Mercury 96-87 Mystics (16 Jul, 2024) Box Score

Phoenix Mercury

13-12, 5-8 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	17	27	27	25	96
WSH	19	27	17	24	87

Washington Mystics

6-19, 3-9 home

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Brittney GrinerB. Griner#42
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
Natasha CloudN. Cloud#0
Kahleah CopperK. Copper#2
Rebecca AllenR. Allen#11
bench
Mikiah Herbert HarriganM. Herbert Harrigan#21
Natasha MackN. Mack#4
Sophie CunninghamS. Cunningham#9
Celeste TaylorC. Taylor#12
Sug SuttonS. Sutton#1
Charisma OsborneC. Osborne#24
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
29	9-17	0-0	5-5	1	6	7	1	0	1	2	1	+5	23
28	5-9	3-5	5-6	1	2	3	5	1	1	2	3	+3	18
36	5-10	1-1	1-2	2	7	9	10	2	2	1	2	+5	12
33	9-16	1-4	3-3	0	7	7	1	0	0	1	3	+6	22
16	2-5	1-4	0-0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	+4	5
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
10	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	-7	0
11	2-3	0-0	0-0	2	0	2	2	4	1	2	1	+4	4
25	3-4	2-3	3-3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	+12	11
12	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	+13	1
DNP-RIGHT HAMSTRING
DNP-NOT WITH TEAM
	35-65	8-18	18-21	6	25	31	22	8	6	9	14		96
	53.8%	44.4%	85.7%

Washington Mystics

starters
Myisha Hines-AllenM. Hines-Allen#2
Stefanie DolsonS. Dolson#31
Julie VanlooJ. Vanloo#35
Shatori Walker-KimbroughS. Walker-Kimbrough#32
Ariel AtkinsA. Atkins#7
bench
Emily EngstlerE. Engstler#21
Aaliyah EdwardsA. Edwards#24
Jade MelbourneJ. Melbourne#5
Shakira AustinS. Austin#0
Brittney SykesB. Sykes#20
Karlie SamuelsonK. Samuelson#44
DiDi RichardsD. Richards#12
Jakia Brown-TurnerJ. Brown-Turner#13
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
31	8-16	0-4	2-2	2	10	12	5	1	0	4	3	-6	18
33	2-7	1-5	3-4	2	6	8	5	1	0	1	2	+3	8
33	6-13	5-12	0-0	0	2	2	5	0	1	2	3	-14	17
37	5-9	3-6	2-2	0	2	2	5	1	0	1	2	-8	15
36	5-12	1-5	3-4	2	2	4	6	1	0	2	3	-2	14
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
3	1-2	0-0	1-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-4	3
13	5-8	0-0	0-0	2	3	5	0	0	0	1	3	-11	10
14	1-5	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	-3	2
DNP-LEFT HIP INJURY
DNP-LEFT FOOT
DNP-LEFT HAND
DNP-RIGHT KNEE INJURY
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	33-72	10-33	11-13	8	25	33	28	5	1	12	19		87
	45.8%	30.3%	84.6%

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

Regular Season Series

PHX wins 2-1

Mystics
80
Mercury
83

Game 1

24/5

Mercury
96
Mystics
87

Game 2

16/7

Mystics
90
Mercury
77

Game 3

6/9

Capital One Arena

4:30 PM, 16 July 2024

Washington, DC

Attendance: 12,586

Referees:
Angelica Suffren
Marcy Williams
Clare Aubry

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

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

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Regular Season Series

PHX wins 2-1

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