New York Liberty @ Phoenix Mercury

First Round - Game 1 • NY leads series 1-0

27-17, 10-12 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
Liberty NY	17	27	11	10	11	76
Mercury PHX	13	30	14	8	4	69

Phoenix MercuryMercuryPHX

27-17, 15-7 Home

New York Liberty

starters
Breanna StewartB. Stewart#30
Leonie FiebichL. Fiebich#13
Jonquel JonesJ. Jones#35
Natasha CloudN. Cloud#9
Sabrina IonescuS. Ionescu#20
bench
Kennedy BurkeK. Burke#22
Emma MeessemanE. Meesseman#33
Rebekah GardnerR. Gardner#7
Isabelle HarrisonI. Harrison#21
Stephanie TalbotS. Talbot#6
Nyara SaballyN. Sabally#8
Marine JohannesM. Johannes#23
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
40	18	7-14	1-3	3-5	6	4	1	2	0	0	6	0	+16
39	10	4-9	2-7	0-0	6	1	4	0	1	2	4	2	+12
35	7	3-7	1-3	0-0	12	2	2	0	3	1	11	3	+9
40	23	9-12	3-6	2-3	6	5	4	4	0	0	6	3	+11
43	16	6-18	3-12	1-1	6	7	5	0	2	1	5	3	+7
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
15	0	0-5	0-2	0-0	4	0	2	0	0	4	0	1	-5
13	2	1-6	0-0	0-0	8	0	2	0	0	2	6	1	-17
1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	76	30-72	10-33	6-9	48	19	20	6	6	10	38	13
		42%	30%	67%

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Alyssa ThomasA. Thomas#25
Natasha MackN. Mack#4
Satou SaballyS. Sabally#0
Kahleah CopperK. Copper#2
Monique Akoa MakaniM. Akoa Makani#8
bench
DeWanna BonnerD. Bonner#14
Kathryn WestbeldK. Westbeld#24
Sami WhitcombS. Whitcomb#33
Kalani BrownK. Brown#21
Kitija LaksaK. Laksa#9
Kiana WilliamsK. Williams#23
Lexi HeldL. Held#1
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
41	14	7-18	0-0	0-2	9	8	3	1	0	2	7	2	-11
19	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	-5
37	9	2-17	1-10	4-4	8	2	3	3	0	0	8	2	-18
36	15	5-13	0-4	5-5	2	1	1	1	1	0	2	5	-12
34	8	2-11	1-3	3-3	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	4	-9
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
31	12	5-7	1-3	1-2	5	0	1	3	0	0	5	0	+7
7	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	+6
20	6	2-7	2-5	0-0	3	2	0	2	1	0	3	1	+7
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	69	25-77	6-26	13-16	31	16	10	12	2	5	26	14
		32%	23%	81%

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

Breanna Stewart scores 18 as Liberty prevail in Game 1

1:43

Matchups

First Round

NY leads series

1-0

PHX

Game 1•@ PHX

Final/OT

Game 2•@ NY

Final

Game 3•@ PHX

Final

Game Information

Phoenix, AZ

Referee:Amy Bonner

Referee:Eric Brewton

Referee:Isaac Barnett

Women's National Basketball Assoc.

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Atlanta	30	14	.682	-	W6
New York	27	17	.614	3	W3
Indiana	24	20	.545	6	W3
Washington	16	28	.364	14	L10
Connecticut	11	33	.250	19	L2
Chicago	10	34	.227	20	L4

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	34	10	.773	-	W1
Las Vegas	30	14	.682	4	W16
Phoenix	27	17	.614	7	L3
Seattle	23	21	.523	11	W1
Golden State	23	21	.523	11	L3
Los Angeles	21	23	.477	13	L1
Dallas	10	34	.227	24	W1

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