Aces 106-88 Mercury (7 May, 2022) Box Score

Las Vegas Aces

1-0, 1-0 away

106

	1	2	3	4	T
LV	31	23	32	20	106
PHX	17	15	31	25	88

Phoenix Mercury

0-1, 0-1 home

Las Vegas Aces

starters
Dearica HambyD. Hamby#5
A'ja WilsonA. Wilson#22
Chelsea GrayC. Gray#12
Kelsey PlumK. Plum#10
Jackie YoungJ. Young#0
bench
Theresa PlaisanceT. Plaisance#55
Sydney ColsonS. Colson#51
Aisha SheppardA. Sheppard#4
Kierstan BellK. Bell#1
Riquna WilliamsR. Williams#2
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
31	11-14	1-2	1-1	0	7	7	1	0	2	3	4	+24	24
29	5-8	0-1	5-6	2	9	11	2	0	1	2	2	+9	15
15	4-7	1-2	2-2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	+12	11
34	7-16	5-9	1-1	0	6	6	7	1	0	5	3	+16	20
31	8-10	0-0	4-4	1	2	3	4	1	0	4	3	+16	20
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
21	2-7	2-3	2-2	2	7	9	1	0	1	2	5	+3	8
11	0-2	0-1	2-2	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	2	+11	2
15	2-2	2-2	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	-2	6
14	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	+1	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	39-67	11-21	17-18	5	33	38	27	2	5	16	23		106
	58.2%	52.4%	94.4%

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Kristine AnigweK. Anigwe#33
Tina CharlesT. Charles#31
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
Shey PeddyS. Peddy#11
Skylar Diggins-SmithS. Diggins-Smith#4
bench
Emma CannonE. Cannon#24
Sam ThomasS. Thomas#14
Megan GustafsonM. Gustafson#10
Jennie SimmsJ. Simms#25
Sophie CunninghamS. Cunningham#9
Kia NurseK. Nurse#0
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
14	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	1	0	0	2	2	-4	0
32	5-16	1-5	4-4	1	2	3	3	3	0	3	0	-21	15
32	3-11	0-5	3-4	0	4	4	9	0	0	2	2	-21	9
29	6-12	2-5	2-2	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	1	-22	16
32	10-18	1-3	4-5	0	3	3	1	1	0	0	3	-18	25
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
6	1-1	0-0	1-2	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
8	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	+6	0
11	3-4	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	2	+1	6
12	1-2	0-1	0-0	3	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	+5	2
22	4-7	2-4	2-2	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	3	-16	12
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	33-73	6-24	16-19	6	20	26	20	6	2	9	16		88
	45.2%	25.0%	84.2%

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

Regular Season Series

LV wins 3-0

Aces
106
Mercury
88

Game 1

7/5

Mercury
74
Aces
86

Game 2

18/5

Mercury
80
Aces
100

Game 3

21/5

Footprint Center

3:00 AM, 7 May 2022

Phoenix, AZ

Referees:
Jeff Smith
Angelica Suffren
Billy Smith

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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LV wins 3-0

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