Taurasi, Diggins-Smith help Mercury hold off Lynx, 83-79

Skylar Diggins-Smith scored 13 of her 25 points in the fourth quarter, Diana Taurasi had 23 points and 12 rebounds and the Phoenix Mercury held off the Minnesota Lynx 83-79 win on Sunday night for their third victory in a row.
Aug 31, 2020, 01:33 am - Associated Press

Probabilities & Game Flow

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  • Bridget Carleton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)
  • Diana Taurasi makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kia Vaughn assists)
  • Damiris Dantas makes jumper (Crystal Dangerfield assists)
  • Diana Taurasi makes 28-foot three point jumper (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)
  • Crystal Dangerfield misses 18-foot jumper
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough blocks Lexie Brown 's 3-foot jumper
  • Napheesa Collier misses layup
  • Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brianna Turner assists)
  • Napheesa Collier misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 4-foot jumper
  • Crystal Dangerfield makes 3-foot jumper
  • Kia Vaughn misses 17-foot jumper
  • Brianna Turner blocks Bridget Carleton 's 3-foot jumper
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses layup
  • Brianna Turner makes two point shot
  • Lexie Brown misses 17-foot jumper
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brianna Turner assists)
  • Damiris Dantas makes layup (Odyssey Sims assists)
  • Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Diana Taurasi misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Odyssey Sims misses 17-foot jumper
  • Odyssey Sims misses 13-foot jumper
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Diana Taurasi makes 10-foot jumper
  • Napheesa Collier makes 3-foot jumper (Odyssey Sims assists)
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 18-foot jumper
  • Odyssey Sims makes layup (Bridget Carleton assists)
  • Kia Vaughn makes 17-foot jumper (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)
  • Damiris Dantas misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Brianna Turner makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes 13-foot jumper
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Rachel Banham makes 24-foot three point jumper (Mikiah Herbert Harrigan assists)
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Brianna Turner makes 10-foot jumper (Shey Peddy assists)
  • Mikiah Herbert Harrigan misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Erica McCall makes layup (Odyssey Sims assists)
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses jumper
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Odyssey Sims misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Sophie Cunningham makes 22-foot three point jumper (Kia Vaughn assists)
  • Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Shey Peddy makes layup
  • Lexie Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Bridget Carleton misses three point jumper
  • Diana Taurasi makes 12-foot jumper (Shey Peddy assists)
  • Crystal Dangerfield misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Diana Taurasi misses free throw 2 of 3
  • Diana Taurasi makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Napheesa Collier makes 24-foot three point jumper (Lexie Brown assists)
  • Kia Vaughn makes 19-foot jumper (Shey Peddy assists)
  • Erica McCall misses 9-foot jumper
  • Alanna Smith makes 17-foot jumper (Shey Peddy assists)
  • Shenise Johnson misses 3-foot jumper
  • Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Brianna Turner blocks Shenise Johnson 's 5-foot layup
  • Lexie Brown misses 11-foot jumper
  • Kayla Alexander misses 6-foot jumper
  • Kayla Alexander misses layup
  • Napheesa Collier makes two point shot
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes layup
  • Shenise Johnson makes 18-foot jumper
  • Sophie Cunningham misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Shenise Johnson makes layup
  • Kia Vaughn misses 18-foot jumper
  • Mikiah Herbert Harrigan makes 24-foot three point jumper (Odyssey Sims assists)
  • Shey Peddy misses 13-foot jumper
  • Rachel Banham makes layup
  • Kia Vaughn makes layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
  • Odyssey Sims misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Brianna Turner blocks Rachel Banham's layup
  • Shey Peddy misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Mikiah Herbert Harrigan misses 4-foot jumper
  • Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Rachel Banham makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Rachel Banham makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Diana Taurasi makes driving layup (Shey Peddy assists)
  • Odyssey Sims misses 3-foot jumper
  • Napheesa Collier makes 15-foot jumper (Odyssey Sims assists)
  • Damiris Dantas misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 12-foot jumper
  • Napheesa Collier misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Brianna Turner makes 5-foot jumper (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)
  • Brianna Turner misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Crystal Dangerfield makes 26-foot three point jumper (Lexie Brown assists)
  • Napheesa Collier blocks Shatori Walker-Kimbrough 's 2-foot jumper
  • Brianna Turner blocks Napheesa Collier 's 11-foot jumper
  • Diana Taurasi misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Damiris Dantas makes layup (Lexie Brown assists)
  • Kia Vaughn misses jumper
  • Damiris Dantas misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Brianna Turner makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
  • Crystal Dangerfield misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Napheesa Collier makes layup (Crystal Dangerfield assists)
  • Shenise Johnson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Shenise Johnson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses layup
  • Odyssey Sims makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Odyssey Sims makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Rachel Banham misses 31-foot three point jumper
  • Napheesa Collier makes two point shot
  • Erica McCall misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Shey Peddy makes 12-foot jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
  • Shenise Johnson misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Alanna Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Odyssey Sims makes 2-foot jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)
  • Erica McCall misses 8-foot jumper
  • Shey Peddy misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Shey Peddy misses layup
  • Alanna Smith makes two point shot
  • Odyssey Sims misses layup
  • Lexie Brown misses 6-foot jumper
  • Sophie Cunningham misses three point jumper
  • Crystal Dangerfield makes jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)
  • Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three point jumper
  • Crystal Dangerfield makes driving layup
  • Crystal Dangerfield makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Napheesa Collier blocks Diana Taurasi's three point jumper
  • Damiris Dantas makes layup
  • Damiris Dantas makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Kia Vaughn misses 20-foot jumper
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough blocks Bridget Carleton 's 4-foot jumper
  • Crystal Dangerfield makes layup (Napheesa Collier assists)
  • Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Crystal Dangerfield misses 3-foot jumper
  • Damiris Dantas misses 12-foot jumper
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Crystal Dangerfield makes 17-foot jumper
  • Lexie Brown makes layup
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 25-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Diana Taurasi misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Lexie Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kia Vaughn makes 6-foot jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
  • Lexie Brown misses 13-foot jumper
  • Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Erica McCall misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Erica McCall makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
  • Odyssey Sims misses 15-foot jumper
  • Kia Vaughn misses 12-foot jumper
  • Crystal Dangerfield makes layup
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Erica McCall makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Erica McCall makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Crystal Dangerfield makes 9-foot jumper
  • Diana Taurasi misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Erica McCall misses 14-foot jumper
  • Odyssey Sims makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Odyssey Sims makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 15-foot jumper
  • Mikiah Herbert Harrigan misses 15-foot jumper
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Shey Peddy misses layup
  • Mikiah Herbert Harrigan makes 26-foot three point jumper (Lexie Brown assists)
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Crystal Dangerfield makes driving layup
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Shey Peddy blocks Crystal Dangerfield 's 26-foot three point jumper
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