Minnesota Lynx @ Phoenix Mercury
WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS - GAME 1 • PHX leads series 1-0
25-9, 10-7 Away
71
25-9, 10-7 Away
29-5, 16-1 Home
85
29-5, 16-1 Home
Game Leaders
Team Stats
40% (29-73)
Field Goal %
45% (29-65)
27% (3-11)
Three Point %
24% (4-17)
77% (10-13)
Free Throw %
85% (23-27)
15
Turnovers
16
31
Rebounds
45
Game Information
Phoenix, AZ
Referee:Sue Blauch
Referee:Tom Mauer
Referee:Michael Price
Game Flow
--MIN
--PHX
Shot Chart
- Seimone Augustus misses 16-foot jumper
- Brittney Griner makes layup (Penny Taylor assists)
- Brittney Griner makes 10-foot two point shot (DeWanna Bonner assists)
- Maya Moore misses 6-foot jumper
- DeWanna Bonner makes 22-foot three point jumper (Penny Taylor assists)
- Maya Moore misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Candice Dupree makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
- Seimone Augustus makes 14-foot two point shot
- Lindsay Whalen misses 17-foot jumper
- Rebekkah Brunson makes two point shot
- Diana Taurasi makes layup (Penny Taylor assists)
- Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 1
- Maya Moore misses 16-foot jumper
- Maya Moore misses 16-foot jumper
- Rebekkah Brunson makes two point shot
- DeWanna Bonner misses 16-foot two point jumper
- Brittney Griner misses 9-foot two point shot
- Seimone Augustus makes 7-foot two point shot
- Penny Taylor misses 4-foot jumper
- Janel McCarville makes 21-foot jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)
- DeWanna Bonner blocks Tan White 's 17-foot jumper
- Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Seimone Augustus makes jumper
- Rebekkah Brunson blocks Penny Taylor 's 5-foot jumper
- Monica Wright misses 12-foot two point jumper
- Diana Taurasi makes 17-foot jumper (DeWanna Bonner assists)
- Monica Wright misses 17-foot two point jumper
- Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
- Diana Taurasi misses free throw 2 of 2
- Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
- DeWanna Bonner makes 4-foot jumper
- Lindsay Whalen makes driving layup
- Lindsay Whalen makes free throw 1 of 1
- Candice Dupree makes jumper
- Janel McCarville misses 19-foot jumper
- Brittney Griner makes 16-foot jumper (DeWanna Bonner assists)
- Brittney Griner makes 12-foot jumper (Erin Phillips assists)
- Seimone Augustus makes technical free throw
- Lindsay Whalen makes 19-foot jumper
- Seimone Augustus makes 16-foot jumper
- Lindsay Whalen misses 8-foot Running Jumper
- Janel McCarville misses 20-foot jumper
- Erin Phillips makes 16-foot jumper
- Lindsay Whalen makes free throw 1 of 2
- Lindsay Whalen misses free throw 2 of 2
- Eshaya Murphy misses jumper
- Seimone Augustus makes free throw 1 of 2
- Seimone Augustus makes free throw 2 of 2
- Erin Phillips misses 15-foot jumper
- Lindsay Whalen misses 5-foot jumper
- Candice Dupree makes 13-foot jumper (Penny Taylor assists)
- Tan White misses layup
- DeWanna Bonner misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Penny Taylor misses technical free throw
- Penny Taylor makes free throw 1 of 2
- Penny Taylor makes free throw 2 of 2
- Janel McCarville makes 22-foot jumper (Maya Moore assists)
- Candice Dupree misses 9-foot jumper
- Seimone Augustus misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Candice Dupree makes 14-foot jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
- Rebekkah Brunson makes layup
- DeWanna Bonner misses driving layup
- Maya Moore misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Penny Taylor misses three point jumper
- DeWanna Bonner makes 24-foot three point jumper (Penny Taylor assists)
- Seimone Augustus misses 17-foot jumper
- Candice Dupree misses 14-foot jumper
- Monica Wright misses jumper
- Brittney Griner makes 9-foot two point shot (Penny Taylor assists)
- Janel McCarville misses 19-foot jumper
- Maya Moore makes 4-foot jumper
- Lindsay Whalen misses 15-foot jumper
- Brittney Griner makes 17-foot jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
- Diana Taurasi makes 18-foot two point shot
- DeWanna Bonner makes 18-foot jumper
- Seimone Augustus misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Lindsay Whalen misses 17-foot jumper
- Devereaux Peters misses tip shot
- Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Brittney Griner misses tip shot
- Seimone Augustus misses 18-foot jumper
- DeWanna Bonner misses layup
- DeWanna Bonner misses layup
- Lindsay Whalen makes 16-foot jumper
- Janel McCarville misses 19-foot jumper
- Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2
- Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
- Lindsay Whalen makes layup (Rebekkah Brunson assists)
- Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Brittney Griner blocks Janel McCarville 's 4-foot jumper
- Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 2
- Maya Moore makes free throw 2 of 2
- DeWanna Bonner makes 24-foot three point jumper
- Rebekkah Brunson makes 16-foot jumper (Maya Moore assists)
- Penny Taylor misses 5-foot jumper
- Penny Taylor makes free throw 1 of 2
- Penny Taylor makes free throw 2 of 2
- Seimone Augustus misses 17-foot jumper
- Diana Taurasi misses layup
- Diana Taurasi misses 13-foot jumper
- Seimone Augustus misses 5-foot jumper
- Rebekkah Brunson makes two point shot
- Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2
- Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
- Brittney Griner blocks Rebekkah Brunson 's 3-foot jumper
- Penny Taylor makes 20-foot jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
- Brittney Griner misses 17-foot jumper
- Penny Taylor makes layup
- Lindsay Whalen misses driving layup
- Brittney Griner makes two point shot (Penny Taylor assists)
- Rebekkah Brunson misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Penny Taylor makes free throw 1 of 2
- Penny Taylor makes free throw 2 of 2
- Penny Taylor makes layup
- Diana Taurasi makes 16-foot two point shot
- Diana Taurasi blocks Lindsay Whalen's jumper
- Penny Taylor blocks Lindsay Whalen 's 5-foot jumper
- Monica Wright makes layup (Rebekkah Brunson assists)
- Diana Taurasi misses free throw 1 of 2
- Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2
- Monica Wright misses 14-foot step back jumpshot
- Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
- Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2
- Lindsay Whalen makes driving layup
- Lindsay Whalen misses free throw 1 of 1
- Erin Phillips misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Eshaya Murphy misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Mistie Bass misses free throw 1 of 2
- Mistie Bass makes free throw 2 of 2
- Lindsay Whalen misses 18-foot jumper
- Monica Wright blocks Candice Dupree 's 17-foot jumper
- Lindsay Whalen makes layup (Tan White assists)
- Erin Phillips misses layup
- Tan White makes driving layup
- Maya Moore makes driving layup
- Janel McCarville makes jumper (Rebekkah Brunson assists)
- Seimone Augustus misses 8-foot jumper
- Seimone Augustus misses 18-foot jumper
- DeWanna Bonner misses three point jumper
- Lindsay Whalen makes 16-foot jumper
- Brittney Griner makes 10-foot jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
- Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 1
- Seimone Augustus misses 9-foot jumper
- Lindsay Whalen makes 24-foot three point jumper (Maya Moore assists)
- Diana Taurasi misses layup
- Lindsay Whalen makes 15-foot jumper
- Brittney Griner makes layup
- Maya Moore makes 24-foot three point jumper (Janel McCarville assists)
- DeWanna Bonner makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brittney Griner assists)
- Seimone Augustus makes free throw 1 of 2
- Seimone Augustus misses free throw 2 of 2
- Lindsay Whalen makes layup
- Maya Moore blocks DeWanna Bonner's three point jumper
- Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Penny Taylor makes free throw 1 of 2
- Penny Taylor makes free throw 2 of 2
- Lindsay Whalen misses 15-foot jumper
- Diana Taurasi misses 21-foot jumper
- Candice Dupree makes layup
- Monica Wright makes 23-foot three point jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)
- Penny Taylor misses driving layup
- Diana Taurasi makes 19-foot jumper
- Brittney Griner blocks Janel McCarville 's 4-foot jumper
- Lindsay Whalen misses three point jumper
- Penny Taylor misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Lindsay Whalen makes 14-foot two point shot
- Brittney Griner misses 13-foot jumper
- Lindsay Whalen misses 16-foot jumper
- Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Brittney Griner misses tip shot
- Rebekkah Brunson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Rebekkah Brunson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Monica Wright misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Penny Taylor makes free throw 1 of 2
- Penny Taylor makes free throw 2 of 2
- Candice Dupree blocks Maya Moore 's 23-foot three point jumper
- Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
- Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2
Shot Made
Shot Missed
Shot Made
Shot Missed
Data is currently unavailable.
Matchups
2024-25 Standings
Women's National Basketball Assoc.
| 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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