29	16
38	11-13	0-0	4-4	1	7	8	1	2	0	1	2	+7	26
40	4-11	1-6	5-7	1	5	6	2	2	0	0	1	+2	14
35	5-9	0-0	6-9	1	6	7	0	0	2	2	4	+19	16
37	7-17	5-13	5-5	0	5	5	2	0	0	1	3	+23	24
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
10	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	2
11	0-4	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-16	0
8	3-4	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	-14	6
12	0-3	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	-21	0
5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	+1	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	35-70	7-24	27-33	4	28	32	16	6	4	8	16		104
	50.0%	29.2%	81.8%

New York Liberty

starters
Swin CashS. Cash#32
Tina CharlesT. Charles#31
Carolyn SwordsC. Swords#8
Tanisha WrightT. Wright#30
Sugar RodgersS. Rodgers#14
bench
Kiah StokesK. Stokes#41
Amanda Zahui B.A. Zahui B.#17
Shavonte ZellousS. Zellous#1
Brittany Boyd-JonesB. Boyd-Jones#15
Rebecca AllenR. Allen#9
Adut BulgakA. Bulgak#2
Shoni SchimmelS. Schimmel#5
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
13	1-3	0-1	0-0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	-5	2
36	12-27	0-0	2-2	3	5	8	5	1	0	3	1	-13	26
13	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	4	6	1	0	0	1	4	-10	2
29	2-9	0-2	1-2	2	1	3	6	0	0	2	3	-11	5
38	7-18	5-11	4-4	0	2	2	1	0	0	3	3	-12	23
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
28	4-4	0-0	1-2	1	7	8	0	0	1	1	6	-1	9
12	2-5	0-1	2-2	3	6	9	0	0	0	0	2	+12	6
33	5-10	1-2	2-2	1	0	1	6	1	0	0	3	-1	13
15	4-6	0-1	0-1	0	2	2	2	2	0	1	2	+5	8
7	1-2	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	+6	3
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	39-86	7-19	12-15	13	28	41	22	4	1	11	26		97
	45.3%	36.8%	80.0%

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

Regular Season Series

NY wins 2-1

Mercury
104
Liberty
97

Game 1

26/6

Liberty
99
Mercury
88

Game 2

2/7

Mercury
70
Liberty
92

Game 3

3/9

Madison Square Garden

8:00 PM, 26 June 2016

New York, NY

Attendance: 9,591

Referees:
Eric Brewton
Kevin Sparrock
Aaron Smith

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

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

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Regular Season Series

NY wins 2-1

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