Mercury 85-65 Sky (16 Aug, 2024) Box Score

Phoenix Mercury

14-12, 6-8 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	30	20	19	16	85
CHI	12	16	24	13	65

Chicago Sky

10-15, 4-9 home

Phoenix Mercury

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

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
32	10-12	1-1	2-3	2	7	9	6	2	5	1	1	+19	23
31	3-8	3-5	2-2	0	2	2	4	1	2	3	1	+14	11
30	1-7	1-4	0-0	0	2	2	6	1	0	2	5	+18	3
35	12-19	3-5	2-4	0	2	2	3	0	0	1	3	+18	29
34	3-6	2-5	0-0	1	6	7	4	1	1	1	2	+15	8
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
9	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	+1	2
13	1-2	0-0	1-2	2	6	8	1	0	1	2	5	+6	3
17	2-4	2-3	0-0	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	+9	6
DNP-RIGHT HAMSTRING
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-LEFT LEG INJURY
	33-59	12-23	7-11	5	29	34	26	5	10	12	18		85
	55.9%	52.2%	63.6%

Chicago Sky

starters
Michaela OnyenwereM. Onyenwere#12
Angel ReeseA. Reese#5
Kamilla CardosoK. Cardoso#10
Rachel BanhamR. Banham#1
Lindsay AllenL. Allen#15
bench
Isabelle HarrisonI. Harrison#20
Brianna TurnerB. Turner#21
Moriah JeffersonM. Jefferson#4
Diamond DeShieldsD. DeShields#0
Dana EvansD. Evans#11
Elizabeth WilliamsE. Williams#1
Chennedy CarterC. Carter#7
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
24	1-8	0-4	3-4	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	3	-17	5
33	4-14	0-0	3-8	8	7	15	1	2	1	1	3	-14	11
25	5-8	0-0	0-0	1	4	5	0	2	1	1	3	-13	10
27	3-10	1-6	0-1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	-10	7
16	2-4	1-1	0-0	1	1	2	6	0	0	0	2	-11	5
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
18	2-5	0-0	1-1	2	0	2	0	1	0	3	2	-9	5
5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-4	0
13	1-4	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	-2	2
17	3-10	0-3	0-0	1	3	4	2	1	0	1	2	-11	6
24	6-10	2-4	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	-9	14
DNP-KNEE INJURY
DNP-NON-COVID ILLNESS
	27-73	4-19	7-14	15	18	33	14	7	3	11	20		65
	37.0%	21.1%	50.0%

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

Regular Season Series

PHX wins 3-0

Mercury
85
Sky
65

Game 1

16/8

Sky
68
Mercury
86

Game 2

19/8

Mercury
93
Sky
88

Game 3

15/9

Wintrust Arena

1:00 AM, 16 August 2024

Chicago, IL

Attendance: 9,025

Referees:
Gina Cross
Randy Richardson
Tyler Ricks

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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Phoenix Mercury

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Regular Season Series

PHX wins 3-0

Game Information

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