Aces 86-74 Mercury (18 May, 2022) Box Score

Phoenix Mercury

2-2, 1-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	29	14	12	19	74
LV	21	18	30	17	86

Las Vegas Aces

4-1, 2-0 home

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Brianna TurnerB. Turner#21
Tina CharlesT. Charles#31
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
Skylar Diggins-SmithS. Diggins-Smith#4
Diamond DeShieldsD. DeShields#1
bench
Sam ThomasS. Thomas#14
Megan GustafsonM. Gustafson#10
Shey PeddyS. Peddy#11
Sophie CunninghamS. Cunningham#9
Kristine AnigweK. Anigwe#33
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
36	3-3	0-0	1-2	1	5	6	1	3	1	1	4	-12	7
36	8-16	1-3	0-0	1	8	9	2	0	0	3	4	-8	17
28	1-6	1-6	5-5	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	2	-16	8
31	3-9	1-4	3-3	0	4	4	6	0	1	4	5	-8	10
20	4-11	1-3	2-2	1	4	5	2	0	0	2	5	-8	11
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3	0
8	2-4	2-3	0-0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	-4	6
20	5-8	2-4	1-1	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	2	0	13
19	0-3	0-2	2-2	0	3	3	0	1	0	1	3	-1	2
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	26-60	8-25	14-15	3	28	31	19	4	2	15	25		74
	43.3%	32.0%	93.3%

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
Riquna WilliamsR. Williams#2
Aisha SheppardA. Sheppard#4
Kiah StokesK. Stokes#41
Kierstan BellK. Bell#1
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
32	5-8	1-3	2-2	1	6	7	0	1	0	1	3	+12	13
34	4-8	0-1	8-11	2	8	10	3	1	2	2	4	+12	16
33	5-12	1-3	3-3	0	2	2	9	1	0	3	4	+14	14
32	7-16	4-8	2-2	0	2	2	3	1	0	3	3	+9	20
35	7-13	3-5	2-3	0	4	4	2	2	1	0	3	+13	19
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
14	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-2	0
16	1-4	0-3	2-5	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	3	+2	4
1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	29-62	9-23	19-26	3	26	29	19	6	3	9	20		86
	46.8%	39.1%	73.1%

+/- 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

Michelob ULTRA Arena

3:00 AM, 18 May 2022

Las Vegas, NV

Attendance: 2,536

Referees:
Roy Gulbeyan
Randy Richardson
Kevin Fahy

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

LV wins 3-0

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