Mercury 90-84 Sun (11 Aug, 2023) Box Score

Connecticut Sun

21-8, 12-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CONN	24	24	12	24	84
PHX	45	7	18	20	90

Phoenix Mercury

9-20, 8-7 home

Connecticut Sun

starters
DeWanna BonnerD. Bonner#24
Alyssa ThomasA. Thomas#25
Tiffany HayesT. Hayes#15
Rebecca AllenR. Allen#9
Natisha HiedemanN. Hiedeman#2
bench
Olivia Nelson-OdodaO. Nelson-Ododa#10
Bernadett HatarB. Hatar#44
Tyasha HarrisT. Harris#52
DiJonai CarringtonD. Carrington#21
Brionna JonesB. Jones#42
Leigha BrownL. Brown#32
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-8	0
40	8-19	0-0	4-5	2	9	11	8	0	1	3	3	-6	20
40	5-9	2-3	3-6	3	1	4	4	3	0	5	4	-6	15
28	9-12	3-4	3-5	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	1	+9	24
19	0-8	0-3	1-2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	-8	1
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
23	1-4	0-0	1-2	3	6	9	1	1	0	0	4	+11	3
15	3-7	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	-9	6
21	2-6	0-1	3-3	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	4	+2	7
12	2-6	2-2	2-2	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	-15	8
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	30-71	7-13	17-25	10	21	31	17	7	3	13	23		84
	42.3%	53.8%	68.0%

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Brianna TurnerB. Turner#21
Brittney GrinerB. Griner#42
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
Moriah JeffersonM. Jefferson#8
Sophie CunninghamS. Cunningham#9
bench
Michaela OnyenwereM. Onyenwere#12
Kadi SissokoK. Sissoko#30
Megan GustafsonM. Gustafson#10
Sug SuttonS. Sutton#1
Destanni HendersonD. Henderson#24
Shey PeddyS. Peddy#11
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
29	3-4	0-0	0-0	1	3	4	2	1	2	3	2	+9	6
30	9-18	0-0	3-3	0	10	10	2	0	4	1	0	-4	21
32	5-10	4-9	2-3	0	2	2	5	1	1	7	4	-3	16
27	6-9	1-3	4-4	0	2	2	5	4	1	2	2	+2	17
29	3-6	3-5	0-0	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	4	0	9
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
15	1-2	0-0	3-4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	+1	5
4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	+3	0
10	2-3	1-1	5-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	+10	10
17	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	4	2	0	2	2	+5	2
7	1-2	0-0	2-2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	+7	4
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	31-56	9-18	19-21	2	24	26	21	8	8	19	23		90
	55.4%	50.0%	90.5%

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

Regular Season Series

PHX wins 2-1

Sun
66
Mercury
72

Game 1

19/7

Sun
84
Mercury
90

Game 2

11/8

Mercury
74
Sun
84

Game 3

1/9

Footprint Center

3:00 AM, 11 August 2023

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 7,186

Referees:
Angelica Suffren
Ryan Sassano
Ashley Gloss

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

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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Connecticut Sun

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Regular Season Series

PHX wins 2-1

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