Lynx 82-76 Mercury (1 Jul, 2021) Box Score

Minnesota Lynx

8-7, 3-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	20	25	23	14	82
PHX	25	19	17	15	76

Phoenix Mercury

7-8, 2-6 home

Minnesota Lynx

starters
Damiris DantasD. Dantas#12
Napheesa CollierN. Collier#24
Sylvia FowlesS. Fowles#34
Layshia ClarendonL. Clarendon#7
Kayla McBrideK. McBride#21
bench
Jessica ShepardJ. Shepard#10
Bridget CarletonB. Carleton#6
Crystal DangerfieldC. Dangerfield#2
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
32	3-6	0-1	2-2	1	3	4	4	0	1	4	4	-2	8
40	8-17	1-2	2-2	2	9	11	2	1	1	1	4	+6	19
36	7-12	0-0	1-2	3	8	11	3	1	2	4	3	+11	15
23	6-8	0-0	0-0	2	3	5	0	1	0	5	2	-6	12
34	9-13	5-7	3-3	0	2	2	3	1	0	1	2	+8	26
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
12	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	+3	0
6	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0
17	1-8	0-2	0-0	3	0	3	7	0	0	1	3	+12	2
	34-67	6-13	8-9	12	27	39	21	4	4	16	18		82
	50.7%	46.2%	88.9%

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
Megan WalkerM. Walker#2
Kia VaughnK. Vaughn#1
Shey PeddyS. Peddy#5
Sophie CunninghamS. Cunningham#9
Alanna SmithA. Smith#11
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
30	2-6	0-0	1-2	2	4	6	0	2	1	0	0	+7	5
34	12-15	1-1	3-3	1	6	7	1	0	1	3	1	-8	28
32	2-14	1-8	5-7	0	3	3	7	0	1	3	5	-15	10
32	6-14	1-4	3-3	1	0	1	3	2	1	1	1	-3	16
22	0-3	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	-10	0
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
16	2-5	1-3	0-0	0	2	2	2	0	1	1	1	+7	5
16	2-6	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	3	-9	4
9	2-3	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	+5	5
9	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-4	3
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	29-68	6-22	12-15	5	17	22	17	6	5	9	12		76
	42.6%	27.3%	80.0%

+/- 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

Footprint Center

3:00 AM, 1 July 2021

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 4,122

Referees:
Isaac Barnett
Dannica Mosher
John Conley

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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Minnesota Lynx

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Regular Season Series

MIN wins 2-1

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