Diggins-Smith and Taurasi led Mercury to playoffs

Skylar Diggins-Smith scored 28 points and Diana Taurasi added 27, matching her career high with eight 3-pointers, to help the Phoenix Mercury clinch a playoff spot with a 105-81 win over the Indiana Fever on Thursday night.
Sep 4, 2020, 04:59 am - Associated Press

Probabilities & Game Flow

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Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Brianna Turner makes layup (Kia Vaughn assists)
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kia Vaughn assists)
  • Brianna Turner blocks Julie Allemand 's 4-foot layup
  • Diana Taurasi makes 26-foot three point jumper (Brianna Turner assists)
  • Natalie Achonwa misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kia Vaughn makes layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
  • Kennedy Burke misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Kennedy Burke makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Candice Dupree makes 20-foot jumper (Julie Allemand assists)
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes layup
  • Candice Dupree makes driving layup
  • Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Diana Taurasi makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Julie Allemand makes 4-foot two point shot (Candice Dupree assists)
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes 19-foot jumper (Kia Vaughn assists)
  • Kennedy Burke makes 25-foot three point jumper (Candice Dupree assists)
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses layup
  • Brianna Turner makes two point shot
  • Kelsey Mitchell makes 21-foot jumper
  • Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brianna Turner assists)
  • Candice Dupree misses 16-foot jumper
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brianna Turner assists)
  • Julie Allemand makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Natalie Achonwa blocks Kia Vaughn 's 3-foot layup
  • Kelsey Mitchell misses layup
  • Brianna Turner makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
  • Teaira McCowan misses layup
  • Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kamiah Smalls makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kathleen Doyle assists)
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
  • Tiffany Mitchell misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses layup
  • Kia Vaughn misses layup
  • Alanna Smith blocks Tiffany Mitchell 's 2-foot layup
  • Alanna Smith makes 13-foot jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
  • Shey Peddy makes layup
  • Kathleen Doyle misses layup
  • Kia Vaughn makes 18-foot jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
  • Candice Dupree makes 12-foot jumper (Kamiah Smalls assists)
  • Julie Allemand blocks Shey Peddy 's 4-foot layup
  • Brianna Turner makes layup
  • Tiffany Mitchell makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Tiffany Mitchell makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Teaira McCowan makes layup (Lauren Cox assists)
  • Julie Allemand misses 33-foot three point jumper
  • Kia Vaughn misses 17-foot jumper
  • Tiffany Mitchell makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Tiffany Mitchell makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Lauren Cox misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Lauren Cox makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Diana Taurasi misses 15-foot jumper
  • Teaira McCowan blocks Skylar Diggins-Smith 's 2-foot driving layup
  • Lauren Cox misses 7-foot hook shot
  • Teaira McCowan misses two point shot
  • Lauren Cox makes two point shot
  • Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kia Vaughn misses 17-foot jumper
  • Julie Allemand misses layup
  • Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shey Peddy assists)
  • Teaira McCowan makes layup (Candice Dupree assists)
  • Kia Vaughn makes 7-foot two point shot (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)
  • Candice Dupree makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Candice Dupree makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kia Vaughn makes 15-foot jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
  • Kelsey Mitchell misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Julie Allemand makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Diana Taurasi misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Julie Allemand makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kelsey Mitchell assists)
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes layup
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Candice Dupree makes finger roll layup (Natalie Achonwa assists)
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kelsey Mitchell misses driving layup
  • Brianna Turner makes layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
  • Kelsey Mitchell makes 9-foot pullup jump shot
  • Candice Dupree misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kennedy Burke makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kennedy Burke misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Kelsey Mitchell makes 26-foot three point jumper (Candice Dupree assists)
  • Brianna Turner makes 3-foot layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
  • Kelsey Mitchell misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Kelsey Mitchell misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Diana Taurasi makes 28-foot three pointer
  • Kelsey Mitchell misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Natalie Achonwa makes layup (Julie Allemand assists)
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 13-foot jumper
  • Kennedy Burke blocks Shatori Walker-Kimbrough 's 4-foot layup
  • Kia Vaughn misses 18-foot jumper
  • Kelsey Mitchell misses driving layup
  • Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Kennedy Burke misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Diana Taurasi makes 27-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
  • Candice Dupree misses 14-foot jumper
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Candice Dupree misses 3-foot two point shot
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Julie Allemand misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Diana Taurasi makes 29-foot three pointer
  • Candice Dupree misses 20-foot jumper
  • Tiffany Mitchell misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Tiffany Mitchell makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Diana Taurasi makes 27-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
  • Tiffany Mitchell misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Brianna Turner makes two point shot
  • Teaira McCowan makes 4-foot two point shot (Julie Allemand assists)
  • Teaira McCowan makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Tiffany Mitchell makes layup
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 5-foot two point shot
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving floating jump shot
  • Teaira McCowan misses layup
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Tiffany Mitchell misses two point shot
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kia Vaughn misses 12-foot jumper
  • Kelsey Mitchell makes 12-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Shey Peddy misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Candice Dupree makes 17-foot jumper (Tiffany Mitchell assists)
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kelsey Mitchell makes 23-foot three point jumper (Candice Dupree assists)
  • Kia Vaughn misses 21-foot jumper
  • Kelsey Mitchell misses driving layup
  • Alanna Smith misses finger roll layup
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Tiffany Mitchell makes 13-foot pullup jump shot (Natalie Achonwa assists)
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 4-foot two point shot
  • Brianna Turner misses layup
  • Kelsey Mitchell misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Brianna Turner blocks Tiffany Mitchell's two point shot
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Brianna Turner makes finger roll layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
  • Shey Peddy misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kelsey Mitchell makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Candice Dupree makes layup (Natalie Achonwa assists)
  • Shey Peddy makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alanna Smith assists)
  • Brianna Turner blocks Kennedy Burke 's 4-foot driving layup
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kennedy Burke misses 18-foot jumper
  • Shey Peddy makes 8-foot two point shot
  • Brianna Turner blocks Teaira McCowan 's 5-foot layup
  • Alanna Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Alanna Smith misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Alanna Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Natalie Achonwa misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Alanna Smith makes technical free throw
  • Alanna Smith misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Alanna Smith misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Teaira McCowan makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Teaira McCowan makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Alanna Smith makes layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
  • Alanna Smith makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Kelsey Mitchell makes layup
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes layup (Shey Peddy assists)
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Tiffany Mitchell misses layup
  • Teaira McCowan makes two point shot
  • Alanna Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kamiah Smalls misses 18-foot jumper
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Brianna Turner blocks Kelsey Mitchell 's 4-foot layup
  • Tiffany Mitchell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Teaira McCowan assists)
  • Shey Peddy makes 12-foot two point shot
  • Brianna Turner blocks Tiffany Mitchell 's 3-foot layup
  • Teaira McCowan misses two point shot
  • Teaira McCowan misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Teaira McCowan makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes 3-foot driving floating jump shot (Brianna Turner assists)
  • Tiffany Mitchell makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Tiffany Mitchell makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Tiffany Mitchell misses 18-foot jumper
  • Natalie Achonwa makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Natalie Achonwa makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Alanna Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Alanna Smith blocks Kamiah Smalls 's 25-foot three point jumper
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