Lynx 75-64 Mercury (8 Jul, 2023) Box Score

Phoenix Mercury

3-14, 1-8 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	10	12	23	19	64
MIN	23	16	18	18	75

Minnesota Lynx

9-9, 4-5 home

Phoenix Mercury

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

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
32	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	7	7	3	2	0	3	3	-12	0
32	9-18	3-7	3-4	1	3	4	1	2	0	3	1	-11	24
25	6-12	0-0	0-0	2	5	7	0	0	3	1	3	-13	12
18	1-8	1-2	2-2	0	2	2	2	1	0	4	1	-23	5
30	2-6	1-5	3-4	0	3	3	0	0	0	3	3	-8	8
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
3	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-7	0
15	3-4	0-1	2-2	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	+2	8
18	1-6	1-3	2-2	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	3	+10	5
1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1	0
26	1-6	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	10	0	0	5	2	+6	2
DNP-REST
	23-61	6-20	12-14	5	25	30	17	5	3	19	18		64
	37.7%	30.0%	85.7%

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
30	6-18	0-2	0-2	1	11	12	5	3	1	0	0	+14	12
32	1-6	1-2	2-2	2	8	10	4	2	1	4	3	+7	5
21	3-9	1-3	3-4	1	4	5	1	2	1	3	5	-2	10
31	3-8	2-5	2-2	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	2	+15	10
31	4-9	0-1	1-1	3	2	5	4	1	1	2	1	+13	9
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
22	3-4	3-4	2-2	2	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	+6	11
7	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	-1	0
13	4-5	0-0	2-2	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	+4	10
9	3-5	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	-2	6
4	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	+1	2
DNP-NON-COVID ILLNESS
DNP-LEFT WRIST SPRAIN
DNP-LEFT ANKLE INJURY
	28-65	7-19	12-15	10	28	38	20	12	4	15	15		75
	43.1%	36.8%	80.0%

+/- 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

Target Center

1:00 AM, 8 July 2023

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 7,714

Referees:
Angelica Suffren
Maj Forsberg
Sha'Rae Mitchell

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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Phoenix Mercury

Minnesota Lynx

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 3-1

Game Information

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