Lynx 86-73 Mercury (4 Sep, 2023) Box Score

Phoenix Mercury

9-28, 1-18 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	20	21	13	19	73
MIN	18	23	28	17	86

Minnesota Lynx

19-19, 9-11 home

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Brianna TurnerB. Turner#21
Michaela OnyenwereM. Onyenwere#12
Brittney GrinerB. Griner#42
Moriah JeffersonM. Jefferson#8
Sug SuttonS. Sutton#1
bench
Kadi SissokoK. Sissoko#30
Madi WilliamsM. Williams#25
Megan GustafsonM. Gustafson#10
Ashley JoensA. Joens#23
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
Shey PeddyS. Peddy#11
Sophie CunninghamS. Cunningham#9
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
15	0-3	0-0	0-0	2	7	9	0	0	0	1	4	-9	0
31	3-9	1-2	2-2	0	2	2	1	0	1	3	4	-17	9
32	4-11	0-0	9-11	2	8	10	3	0	0	1	2	+2	17
32	13-22	3-4	3-4	0	2	2	4	1	0	1	3	+1	32
35	2-10	0-2	1-1	0	1	1	5	2	0	1	3	-15	5
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
19	2-4	2-2	0-2	2	4	6	0	0	0	0	2	-3	6
9	0-3	0-1	0-0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	+1	0
16	0-2	0-1	1-2	3	2	5	0	0	0	4	3	-16	1
12	1-4	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-9	3
DNP-LEFT TOE
DNP-CONCUSSION PROTOCOL
DNP-JAW INJURY
	25-68	7-14	16-22	9	28	37	13	5	1	12	21		73
	36.8%	50.0%	72.7%

Minnesota Lynx

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

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
36	8-16	0-0	6-7	6	10	16	5	1	3	3	4	+18	22
34	4-8	1-2	1-5	0	11	11	8	1	2	1	2	+4	10
33	2-8	0-2	3-4	0	4	4	3	2	0	1	0	+14	7
32	9-20	2-8	3-3	1	1	2	4	0	0	4	4	+15	23
25	1-6	1-2	0-0	1	2	3	4	0	0	0	5	+9	3
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
19	2-4	2-2	0-0	2	2	4	1	2	0	0	3	+9	6
9	2-5	0-0	1-2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	+2	5
5	2-3	2-3	1-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-6	7
7	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	3
DNP-SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE
DNP-FRACTURED LEFT THUMB
	31-72	9-21	15-22	10	31	41	28	6	5	12	23		86
	43.1%	42.9%	68.2%

+/- 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

12:00 AM, 4 September 2023

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 7,314

Referees:
Jeff Wooten
Fatou Cissoko-Stephens
Ryan Sassano

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

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Regular Season Series

MIN wins 3-1

Game Information

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