Mercury 77-71 Storm (9 May, 2023) Box Score

Phoenix Mercury

1-0, 1-0 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	18	18	24	17	77
SEA	20	23	12	16	71

Seattle Storm

0-1, 0-1 home

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Brianna TurnerB. Turner#21
Megan GustafsonM. Gustafson#10
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
Moriah JeffersonM. Jefferson#8
Sophie CunninghamS. Cunningham#9
bench
Sam ThomasS. Thomas#14
Michaela OnyenwereM. Onyenwere#12
Liz DixonL. Dixon#20
Kadi SissokoK. Sissoko#30
Jennie SimmsJ. Simms#25
Destiny SlocumD. Slocum#5
Sug SuttonS. Sutton#1
Essence BookerE. Booker#0
Brittney GrinerB. Griner#42
Shey PeddyS. Peddy#11
Skylar Diggins-SmithS. Diggins-Smith#4
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
12	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	1	0	1	0	1	-11	2
20	2-4	1-1	1-2	2	5	7	0	0	0	0	2	-2	6
11	4-10	2-5	0-1	0	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	-9	10
13	0-2	0-1	2-2	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	-11	2
12	0-3	0-2	2-2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	4	-11	2
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
20	3-6	2-4	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	+16	8
8	2-3	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	-3	4
14	2-3	0-0	2-2	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	4	+10	6
30	3-7	0-2	1-2	1	5	6	4	1	1	2	0	+21	7
16	2-5	1-2	2-2	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	4	+8	7
15	3-5	1-3	0-0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	+6	7
15	5-10	0-1	1-1	0	4	4	1	0	0	1	1	+10	11
15	1-4	0-1	3-4	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	+6	5
DNP-NOT WITH TEAM
DNP-RIGHT ACHILLES REHAB
DNP-PERSONAL
	28-63	7-22	14-18	8	29	37	13	4	4	11	20		77
	44.4%	31.8%	77.8%

Seattle Storm

starters
Mercedes RussellM. Russell#21
Ezi MagbegorE. Magbegor#13
Yvonne TurnerY. Turner#22
Jewell LoydJ. Loyd#24
Kia NurseK. Nurse#0
bench
Theresa PlaisanceT. Plaisance#55
Jasmine WalkerJ. Walker#40
Madi WilliamsM. Williams#7
Dulcy Fankam MendjiadeuD. Fankam Mendjiadeu#12
Sami WhitcombS. Whitcomb#32
Kaila CharlesK. Charles#3
Arella GuirantesA. Guirantes#11
Jade LovilleJ. Loville#30
Jordan HorstonJ. Horston#23
Jade MelbourneJ. Melbourne#6
Ivana DojkicI. Dojkic#18
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
17	1-4	0-1	2-2	0	5	5	1	1	0	0	2	-1	4
18	4-5	0-0	0-0	0	4	4	0	1	0	0	1	-13	8
14	1-1	1-1	2-2	1	2	3	2	0	3	2	1	-5	5
18	3-8	2-4	0-3	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	-2	8
16	1-8	1-4	2-2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	-7	5
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
9	0-3	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-11	0
12	2-3	2-3	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	+1	6
11	1-4	0-2	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	2	1	2	-3	2
13	4-5	0-0	2-4	5	4	9	0	1	0	0	1	+9	10
13	1-5	0-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-24	2
10	0-2	0-1	3-6	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	+5	3
11	1-5	0-3	1-2	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	3	+3	3
7	2-4	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	-1	4
12	2-5	0-0	1-2	1	2	3	2	1	1	0	2	+10	5
20	2-7	0-1	2-2	1	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	+9	6
DNP-NOT WITH TEAM
	25-69	6-25	15-25	11	23	34	14	6	7	7	19		71
	36.2%	24.0%	60.0%

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

Regular Season Series

SEA wins 4-0

Storm
83
Mercury
69

Game 1

14/6

Mercury
74
Storm
97

Game 2

25/6

Storm
97
Mercury
91

Game 3

6/8

Mercury
71
Storm
81

Game 4

13/8

Climate Pledge Arena

3:00 AM, 9 May 2023

Seattle, WA

Attendance: 5,119

Referees:
Isaac Barnett
Teresa Stuck
Kevin Fahy

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

Seattle Storm

Regular Season Series

SEA wins 4-0

Game Information

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