Phoenix Mercury @ Minnesota Lynx

WNBA Semifinals - Game 1 • MIN leads series 1-0

27-17, 12-10 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Mercury PHX	24	23	12	10	69
Lynx MIN	22	18	19	23	82

Minnesota LynxLynxMIN

34-10, 20-2 Home

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	+/-
37	18	9-17	0-0	0-0	8	7	2	3	0	2	6	1	-14
12	6	3-4	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	-3
32	10	3-11	0-5	4-4	6	3	0	2	0	0	6	0	-12
37	22	10-23	2-8	0-0	2	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	-13
22	2	1-6	0-3	0-0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
25	0	0-4	0-3	0-0	9	2	1	0	0	2	7	3	-17
10	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	3	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	-1
24	11	5-9	1-3	0-0	3	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	-4
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	69	31-75	3-23	4-4	35	19	10	6	0	7	28	6
		41%	13%	100%

Minnesota Lynx

starters
Bridget CarletonB. Carleton#6
Alanna SmithA. Smith#8
Napheesa CollierN. Collier#24
Kayla McBrideK. McBride#21
Courtney WilliamsC. Williams#10
bench
Jessica ShepardJ. Shepard#15
Maria KliundikovaM. Kliundikova#77
Natisha HiedemanN. Hiedeman#2
Camryn TaylorC. Taylor#20
Anastasiia Olairi KosuA. Kosu#7
DiJonai CarringtonD. Carrington#3
Jaylyn SherrodJ. Sherrod#00
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
30	5	2-5	1-3	0-0	8	3	1	0	0	1	7	4	+18
26	4	2-6	0-4	0-0	6	3	3	0	1	2	4	3	+3
34	18	8-16	2-6	0-0	9	2	3	0	0	3	6	1	+9
38	21	6-17	4-9	5-5	6	2	0	0	1	0	6	0	+14
33	23	11-19	1-2	0-1	8	7	3	5	0	0	8	1	+11
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
12	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
8	4	2-3	0-1	0-0	4	1	0	2	0	2	2	0	+14
19	5	2-8	1-4	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	-4
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-LEFT FOOT
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	82	34-77	9-29	5-6	42	21	12	7	2	8	34	10
		44%	31%	83%

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

Matchups

WNBA Semifinals

PHX

MIN leads series

1-0

MIN

Game 1@ MIN

Final

Game 2@ MIN

Final/OT

Game 3@ PHX

Final

Game 4@ PHX

Final

Game Information

Minneapolis, MN

Referee:Jeff Wooten

Referee:Angelica Suffren

Referee:Maj Forsberg

Referee:Eric Brewton

Women's National Basketball Assoc.

Western Conference	PCT	GB	STRK
Dallas	.000	-	-
Golden State	.000	-	-
Las Vegas	.000	-	-
Los Angeles	.000	-	-
Minnesota	.000	-	-
Phoenix	.000	-	-
Portland	.000	-	-
Seattle	.000	-	-

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