Lynx edge Mercury 80-79 to advance to WNBA semifinals

Rookie of the year Crystal Dangerfield scored 15 of her 17 points in the second half and Minnesota beat Phoenix 80-79 on Thursday night to advance to the semifinals of the WNBA playoffs.
Sep 18, 2020, 04:34 am - Associated Press

Probabilities & Game Flow

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According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Kia Vaughn makes 19-foot jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
  • Damiris Dantas makes 4-foot two point shot (Napheesa Collier assists)
  • Diana Taurasi makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Damiris Dantas makes 25-foot three point jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Sylvia Fowles misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Kia Vaughn misses 8-foot hook shot
  • Odyssey Sims misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Brianna Turner makes two point shot
  • Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Damiris Dantas assists)
  • Diana Taurasi makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot (Brianna Turner assists)
  • Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shey Peddy assists)
  • Damiris Dantas misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Shey Peddy makes 24-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
  • Crystal Dangerfield misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Brianna Turner makes 2-foot layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
  • Kia Vaughn makes 19-foot jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
  • Damiris Dantas misses three point jumper
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving layup
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes finger roll layup (Shey Peddy assists)
  • Crystal Dangerfield misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Napheesa Collier makes two point shot
  • Kia Vaughn misses 10-foot jumper
  • Bridget Carleton misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Crystal Dangerfield misses two point shot
  • Napheesa Collier misses driving layup
  • Shey Peddy misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Damiris Dantas makes 24-foot three point jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)
  • Kia Vaughn misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Rachel Banham makes 24-foot three point jumper (Bridget Carleton assists)
  • Rachel Banham makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Sophie Cunningham makes 26-foot three pointer (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
  • Rachel Banham makes driving layup
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Damiris Dantas makes layup (Napheesa Collier assists)
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 43-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Odyssey Sims makes layup
  • Diana Taurasi misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Sylvia Fowles misses layup
  • Sophie Cunningham makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
  • Diana Taurasi makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Damiris Dantas makes 24-foot three point jumper (Odyssey Sims assists)
  • Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough blocks Odyssey Sims 's 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Sylvia Fowles misses 2-foot two point shot
  • Sylvia Fowles misses 12-foot jumper
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving floating jump shot
  • Rachel Banham makes driving layup
  • Diana Taurasi misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Sophie Cunningham misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Crystal Dangerfield misses driving floating jump shot
  • Napheesa Collier makes 3-foot layup (Bridget Carleton assists)
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Crystal Dangerfield misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Shey Peddy misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Odyssey Sims makes finger roll layup
  • Kia Vaughn makes 12-foot two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
  • Diana Taurasi misses driving layup
  • Kia Vaughn makes 17-foot jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
  • Napheesa Collier misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Diana Taurasi makes 32-foot three point jumper (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)
  • Sylvia Fowles misses layup
  • Kia Vaughn misses 21-foot jumper
  • Brianna Turner makes 13-foot two point shot (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)
  • Crystal Dangerfield misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes 24-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
  • Diana Taurasi misses 32-foot three point jumper
  • Brianna Turner makes two point shot
  • Shey Peddy misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Damiris Dantas misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Damiris Dantas makes layup (Sylvia Fowles assists)
  • Diana Taurasi makes 17-foot jumper (Brianna Turner assists)
  • Damiris Dantas makes 9-foot pullup jump shot (Odyssey Sims assists)
  • Napheesa Collier misses 4-foot jumper
  • Sylvia Fowles misses two point shot
  • Kia Vaughn makes 12-foot jumper (Brianna Turner assists)
  • Napheesa Collier misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Damiris Dantas assists)
  • Crystal Dangerfield misses three point jumper
  • Diana Taurasi misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Damiris Dantas makes driving layup (Napheesa Collier assists)
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving layup
  • Crystal Dangerfield makes two point shot
  • Odyssey Sims makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Kia Vaughn misses 12-foot jumper
  • Damiris Dantas misses layup
  • Brianna Turner makes alley oop layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
  • Bridget Carleton makes 27-foot three point jumper (Odyssey Sims assists)
  • Kia Vaughn misses 19-foot jumper
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes 25-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
  • Damiris Dantas misses 20-foot jumper
  • Odyssey Sims makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Crystal Dangerfield makes 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Alanna Smith makes 24-foot three point jumper (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)
  • Odyssey Sims makes 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Napheesa Collier blocks Diana Taurasi 's 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Damiris Dantas misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Crystal Dangerfield misses 13-foot step back jumpshot
  • Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Rachel Banham makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot (Odyssey Sims assists)
  • Odyssey Sims makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Diana Taurasi misses driving layup
  • Rachel Banham misses driving layup
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Odyssey Sims misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup
  • Crystal Dangerfield makes 24-foot step back jumpshot
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving layup
  • Damiris Dantas makes 25-foot three point jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)
  • Brianna Turner makes 2-foot layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
  • Crystal Dangerfield makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving layup
  • Crystal Dangerfield makes 5-foot two point shot
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
  • Rachel Banham misses driving layup
  • Kia Vaughn misses two point shot
  • Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
  • Damiris Dantas misses 5-foot two point shot
  • Bridget Carleton misses 18-foot jumper
  • Kia Vaughn misses two point shot
  • Crystal Dangerfield makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Diana Taurasi makes 24-foot three point jumper
  • Damiris Dantas misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Odyssey Sims makes 19-foot step back jumpshot
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving layup
  • Odyssey Sims misses 7-foot pullup jump shot
  • Diana Taurasi misses two point shot
  • Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Crystal Dangerfield misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
  • Crystal Dangerfield misses two point shot
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
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