Plum, Aces hold off Mercury in Game 1 of WNBA semifinals

— In any level of basketball, whether he's played or coached, Bill Laimbeer has always thought guards decide playoff games.
Sep 29, 2021, 06:53 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

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According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Jackie Young misses pullup jump shot
  • Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three point jumper
  • A'ja Wilson misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Kia Nurse makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brianna Turner assists)
  • Riquna Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Brittney Griner makes 18-foot jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
  • Chelsea Gray makes 8-foot two point shot (Riquna Williams assists)
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving layup
  • A'ja Wilson makes 5-foot two point shot (Chelsea Gray assists)
  • Kiah Stokes blocks Diana Taurasi 's 24-foot three point jumper
  • A'ja Wilson misses 13-foot jumper
  • Chelsea Gray makes 24-foot three point jumper
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup
  • Kiah Stokes misses layup
  • Kia Nurse makes 24-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
  • Riquna Williams makes 12-foot step back jumpshot (A'ja Wilson assists)
  • Kia Nurse misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Riquna Williams makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jackie Young assists)
  • Brittney Griner makes 18-foot jumper (Brianna Turner assists)
  • Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three point jumper
  • Liz Cambage misses two point shot
  • Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Chelsea Gray misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Riquna Williams makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chelsea Gray assists)
  • Sophie Cunningham blocks Dearica Hamby 's 9-foot layup
  • Kelsey Plum misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sophie Cunningham misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Shey Peddy misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Riquna Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kia Vaughn makes 20-foot jumper (Brittney Griner assists)
  • Riquna Williams makes driving layup (A'ja Wilson assists)
  • Kia Vaughn makes 14-foot two point shot (Shey Peddy assists)
  • Riquna Williams makes step back jumpshot
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 14-foot driving floating jump shot (Brittney Griner assists)
  • Riquna Williams makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Riquna Williams makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Diana Taurasi makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kia Vaughn assists)
  • Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Riquna Williams misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • A'ja Wilson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • A'ja Wilson misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Kelsey Plum misses layup
  • Jackie Young misses 14-foot jumper
  • Riquna Williams makes 28-foot three point jumper (Dearica Hamby assists)
  • Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kia Vaughn makes two point shot
  • Kelsey Plum makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Brianna Turner makes layup (Kia Nurse assists)
  • Riquna Williams misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kia Nurse makes driving layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
  • A'ja Wilson makes hook shot (Riquna Williams assists)
  • A'ja Wilson makes driving layup (Kelsey Plum assists)
  • Liz Cambage makes layup (Chelsea Gray assists)
  • Brittney Griner misses 13-foot jumper
  • Liz Cambage makes 12-foot two point shot (Chelsea Gray assists)
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Dearica Hamby makes layup (Chelsea Gray assists)
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Dearica Hamby misses 16-foot two point shot
  • Brianna Turner makes layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
  • Kelsey Plum misses driving layup
  • Kelsey Plum makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jackie Young assists)
  • Shey Peddy misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jackie Young makes 15-foot jumper (Chelsea Gray assists)
  • Sophie Cunningham makes 25-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
  • Jackie Young makes 9-foot pullup jump shot (Chelsea Gray assists)
  • A'ja Wilson makes driving layup (Kiah Stokes assists)
  • Brittney Griner makes 20-foot jumper (Brianna Turner assists)
  • Chelsea Gray makes 16-foot two point shot
  • Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Brianna Turner makes layup
  • Chelsea Gray makes pullup jump shot
  • Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
  • A'ja Wilson misses 12-foot step back jumpshot
  • Brianna Turner makes 3-foot two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
  • Chelsea Gray makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Sophie Cunningham misses three point jumper
  • Chelsea Gray misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
  • Brianna Turner makes layup (Brittney Griner assists)
  • Riquna Williams misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jackie Young blocks Brianna Turner 's 15-foot jumper
  • Kia Nurse misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • A'ja Wilson misses driving layup
  • Diana Taurasi makes 26-foot three point jumper (Brittney Griner assists)
  • Jackie Young misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Chelsea Gray makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Chelsea Gray makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Riquna Williams makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Riquna Williams makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Chelsea Gray misses 8-foot step back jumpshot
  • Brittney Griner misses driving layup
  • Brittney Griner makes 12-foot two point shot
  • Riquna Williams makes 3-foot two point shot (Chelsea Gray assists)
  • Brittney Griner misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Liz Cambage makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chelsea Gray assists)
  • Brittney Griner makes layup (Kia Nurse assists)
  • Brittney Griner blocks Liz Cambage's jumper
  • Kelsey Plum makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chelsea Gray assists)
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Kia Vaughn misses 13-foot jumper
  • Chelsea Gray misses 8-foot pullup jump shot
  • Sophie Cunningham makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Sophie Cunningham makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kelsey Plum makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kelsey Plum makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kia Vaughn misses 15-foot jumper
  • Kelsey Plum misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kelsey Plum makes driving layup
  • Shey Peddy misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Brianna Turner misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Brianna Turner misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Sophie Cunningham blocks Kelsey Plum 's 27-foot step back jumpshot
  • Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Riquna Williams makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jackie Young assists)
  • Kia Vaughn misses 17-foot jumper
  • A'ja Wilson misses free throw 1 of 2
  • A'ja Wilson misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kelsey Plum makes driving layup (A'ja Wilson assists)
  • Kelsey Plum makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Brittney Griner misses layup
  • Kelsey Plum makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kelsey Plum makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kelsey Plum misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Brianna Turner makes alley oop layup (Brittney Griner assists)
  • Kelsey Plum makes driving layup
  • Kia Nurse misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jackie Young misses 18-foot jumper
  • Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Brianna Turner blocks Kelsey Plum 's 10-foot driving layup
  • Liz Cambage misses 10-foot jumper
  • Jackie Young blocks Sophie Cunningham 's 6-foot layup
  • Kelsey Plum misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kia Nurse makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kia Nurse makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Brittney Griner makes layup (Kia Nurse assists)
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 26-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
  • Liz Cambage misses layup
  • Kelsey Plum makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chelsea Gray assists)
  • Brittney Griner misses two point shot
  • Chelsea Gray makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Diana Taurasi makes 12-foot step back jumpshot
  • Brittney Griner makes 7-foot two point shot (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
  • Chelsea Gray makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Kelsey Plum assists)
  • Brittney Griner makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
  • A'ja Wilson makes 19-foot jumper (Chelsea Gray assists)
  • Diana Taurasi misses three point jumper
  • A'ja Wilson makes layup (Kelsey Plum assists)
  • Brittney Griner misses two point shot
  • Riquna Williams misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • A'ja Wilson makes two point shot
  • A'ja Wilson misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Kia Nurse makes three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
  • Kelsey Plum misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Kelsey Plum makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Diana Taurasi misses 13-foot step back jumpshot
  • A'ja Wilson misses layup
  • Brianna Turner misses layup
  • Brittney Griner makes two point shot
  • Chelsea Gray misses 9-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kelsey Plum makes layup (Kiah Stokes assists)
  • Diana Taurasi makes two point shot (Brittney Griner assists)
  • Chelsea Gray misses driving layup
  • Brittney Griner makes 17-foot jumper (Kia Nurse assists)
  • Brianna Turner blocks Kelsey Plum 's 5-foot driving layup
  • Kia Nurse misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Riquna Williams makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Riquna Williams makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Diana Taurasi misses three point jumper
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