Sun 87-63 Mercury (3 Aug, 2022) Box Score

Phoenix Mercury

13-18, 4-13 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	13	12	20	18	63
CONN	13	22	22	30	87

Connecticut Sun

21-10, 11-5 home

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Brianna TurnerB. Turner#21
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
Shey PeddyS. Peddy#11
Skylar Diggins-SmithS. Diggins-Smith#4
Sophie CunninghamS. Cunningham#9
bench
Reshanda GrayR. Gray#12
Kaela DavisK. Davis#33
Sam ThomasS. Thomas#14
Megan GustafsonM. Gustafson#10
Jennie SimmsJ. Simms#25
Brittney GrinerB. Griner#42
Diamond DeShieldsD. DeShields#1
Kia NurseK. Nurse#0
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
34	0-2	0-0	0-2	2	4	6	1	2	2	1	0	-22	0
11	0-6	0-4	0-0	0	5	5	1	0	0	4	1	+1	0
31	4-9	1-4	0-0	1	3	4	4	1	0	0	1	-15	9
31	5-15	0-5	5-5	0	2	2	4	0	1	2	4	-24	15
35	5-14	3-9	2-3	1	2	3	2	1	2	2	3	-22	15
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
11	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	3	-2	0
7	4-5	1-1	1-2	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	-5	10
4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	+2	0
17	3-6	1-2	0-0	3	1	4	1	2	1	3	3	-11	7
19	2-6	0-1	3-4	1	3	4	0	1	0	4	2	-22	7
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-LEFT HIP INJURY
DNP-ACL
	23-64	6-27	11-16	9	24	33	13	7	6	18	19		63
	35.9%	22.2%	68.8%

Connecticut Sun

starters
DeWanna BonnerD. Bonner#24
Alyssa ThomasA. Thomas#25
Jonquel JonesJ. Jones#35
Courtney WilliamsC. Williams#10
Natisha HiedemanN. Hiedeman#2
bench
Brionna JonesB. Jones#42
Joyner HolmesJ. Holmes#8
DiJonai CarringtonD. Carrington#21
Kiana WilliamsK. Williams#23
Nia CloudenN. Clouden#11
Jasmine ThomasJ. Thomas#5
Bria HartleyB. Hartley#14
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
23	5-11	1-3	1-1	3	2	5	2	1	0	0	0	+10	12
32	5-13	0-0	0-1	4	8	12	10	1	0	2	1	+21	10
26	4-9	2-5	0-0	3	7	10	3	0	2	3	2	+15	10
30	4-11	0-2	4-4	1	3	4	1	0	1	0	1	+21	12
24	6-9	4-6	0-0	1	2	3	4	1	0	1	1	+15	16
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
18	5-8	0-0	1-4	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	5	+12	11
6	0-3	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	+2	0
21	4-7	0-2	4-5	0	4	4	1	1	0	2	2	+17	12
3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0
17	1-3	0-1	2-2	0	2	2	3	0	0	2	4	+8	4
DNP-ACL
DNP-ACL
	34-74	7-20	12-17	14	30	44	24	5	3	11	16		87
	45.9%	35.0%	70.6%

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

Regular Season Series

CONN wins 3-0

Sun
92
Mercury
88

Game 1

4/6

Mercury
63
Sun
87

Game 2

3/8

Mercury
64
Sun
77

Game 3

5/8

Mohegan Sun Arena

12:00 AM, 3 August 2022

Uncasville, CT

Attendance: 6,130

Referees:
Roy Gulbeyan
Robert Hussey
Blanca Burns

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

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New York	32	8	.800	-	L1
Connecticut	28	12	.700	4	W1
Indiana	20	20	.500	12	L1
Atlanta	15	25	.375	17	W3
Washington	14	26	.350	18	W1
Chicago	13	27	.325	19	L5

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Regular Season Series

CONN wins 3-0

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