Natisha Hiedeman makes game-winning 3-pointer and Lynx edge Mercury 74-71 for 6-0 start to season

— Natisha Hiedeman made a 3-pointer with 5.1 seconds remaining to lift the undefeated Minnesota Lynx to a 74-71 victory over the Phoenix Mercury on Friday night.
May 31, 2025, 05:31 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

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Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Kayla McBride makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bridget Carleton assists)
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Alanna Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kathryn Westbeld misses layup
  • Jessica Shepard makes 2-foot two point shot (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Kathryn Westbeld misses driving layup
  • Kitija Laksa misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Kalani Brown makes layup (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Sami Whitcomb makes 12-foot two point shot
  • Kayla McBride makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kayla McBride makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sami Whitcomb misses driving layup
  • Alanna Smith makes two point shot (Jessica Shepard assists)
  • Kalani Brown makes 1-foot layup (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Satou Sabally makes two point shot
  • Bridget Carleton misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kayla McBride misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kalani Brown makes layup (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Alanna Smith makes 3-foot layup (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Kitija Laksa makes two point shot (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Kayla McBride makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kayla McBride makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Satou Sabally misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Bridget Carleton misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Marieme Badiane misses layup
  • Bridget Carleton misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Marieme Badiane misses driving layup
  • Kitija Laksa misses driving floating jump shot
  • Courtney Williams makes 12-foot jumper
  • Murjanatu Musa makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Murjanatu Musa misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Kayla McBride misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Karlie Samuelson misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jessica Shepard makes driving layup (Karlie Samuelson assists)
  • Lexi Held misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla McBride misses 24-foot three point shot
  • Lexi Held makes layup (Satou Sabally assists)
  • Kathryn Westbeld blocks Karlie Samuelson 's 3-foot driving layup
  • Kayla McBride makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Kayla McBride makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Kayla McBride makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Satou Sabally misses running pullup jump shot
  • Natisha Hiedeman blocks Sevgi Uzun 's 25-foot three point jumper
  • Satou Sabally misses layup
  • Jessica Shepard misses 15-foot jumper
  • Karlie Samuelson misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses two point shot
  • Karlie Samuelson makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Natisha Hiedeman misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Satou Sabally makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Kitija Laksa assists)
  • Bridget Carleton makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 23-foot three point jumper (Satou Sabally assists)
  • Alanna Smith misses layup
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Bridget Carleton misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Sami Whitcomb makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Sami Whitcomb makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Alanna Smith makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bridget Carleton assists)
  • Satou Sabally makes driving layup (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Courtney Williams misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Natisha Hiedeman misses two point shot
  • Sami Whitcomb makes 24-foot running pullup jump shot (Satou Sabally assists)
  • Courtney Williams misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla McBride makes 1-foot layup (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Lexi Held misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Alanna Smith misses 3-foot two point shot
  • Satou Sabally misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Alanna Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Sami Whitcomb makes two point shot (Kitija Laksa assists)
  • Jessica Shepard makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jessica Shepard makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Lexi Held misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Alissa Pili misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Alissa Pili makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Satou Sabally makes technical free throw
  • Satou Sabally misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Satou Sabally misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Courtney Williams makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kalani Brown makes layup (Sevgi Uzun assists)
  • Kayla McBride misses two point shot
  • Satou Sabally misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kayla McBride misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Satou Sabally makes 1-foot two point shot
  • Kayla McBride makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kayla McBride makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sevgi Uzun makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Sevgi Uzun makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kayla McBride makes 27-foot three pointer
  • Alanna Smith blocks Satou Sabally 's 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Courtney Williams makes 21-foot pullup jump shot (Kayla McBride assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses driving layup
  • Satou Sabally makes two point shot (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Courtney Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Sami Whitcomb makes two point shot
  • Jessica Shepard misses 14-foot jumper
  • Kalani Brown makes layup (Satou Sabally assists)
  • Alanna Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla McBride makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Kitija Laksa misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kayla McBride misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kalani Brown makes two point shot (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Courtney Williams misses two point shot
  • Satou Sabally makes 1-foot layup (Kitija Laksa assists)
  • Bridget Carleton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kayla McBride assists)
  • Satou Sabally makes driving layup
  • Courtney Williams misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Alanna Smith blocks Kalani Brown 's 2-foot layup
  • Courtney Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kitija Laksa blocks Courtney Williams 's 2-foot layup
  • Alanna Smith makes 15-foot jumper (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Bridget Carleton misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Murjanatu Musa misses layup
  • Murjanatu Musa misses two point shot
  • Sevgi Uzun blocks Courtney Williams 's 8-foot driving layup
  • Courtney Williams misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Alanna Smith blocks Murjanatu Musa 's 3-foot layup
  • Sami Whitcomb makes 3-foot two point shot (Murjanatu Musa assists)
  • Alanna Smith misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Alanna Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Alanna Smith makes layup (Jessica Shepard assists)
  • Satou Sabally makes 1-foot layup (Kalani Brown assists)
  • Kalani Brown makes technical free throw
  • Natisha Hiedeman blocks Satou Sabally 's 4-foot driving layup
  • Alanna Smith makes 12-foot jumper (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
  • Lexi Held misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Karlie Samuelson misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Satou Sabally blocks Alanna Smith 's 1-foot two point shot
  • Lexi Held misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Satou Sabally misses tip shot
  • Kalani Brown makes layup
  • Alanna Smith makes 22-foot three point jumper (Kayla McBride assists)
  • Natisha Hiedeman makes 1-foot layup (Kayla McBride assists)
  • Kathryn Westbeld makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Natisha Hiedeman makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Natisha Hiedeman makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Lexi Held makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jessica Shepard misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses two point shot
  • Courtney Williams misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Lexi Held misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Natisha Hiedeman makes two point shot
  • Kayla McBride misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses two point shot
  • Courtney Williams misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
  • Alanna Smith misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Courtney Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jessica Shepard makes two point shot
  • Kathryn Westbeld misses 1-foot two point shot
  • Courtney Williams makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Satou Sabally makes 3-foot layup (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Courtney Williams misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Lexi Held misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Satou Sabally makes driving layup (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Alanna Smith makes 2-foot layup (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Alanna Smith blocks Satou Sabally 's 2-foot driving layup
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Lexi Held assists)
  • Courtney Williams makes 25-foot three point jumper (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
  • Kathryn Westbeld misses 24-foot three point shot
  • Natisha Hiedeman misses driving floating jump shot
  • Natisha Hiedeman makes 23-foot three point jumper (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
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