Lynx 89-76 Mercury (29 Aug, 2024) Box Score

Minnesota Lynx

30-10, 14-6 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	25	21	25	18	89
PHX	15	22	15	24	76

Phoenix Mercury

19-21, 10-10 home

Minnesota Lynx

starters
Bridget CarletonB. Carleton#6
Alanna SmithA. Smith#8
Napheesa CollierN. Collier#24
Kayla McBrideK. McBride#21
Courtney WilliamsC. Williams#10
bench
Myisha Hines-AllenM. Hines-Allen#22
Cecilia ZandalasiniC. Zandalasini#9
Dorka JuhaszD. Juhasz#14
Diamond MillerD. Miller#1
Alissa PiliA. Pili#35
Natisha HiedemanN. Hiedeman#2
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
32	3-5	2-3	1-1	2	4	6	5	3	0	1	1	+18	9
19	2-4	1-2	1-2	1	2	3	2	1	1	2	3	+16	6
33	5-13	1-2	1-1	3	5	8	5	0	1	2	4	+15	12
32	5-12	3-7	6-8	1	4	5	3	1	0	4	0	+16	19
27	8-16	0-2	0-0	0	3	3	5	2	0	2	1	+25	16
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
20	4-8	1-3	2-2	2	3	5	1	2	1	1	2	-5	11
2	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
7	2-2	1-1	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	+3	5
13	1-3	0-1	1-2	1	4	5	1	0	0	0	2	-8	3
1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	-3	0
13	3-8	2-4	0-0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	-12	8
	33-72	11-26	12-16	12	27	39	25	9	4	14	16		89
	45.8%	42.3%	75.0%

Phoenix Mercury

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

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
18	2-3	0-0	0-0	2	2	4	2	2	0	4	1	-23	4
28	3-13	1-2	3-4	1	6	7	1	1	0	1	2	-11	10
31	7-13	2-6	0-4	1	4	5	4	2	0	3	5	-12	16
36	5-16	2-5	0-0	1	2	3	8	0	2	3	1	-13	12
33	3-10	1-4	6-7	2	2	4	0	0	0	5	3	-14	13
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
5	0-1	0-1	1-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	+2	1
14	2-4	0-0	0-0	4	3	7	0	2	1	1	1	0	4
26	4-8	1-5	7-7	1	5	6	0	0	0	2	1	+6	16
9	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DNP-RIGHT HAMSTRING
DNP-LEFT LEG INJURY
	26-68	7-23	17-23	13	24	37	15	7	3	19	15		76
	38.2%	30.4%	73.9%

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

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 3-1

Mercury
71
Lynx
95

Game 1

1/6

Lynx
80
Mercury
81

Game 2

8/6

Mercury
60
Lynx
73

Game 3

23/6

Lynx
89
Mercury
76

Game 4

29/8

Footprint Center

3:00 AM, 29 August 2024

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 9,482

Referees:
Angelica Suffren
Eric Brewton
Catherine Chang

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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Minnesota Lynx

Phoenix Mercury

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 3-1

Game Information

2023-24 Western Conference Standings

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