Lynx 86-76 Mercury (2 Jul, 2023) Box Score

Minnesota Lynx

7-9, 5-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	25	21	15	25	86
PHX	22	15	20	19	76

Phoenix Mercury

3-12, 2-6 home

Minnesota Lynx

starters
Napheesa CollierN. Collier#24
Dorka JuhaszD. Juhasz#14
Diamond MillerD. Miller#1
Kayla McBrideK. McBride#21
Lindsay AllenL. Allen#2
bench
Bridget CarletonB. Carleton#6
Emily EngstlerE. Engstler#22
Nikolina MilicN. Milic#31
Rachel BanhamR. Banham#15
Kayana TraylorK. Traylor#4
Jessica ShepardJ. Shepard#10
Tiffany MitchellT. Mitchell#25
Aerial PowersA. Powers#3
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
37	7-16	0-4	2-2	2	7	9	3	2	0	4	1	+5	16
30	2-3	0-1	2-4	2	4	6	2	3	1	1	3	-3	6
29	9-15	2-4	5-5	2	4	6	0	5	0	2	5	0	25
29	2-10	2-5	2-2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	-6	8
29	4-10	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	8	2	0	1	2	-13	8
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
15	2-3	1-1	1-2	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	+14	6
3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	+5	0
10	1-5	0-0	2-2	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	3	+13	4
15	4-6	1-2	4-5	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	2	+33	13
2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2	0
DNP-NON-COVID ILLNESS
DNP-LEFT WRIST INJURY
DNP-LEFT ANKLE INJURY
	31-68	6-18	18-22	7	23	30	16	13	1	12	18		86
	45.6%	33.3%	81.8%

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Brianna TurnerB. Turner#21
Michaela OnyenwereM. Onyenwere#12
Brittney GrinerB. Griner#42
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
Moriah JeffersonM. Jefferson#8
bench
Kadi SissokoK. Sissoko#30
Megan GustafsonM. Gustafson#10
Shey PeddyS. Peddy#11
Jennie SimmsJ. Simms#25
Sug SuttonS. Sutton#1
Sophie CunninghamS. Cunningham#9
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
37	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	11	13	1	0	2	3	3	-5	2
20	3-5	1-1	3-5	3	2	5	1	0	1	3	6	-2	10
34	11-19	0-0	1-5	1	4	5	1	0	0	3	2	-6	23
26	3-6	1-3	0-0	0	2	2	5	0	0	5	1	+4	7
27	6-11	1-5	1-1	1	3	4	7	2	0	2	3	-9	14
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
4	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-6	0
4	0-1	0-1	0-2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	-5	0
12	3-4	1-2	1-1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	8
13	0-2	0-1	2-2	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	1	-8	2
24	3-7	2-5	2-2	0	1	1	2	0	1	4	1	-13	10
DNP-CONCUSSION PROTOCOL
	30-59	6-19	10-18	9	26	35	19	4	4	22	20		76
	50.8%	31.6%	55.6%

+/- 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, 2 July 2023

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 8,777

Referees:
Jeff Wooten
Angel Kent
Intae Hwang

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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