Mercury 90-81 Lynx (26 May, 2023) Box Score

Minnesota Lynx

0-3, 0-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	18	22	22	19	81
PHX	27	30	15	18	90

Phoenix Mercury

1-2, 1-1 home

Minnesota Lynx

starters
Jessica ShepardJ. Shepard#10
Napheesa CollierN. Collier#24
Diamond MillerD. Miller#1
Tiffany MitchellT. Mitchell#25
Lindsay AllenL. Allen#2
bench
Bridget CarletonB. Carleton#6
Dorka JuhaszD. Juhasz#14
Nikolina MilicN. Milic#31
Rachel BanhamR. Banham#15
Aerial PowersA. Powers#3
Natalie AchonwaN. Achonwa#11
Kayla McBrideK. McBride#21
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
30	5-9	0-0	3-4	0	3	3	2	1	0	1	3	0	13
29	3-9	0-2	2-2	2	5	7	4	2	1	2	1	+1	8
26	2-9	0-4	9-9	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	3	-4	13
31	5-9	0-2	2-3	1	1	2	4	1	0	2	3	0	12
24	2-6	1-3	1-2	1	3	4	3	1	0	2	5	-2	6
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
11	1-5	1-4	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	4	-6	3
7	0-3	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	-7	0
13	2-4	0-0	2-2	2	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	-12	6
4	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	-5	0
24	8-15	1-1	3-3	0	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	-10	20
DNP-NOT WITH TEAM - MATERNITY LEAVE
DNP-PERSONAL REASONS
	28-70	3-18	22-25	6	19	25	17	8	2	11	22		81
	40.0%	16.7%	88.0%

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Michaela OnyenwereM. Onyenwere#12
Brittney GrinerB. Griner#42
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
Moriah JeffersonM. Jefferson#8
Sophie CunninghamS. Cunningham#9
bench
Brianna TurnerB. Turner#21
Kadi SissokoK. Sissoko#30
Sug SuttonS. Sutton#1
Evina WestbrookE. Westbrook#2
Megan GustafsonM. Gustafson#10
Shey PeddyS. Peddy#11
Skylar Diggins-SmithS. Diggins-Smith#4
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
19	2-2	2-2	0-0	2	1	3	2	0	1	1	4	+9	6
31	7-9	0-0	5-6	1	7	8	1	0	3	5	3	+19	19
32	5-12	4-9	9-10	0	3	3	10	1	0	3	1	+21	23
27	5-13	3-5	0-0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	2	-3	13
24	4-10	3-8	2-2	0	5	5	3	2	0	2	6	+6	13
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
25	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	8	11	2	1	0	3	4	-3	2
7	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-7	0
33	4-8	1-3	5-5	0	2	2	3	0	0	1	1	+4	14
3	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	-1	0
DNP-LEFT FOOT
DNP-RIGHT ACHILLES SORENESS
DNP-NOT WITH TEAM - MATERNITY LEAVE
	28-57	13-28	21-23	6	27	33	23	5	5	18	25		90
	49.1%	46.4%	91.3%

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

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 3-1

Lynx
81
Mercury
90

Game 1

26/5

Lynx
86
Mercury
76

Game 2

2/7

Mercury
64
Lynx
75

Game 3

8/7

Mercury
73
Lynx
86

Game 4

4/9

Footprint Center

3:00 AM, 26 May 2023

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 6,057

Referees:
Amy Bonner
Eric Brewton
Agon Abazi

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

Phoenix Mercury

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 3-1

Game Information

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