Lynx 101-88 Mercury (26 Sep, 2024) Box Score

Phoenix Mercury

19-21, 9-11 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	25	22	17	24	88
MIN	21	28	27	25	101

Minnesota Lynx

30-10, 16-4 home

101

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
Mikiah Herbert HarriganM. Herbert Harrigan#21
Natasha MackN. Mack#4
Amy AtwellA. Atwell#8
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
28	10-15	1-2	3-4	1	4	5	0	0	2	3	3	-13	24
30	3-10	2-8	2-2	0	4	4	3	1	0	4	6	-8	10
35	5-12	2-5	4-4	0	5	5	10	1	0	1	4	-6	16
26	5-12	2-6	1-2	2	3	5	2	0	0	5	5	-15	13
35	2-5	1-4	0-0	0	5	5	6	1	1	1	3	-8	5
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
13	3-3	0-0	0-1	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	2	-8	6
1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+4	0
16	6-9	0-0	0-1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	-5	12
1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+4	0
17	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	-10	2
DNP-BACK INJURY
DNP-LEFT LOWER LEG STRAIN
	35-68	8-26	10-14	7	24	31	25	3	3	14	26		88
	51.5%	30.8%	71.4%

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
Olivia EpoupaO. Epoupa#0
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
36	3-4	3-4	3-4	1	3	4	4	1	0	0	4	+14	12
30	5-9	1-4	1-1	3	2	5	3	4	0	2	4	+9	12
38	14-20	2-3	12-14	0	5	5	4	1	2	2	2	+17	42
34	6-14	3-9	0-0	0	2	2	4	0	0	1	1	+11	15
24	4-11	1-3	2-2	0	2	2	6	0	0	1	1	-3	11
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
10	0-2	0-0	1-2	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	+8	1
6	0-3	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	+2	0
1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	-4	0
1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4	0
1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-4	0
18	2-4	0-1	4-4	0	2	2	7	0	0	0	0	+23	8
1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-4	0
	34-67	10-26	23-27	5	20	25	28	6	2	7	14		101
	50.7%	38.5%	85.2%

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

Mercury
95
Lynx
102

Game 1

22/9

Mercury
88
Lynx
101

Game 2

26/9

Target Center

2:30 AM, 26 September 2024

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 8,769

Referees:
Charles Watson
Tiara Cruse
Eric Brewton
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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