Liberty 84-70 Mercury (27 Aug, 2024) Box Score

New York Liberty

26-5, 12-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NY	18	20	21	25	84
PHX	9	29	15	17	70

Phoenix Mercury

16-15, 9-5 home

New York Liberty

starters
Breanna StewartB. Stewart#30
Jonquel JonesJ. Jones#35
Leonie FiebichL. Fiebich#13
Courtney VanderslootC. Vandersloot#22
Sabrina IonescuS. Ionescu#20
bench
Kayla ThorntonK. Thornton#5
Betnijah Laney-HamiltonB. Laney-Hamilton#44
Kennedy BurkeK. Burke#2
Nyara SaballyN. Sabally#8
Jaylyn SherrodJ. Sherrod#0
Marquesha DavisM. Davis#1
Ivana DojkicI. Dojkic#18
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
34	8-17	1-3	4-4	2	4	6	6	1	1	1	0	+19	21
30	4-10	3-5	4-4	1	6	7	1	2	0	2	1	+10	15
24	1-2	1-2	1-2	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	4	+12	4
25	5-8	3-4	3-4	1	5	6	4	2	1	1	1	+13	16
30	5-17	3-10	0-0	0	4	4	5	3	0	4	0	+15	13
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
13	0-3	0-2	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
27	3-8	1-3	2-2	0	1	1	3	3	0	2	1	+2	9
6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	-5	0
10	3-5	0-0	0-0	1	3	4	0	1	1	0	0	+4	6
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	29-70	12-29	14-16	6	26	32	21	12	3	13	10		84
	41.4%	41.4%	87.5%

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Brittney GrinerB. Griner#42
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
Natasha CloudN. Cloud#0
Kahleah CopperK. Copper#2
Sophie CunninghamS. Cunningham#9
bench
Monique BillingsM. Billings#25
Natasha MackN. Mack#4
Celeste TaylorC. Taylor#12
Mikiah Herbert HarriganM. Herbert Harrigan#21
Rebecca AllenR. Allen#11
Charisma OsborneC. Osborne#24
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
33	11-16	0-0	0-1	3	3	6	0	0	2	7	3	-12	22
34	3-9	1-5	3-3	0	3	3	6	0	0	2	3	-17	10
35	7-13	4-6	0-0	2	4	6	7	1	0	6	1	-18	18
34	7-17	0-6	0-0	2	3	5	0	2	0	3	4	-10	14
32	1-5	0-3	0-0	0	5	5	2	1	1	0	3	-14	2
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
16	1-4	0-1	0-0	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
7	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	1	-2	2
9	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	+3	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-RIGHT HAMSTRING
DNP-LEFT LOWER LEG STRAIN
	31-67	5-22	3-4	7	24	31	15	7	4	20	15		70
	46.3%	22.7%	75.0%

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

Regular Season Series

NY wins 2-1

Mercury
78
Liberty
81

Game 1

30/5

Liberty
93
Mercury
99

Game 2

19/6

Liberty
84
Mercury
70

Game 3

27/8

Footprint Center

3:00 AM, 27 August 2024

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 10,299

Referees:
Fatou Cissoko-Stephens
Tiara Cruse
Tyler Ricks

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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New York Liberty

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Regular Season Series

NY wins 2-1

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