Liberty 89-71 Mercury (18 Jun, 2023) Box Score

Phoenix Mercury

2-8, 1-5 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	17	17	16	21	71
NY	30	23	16	20	89

New York Liberty

7-3, 4-2 home

Phoenix Mercury

starters
B. Turner F
M. Onyenwere F
M. Jefferson G
S. Cunningham G
S. Sutton G
bench
K. Sissoko F
M. Gustafson C
S. Peddy G
E. Westbrook G
B. Griner C
D. Taurasi G
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
34	3-4	0-0	0-0	2	2	4	1	1	0	1	3	-16	6
12	2-3	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	-6	5
29	5-13	1-4	0-0	1	3	4	1	4	0	0	3	-11	11
31	9-15	5-10	4-5	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	5	-17	27
32	4-13	1-2	1-2	1	2	3	9	1	0	3	1	-10	10
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
16	1-4	0-1	2-2	1	4	5	1	0	0	2	0	-4	4
22	3-6	0-1	0-0	2	5	7	0	0	0	2	5	-8	6
19	0-6	0-4	2-2	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	4	-19	2
5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	+1	0
DNP-HIP
DNP-HAMSTRING
	27-64	7-22	10-13	8	19	27	16	8	0	12	24		71
	42.2%	31.8%	76.9%

New York Liberty

starters
Laney F
B. Stewart F
J. Jones F
C. Vandersloot G
M. Johannes G
bench
K. Thornton F
N. Sabally F
S. Dolson C
E. Prince G
J. Willoughby G
S. Ionescu G
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
25	3-9	1-6	1-1	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	+13	8
32	7-13	3-6	11-13	3	11	14	7	1	0	1	0	+25	28
23	5-10	0-1	3-3	4	7	11	3	0	1	3	1	+17	13
31	2-6	1-2	3-3	1	1	2	6	1	1	3	2	+24	8
26	4-8	2-5	0-0	1	1	2	3	3	0	3	3	+24	10
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
15	2-4	1-2	1-2	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	+5	6
8	2-2	0-0	1-2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	-7	5
17	3-3	0-0	0-0	1	3	4	1	0	1	2	1	+1	6
11	0-3	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	-7	0
12	2-4	1-3	0-0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	-5	5
DNP-LEFT HAMSTRING
	30-62	9-26	20-24	12	27	39	25	6	4	16	13		89
	48.4%	34.6%	83.3%

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

Regular Season Series

NY leads 1-0

Mercury
71
Liberty
89

Game 1

18/6

Mercury
95
Liberty
99

Game 2

6/7

Liberty
85
Mercury
63

Game 3

19/8

Barclays Center

5:00 PM, 18 June 2023

Brooklyn, NY

Attendance: 9,278

Referees:
Eric Brewton
Toni Patillo
Clare Aubry

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	2	0	1.000	-	W2
Phoenix	2	1	.667	0.5	W2
Las Vegas	2	1	.667	0.5	L1
Seattle	2	3	.400	1.5	W1
Dallas	1	2	.333	1.5	L2
Los Angeles	1	2	.333	1.5	W1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New York	4	0	1.000	-	W4
Connecticut	3	0	1.000	0.5	W3
Atlanta	2	1	.667	1.5	W1
Chicago	1	1	.500	2	W1
Washington	0	4	.000	4	L4
Indiana	0	5	.000	4.5	L5

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Phoenix Mercury

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Regular Season Series

NY leads 1-0

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