Phoenix Mercury @ Connecticut Sun

SECOND ROUND

20-14, 11-6 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Mercury PHX	24	16	32	24	96
Sun CONN	25	19	27	15	86

Connecticut SunSunCONN

21-13, 13-4 Home

Phoenix Mercury

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

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
40	23	10-21	1-5	2-2	18	3	1	0	1	1	17	1	+10
33	7	2-5	2-5	1-2	6	5	4	0	0	3	3	3	+14
38	27	10-15	0-0	7-7	5	2	1	1	6	0	5	4	+11
35	27	10-16	5-10	2-2	2	5	2	0	0	0	2	3	+12
35	8	3-7	2-5	0-0	5	5	1	1	0	1	4	1	+5
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
5	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	-3
4	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-3
10	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	+4
DNP-KNEE INJURY
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	96	37-69	10-27	12-13	40	21	10	2	8	7	33	12
		54%	37%	92%

Connecticut Sun

starters
Shekinna StricklenS. Stricklen#40
Alyssa ThomasA. Thomas#25
Jonquel JonesJ. Jones#35
Jasmine ThomasJ. Thomas#5
Courtney WilliamsC. Williams#10
bench
Chiney OgwumikeC. Ogwumike#13
Morgan TuckM. Tuck#33
Layshia ClarendonL. Clarendon#23
Rachel BanhamR. Banham#1
Betnijah Laney-HamiltonB. Laney-Hamilton#44
Brionna JonesB. Jones#42
Lexie BrownL. Brown#4
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
23	6	2-5	2-5	0-0	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	4	-8
35	17	7-13	0-0	3-3	3	3	1	0	0	1	2	3	-8
26	13	6-9	0-2	1-1	7	7	0	0	0	2	5	2	-4
35	14	5-14	2-4	2-2	5	2	2	1	1	1	4	2	-13
33	27	11-23	4-5	1-3	8	3	1	0	0	3	5	3	-12
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
19	2	1-5	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	2	0	0	3	3	-8
9	2	1-5	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	+3
10	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	+2
9	3	1-4	1-1	0-0	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	-2
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	86	35-80	9-18	7-9	30	20	5	5	2	9	21	18
		44%	50%	78%

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

Matchups

PHX

PHX wins series

1-0

CONN

Game 1•@ CONN

Final

Game Information

Uncasville, CT

Referee:Billy Smith

Referee:Che Flores

Referee:Eric Brewton

Referee:Billy Smith

Women's National Basketball Assoc.

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	34	10	.773	-	W1
Las Vegas	30	14	.682	4	W16
Phoenix	27	17	.614	7	L3
Seattle	23	21	.523	11	W1
Golden State	23	21	.523	11	L3
Los Angeles	21	23	.477	13	L1
Dallas	10	34	.227	24	W1

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