Mercury 96-85 Liberty (19 Aug, 2018) Box Score

New York Liberty

7-27, 3-14 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NY	27	19	13	26	85
PHX	27	22	29	18	96

Phoenix Mercury

20-14, 9-8 home

New York Liberty

starters
Tina CharlesT. Charles#31
Marissa ColemanM. Coleman#0
Sugar RodgersS. Rodgers#14
Brittany Boyd-JonesB. Boyd-Jones#15
Kia NurseK. Nurse#5
bench
Kiah StokesK. Stokes#41
Bria HartleyB. Hartley#8
Rebecca AllenR. Allen#9
Kia VaughnK. Vaughn#7
Amanda Zahui B.A. Zahui B.#17
Shavonte ZellousS. Zellous#1
Epiphanny PrinceE. Prince#10
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
25	2-10	0-2	3-4	1	3	4	3	0	0	2	1	-15	7
8	1-6	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	2
29	3-9	3-9	0-0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	5	-5	9
23	3-9	1-2	0-0	0	5	5	7	1	0	2	3	-5	7
40	9-16	2-6	8-9	3	4	7	2	2	0	1	2	-11	28
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
32	5-5	0-0	2-4	4	5	9	1	0	0	0	4	-10	12
22	2-6	1-2	0-0	1	1	2	2	1	0	2	0	-10	5
21	5-8	1-3	4-4	0	2	2	1	2	0	2	3	+2	15
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-SORE LEFT HIP
DNP-RIGHT ANKLE SPRAIN
DNP-RIGHT KNEE CONTUSION
	30-69	8-24	17-21	10	23	33	17	6	1	9	19		85
	43.5%	33.3%	81.0%

Phoenix Mercury

starters
DeWanna BonnerD. Bonner#24
Stephanie TalbotS. Talbot#8
Brittney GrinerB. Griner#42
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
Briann JanuaryB. January#12
bench
Camille LittleC. Little#20
Angel RobinsonA. Robinson#0
Devereaux PetersD. Peters#14
Marie GuelichM. Guelich#21
Leilani MitchellL. Mitchell#5
Yvonne TurnerY. Turner#6
Sancho LyttleS. Lyttle#31
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
29	6-10	2-4	9-9	3	7	10	2	3	0	0	0	+20	23
27	6-9	3-4	3-3	3	3	6	3	0	1	2	3	+10	18
22	4-9	0-0	1-2	0	4	4	4	0	1	3	4	+9	9
24	5-13	4-9	2-2	0	4	4	5	0	1	1	2	+16	16
30	3-5	2-3	0-0	0	1	1	5	1	0	2	5	+17	8
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
7	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-5	0
14	0-1	0-0	2-2	1	3	4	0	2	0	1	2	+11	2
9	2-4	0-1	0-0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	-4	4
3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	-7	0
18	3-7	2-4	0-0	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	2	-2	8
17	3-7	2-6	0-0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	-10	8
DNP-KNEE INJURY
	32-66	15-31	17-18	9	27	36	24	6	3	12	23		96
	48.5%	48.4%	94.4%

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

Regular Season Series

PHX wins 3-0

Mercury
80
Liberty
74

Game 1

5/6

Mercury
83
Liberty
69

Game 2

27/6

Liberty
85
Mercury
96

Game 3

19/8

Footprint Center

11:00 PM, 19 August 2018

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 13,106

Referees:
Byron Jarrett
Toni Patillo
Randy Richardson

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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PHX wins 3-0

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