Lynx 96-86 Mercury (1 Oct, 2016) Box Score

Phoenix Mercury

16-18, 5-12 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	24	23	18	21	86
MIN	35	20	22	19	96

Minnesota Lynx

28-6, 15-2 home

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Penny TaylorP. Taylor#13
Candice DupreeC. Dupree#4
Brittney GrinerB. Griner#42
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
Marta XargayM. Xargay#21
bench
Mistie McCray BassM. Bass#8
DeWanna BonnerD. Bonner#24
Isabelle HarrisonI. Harrison#20
Lindsey HardingL. Harding#10
Sonja PetrovicS. Petrovic#5
Kelsey BoneK. Bone#45
Alex HardenA. Harden#12
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
30	4-10	0-3	8-9	0	3	3	5	2	3	1	6	+1	16
35	4-8	0-0	2-2	1	3	4	1	0	0	2	3	-15	10
18	0-2	0-0	2-2	0	2	2	0	0	1	4	4	-4	2
36	9-19	2-7	11-11	1	3	4	2	1	0	2	4	-16	31
30	3-6	0-0	5-5	0	1	1	4	1	0	4	5	0	11
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
8	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	+6	0
23	4-10	0-2	2-2	0	4	4	0	1	0	5	2	-7	10
19	3-4	0-0	0-0	2	7	9	0	0	0	1	2	-9	6
2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-11	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-SPRAINED LEFT ELBOW
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	27-60	2-12	30-31	6	23	29	12	6	4	20	28		86
	45.0%	16.7%	96.8%

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
Jia PerkinsJ. Perkins#7
Renee MontgomeryR. Montgomery#21
Keisha HamptonK. Hampton#24
Janel McCarvilleJ. McCarville#4
Anna CruzA. Cruz#51
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
35	4-8	0-0	5-6	4	7	11	0	1	1	3	4	+15	13
32	6-18	4-7	10-10	1	3	4	5	1	1	3	3	+9	26
24	5-7	0-0	4-5	3	6	9	1	1	0	0	4	+2	14
25	5-10	1-1	5-6	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	16
29	2-9	0-1	5-6	0	2	2	4	2	1	2	4	+11	9
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
18	3-3	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	5	+8	6
22	4-7	0-0	4-4	2	3	5	2	3	1	0	2	-1	12
15	0-4	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	+10	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	29-66	5-10	33-37	11	23	34	15	12	4	12	26		96
	43.9%	50.0%	89.2%

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

Mercury
95
Lynx
113

Game 1

29/9

Mercury
86
Lynx
96

Game 2

1/10

Lynx
82
Mercury
67

Game 3

2/10

Target Center

1:00 AM, 1 October 2016

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 11,923

Referees:
Jeff Smith
Maj Forsberg
Byron Jarrett

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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