Mercury 77-75 Lynx (15 May, 2021) Box Score

Phoenix Mercury

1-0, 1-0 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	14	19	23	21	77
MIN	10	14	30	21	75

Minnesota Lynx

0-1, 0-1 home

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Brianna TurnerB. Turner#21
Brittney GrinerB. Griner#42
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
Skylar Diggins-SmithS. Diggins-Smith#4
Kia NurseK. Nurse#0
bench
Cierra BurdickC. Burdick#33
Alanna SmithA. Smith#11
Shey PeddyS. Peddy#5
Sophie CunninghamS. Cunningham#9
Megan WalkerM. Walker#2
Bria HartleyB. Hartley#14
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
35	6-10	0-0	1-2	4	6	10	1	1	3	1	3	-4	13
38	8-13	0-0	1-2	3	9	12	3	0	3	3	3	+6	17
32	3-14	2-6	6-8	0	8	8	5	0	3	2	3	-1	14
34	8-18	1-5	1-2	0	3	3	5	1	0	2	2	0	18
34	4-13	0-5	2-5	2	4	6	2	2	0	2	1	+3	10
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
6	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	2	2	1	0	1	1	+2	2
1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
15	1-3	1-3	0-0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	+1	3
5	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+3	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-RIGHT KNEE INJURY
	31-75	4-20	11-19	11	31	42	20	6	9	11	16		77
	41.3%	20.0%	57.9%

Minnesota Lynx

starters
Damiris DantasD. Dantas#12
Sylvia FowlesS. Fowles#34
Kayla McBrideK. McBride#21
Aerial PowersA. Powers#23
Crystal DangerfieldC. Dangerfield#2
bench
Natalie AchonwaN. Achonwa#11
Jessica ShepardJ. Shepard#10
Bridget CarletonB. Carleton#6
Rachel BanhamR. Banham#15
Linnae HarperL. Harper#23
Rennia DavisR. Davis#0
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
32	3-9	1-5	0-0	3	4	7	4	0	0	2	2	+4	7
30	5-12	0-0	1-2	2	9	11	2	3	2	4	4	+1	11
36	5-11	1-2	6-6	0	6	6	2	0	2	0	1	+3	17
30	7-16	1-2	3-3	1	5	6	3	0	2	3	4	+7	18
33	8-16	1-3	0-1	0	1	1	4	2	0	1	2	+2	17
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
13	0-3	0-0	2-2	0	3	3	1	0	0	2	5	-6	2
5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	-3	0
12	0-3	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	-14	0
9	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-4	3
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-STRESS FRACTURE LEFT FOOT
	29-72	5-16	12-14	6	30	36	16	5	6	14	21		75
	40.3%	31.3%	85.7%

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

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 2-1

Mercury
77
Lynx
75

Game 1

15/5

Lynx
82
Mercury
76

Game 2

1/7

Lynx
99
Mercury
68

Game 3

4/7

Target Center

2:00 AM, 15 May 2021

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 2,021

Referees:
Jeff Smith
Roy Gulbeyan
Danielle Scott

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 2-1

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