Lynx clinch spot in playoffs with 86-73 victory over Mercury

— Kayla McBride scored 23 points, Napheesa Collier and Dorka Juhász added double-doubles and the Minnesota Lynx clinched a spot in the playoffs by handing Phoenix its eighth straight loss with an 86-73 victory over the Mercury on Sunday.
Sep 4, 2023, 02:29 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

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According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Brittney Griner misses two point shot
  • Kayla McBride makes 11-foot two point shot (Dorka Juhasz assists)
  • Moriah Jefferson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sug Sutton assists)
  • Brianna Turner misses driving layup
  • Tiffany Mitchell misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Michaela Onyenwere misses 7-foot jumper
  • Diamond Miller misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Brittney Griner misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Michaela Onyenwere misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Dorka Juhasz misses 20-foot jumper
  • Moriah Jefferson makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Napheesa Collier makes 6-foot two point shot (Tiffany Mitchell assists)
  • Moriah Jefferson misses 14-foot jumper
  • Brittney Griner misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Michaela Onyenwere makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brittney Griner assists)
  • Diamond Miller misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Moriah Jefferson misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla McBride makes layup (Diamond Miller assists)
  • Michaela Onyenwere makes driving layup (Sug Sutton assists)
  • Dorka Juhasz misses 15-foot jumper
  • Kayla McBride makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kayla McBride makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Michaela Onyenwere misses 3-foot jumper
  • Dorka Juhasz makes 2-foot layup (Tiffany Mitchell assists)
  • Kayla McBride makes 2-foot layup (Napheesa Collier assists)
  • Kayla McBride makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Napheesa Collier blocks Ashley Joens 's 6-foot layup
  • Nikolina Milic makes 7-foot two point shot (Kayla McBride assists)
  • Madi Williams misses layup
  • Brianna Turner misses two point shot
  • Nikolina Milic misses 5-foot two point shot
  • Brittney Griner misses 2-foot jumper
  • Diamond Miller misses 4-foot jumper
  • Brianna Turner misses two point shot
  • Napheesa Collier misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Brittney Griner misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Rachel Banham makes 28-foot three point jumper (Aerial Powers assists)
  • Moriah Jefferson makes 24-foot three point jumper
  • Nikolina Milic misses layup
  • Michaela Onyenwere makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Michaela Onyenwere makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Bridget Carleton misses jumper
  • Brittney Griner misses layup
  • Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Rachel Banham misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Moriah Jefferson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Moriah Jefferson misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Sug Sutton makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Napheesa Collier blocks Michaela Onyenwere 's 5-foot driving layup
  • Brittney Griner misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Kadi Sissoko makes 24-foot three point jumper (Moriah Jefferson assists)
  • Kayla McBride misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Moriah Jefferson makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Diamond Miller makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Diamond Miller makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kayla McBride misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Moriah Jefferson misses 11-foot jumper
  • Napheesa Collier makes 11-foot two point shot (Dorka Juhasz assists)
  • Sug Sutton makes 15-foot two point shot
  • Sug Sutton misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kayla McBride misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Madi Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Sug Sutton misses driving layup
  • Dorka Juhasz makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Dorka Juhasz misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Kadi Sissoko makes 23-foot jump bank shot (Michaela Onyenwere assists)
  • Dorka Juhasz makes 2-foot two point shot (Bridget Carleton assists)
  • Dorka Juhasz misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Dorka Juhasz blocks Michaela Onyenwere 's 3-foot layup
  • Napheesa Collier misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Bridget Carleton makes 23-foot three point jumper (Aerial Powers assists)
  • Sug Sutton misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
  • Tiffany Mitchell makes 23-foot three point jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)
  • Moriah Jefferson makes pullup jump shot (Brittney Griner assists)
  • Aerial Powers makes 24-foot three point jumper (Dorka Juhasz assists)
  • Moriah Jefferson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brittney Griner assists)
  • Napheesa Collier makes technical free throw
  • Bridget Carleton misses 10-foot jumper
  • Dorka Juhasz misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Napheesa Collier makes two point shot
  • Brittney Griner makes two point shot (Moriah Jefferson assists)
  • Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Rachel Banham makes 23-foot three point jumper (Dorka Juhasz assists)
  • Rachel Banham makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Sug Sutton misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Sug Sutton makes two point shot
  • Aerial Powers misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Tiffany Mitchell misses driving layup
  • Napheesa Collier makes layup (Kayla McBride assists)
  • Moriah Jefferson misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Diamond Miller makes two point shot (Dorka Juhasz assists)
  • Brittney Griner makes 2-foot two point shot (Moriah Jefferson assists)
  • Kayla McBride makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tiffany Mitchell assists)
  • Dorka Juhasz misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Dorka Juhasz misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Brittney Griner makes 6-foot two point shot
  • Dorka Juhasz misses 20-foot jumper
  • Sug Sutton misses 11-foot jumper
  • Michaela Onyenwere blocks Napheesa Collier's layup
  • Kayla McBride makes 20-foot step back jumpshot
  • Napheesa Collier makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Napheesa Collier makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Madi Williams misses 15-foot jumper
  • Kayla McBride misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kadi Sissoko misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Kadi Sissoko misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Kayla McBride misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Napheesa Collier makes 10-foot two point shot (Kayla McBride assists)
  • Moriah Jefferson misses two point shot
  • Megan Gustafson misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Megan Gustafson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kayla McBride makes layup (Dorka Juhasz assists)
  • Sug Sutton misses jumper
  • Kayla McBride misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Michaela Onyenwere makes driving layup (Moriah Jefferson assists)
  • Nikolina Milic makes hook shot (Napheesa Collier assists)
  • Brittney Griner misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Bridget Carleton makes 23-foot three point jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)
  • Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Napheesa Collier misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Sug Sutton misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Diamond Miller misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nikolina Milic misses layup
  • Kayla McBride misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Napheesa Collier misses layup
  • Napheesa Collier makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Napheesa Collier makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Moriah Jefferson makes two point shot
  • Diamond Miller makes two point shot
  • Moriah Jefferson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Moriah Jefferson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kayla McBride misses 5-foot jumper
  • Kayla McBride makes two point shot (Nikolina Milic assists)
  • Moriah Jefferson misses jumper
  • Kadi Sissoko misses two point shot
  • Nikolina Milic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nikolina Milic misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Megan Gustafson misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Diamond Miller makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Diamond Miller misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Megan Gustafson misses 7-foot hook shot
  • Moriah Jefferson makes pullup jump shot
  • Brittney Griner makes 6-foot hook shot (Sug Sutton assists)
  • Napheesa Collier makes 21-foot jumper (Kayla McBride assists)
  • Brittney Griner misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Kayla McBride makes 26-foot three point jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)
  • Moriah Jefferson makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Sug Sutton misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla McBride misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Napheesa Collier misses two point shot
  • Moriah Jefferson makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Dorka Juhasz makes 21-foot jumper (Diamond Miller assists)
  • Napheesa Collier makes 1-foot layup (Dorka Juhasz assists)
  • Michaela Onyenwere misses two point shot
  • Tiffany Mitchell misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Dorka Juhasz blocks Ashley Joens 's 4-foot driving layup
  • Napheesa Collier misses two point shot
  • Diamond Miller misses layup
  • Diamond Miller misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla McBride misses pullup jump shot
  • Moriah Jefferson misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Napheesa Collier makes layup (Dorka Juhasz assists)
  • Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Tiffany Mitchell misses layup
  • Moriah Jefferson misses two point shot
  • Moriah Jefferson makes 12-foot jumper (Sug Sutton assists)
  • Kayla McBride misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Moriah Jefferson makes driving layup
  • Napheesa Collier misses 13-foot jumper
  • Moriah Jefferson makes 7-foot jumper
  • Kayla McBride makes layup (Tiffany Mitchell assists)
  • Napheesa Collier blocks Moriah Jefferson 's 8-foot two point shot
  • Kadi Sissoko misses 17-foot jumper
  • Napheesa Collier makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Napheesa Collier misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Tiffany Mitchell misses driving layup
  • Ashley Joens misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Dorka Juhasz makes 23-foot three point jumper (Diamond Miller assists)
  • Ashley Joens makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sug Sutton assists)
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