Mercury 112-105 Lynx (13 Jul, 2011) Play-by-Play

Phoenix Mercury

9-4, 5-3 away

112

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	27	21	25	39	112
MIN	21	28	27	29	105

Minnesota Lynx

7-4, 4-2 home

105

Maya Moore missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lindsay Whalen missed 15 ft Jumper.
Lindsay Whalen made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Maya Moore.
Seimone Augustus missed 20 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus missed 20 ft Jumper.
Monica Wright missed 17 ft Jumper.
Lindsay Whalen made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Amber Harris.
Lindsay Whalen missed 18 ft Jumper.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin missed Layup.
Amber Harris made Layup. Assisted by Taj McWilliams-Franklin.
Lindsay Whalen made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Taj McWilliams-Franklin.
Monica Wright made Driving Layup.
Monica Wright missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Charde Houston made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Monica Wright's Layup blocked by Penny Taylor.
Charde Houston missed Layup.
Lindsay Whalen missed 4 ft Jumper.
Amber Harris missed Tip Shot.
Seimone Augustus made 15 ft Two Point Shot.
Seimone Augustus made 9 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Charde Houston.
Charde Houston missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Charde Houston made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Charde Houston made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Maya Moore missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Charde Houston missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Charde Houston missed 18 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Seimone Augustus missed 5 ft Running Jumper.
Lindsay Whalen missed Layup.
Seimone Augustus made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Seimone Augustus made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Rebekkah Brunson made Driving Layup.
Lindsay Whalen made Layup. Assisted by Taj McWilliams-Franklin.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin missed 18 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus missed 18 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson's Layup blocked by Kara Braxton.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Maya Moore.
Maya Moore made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Taj McWilliams-Franklin.
Maya Moore made Layup. Assisted by Candice Wiggins.
Maya Moore made Technical Free Throw.
Maya Moore missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Candice Wiggins made 13 ft Two Point Shot.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin missed 16 ft Jumper.
Candice Wiggins made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rebekkah Brunson.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin made Driving Layup.
Seimone Augustus missed 16 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Candice Wiggins.
Seimone Augustus made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Seimone Augustus made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Lindsay Whalen missed Layup.
Seimone Augustus made 4 ft Two Point Shot.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 4 ft Running Jumper.
Lindsay Whalen made Driving Layup.
Lindsay Whalen missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Maya Moore missed 6 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus missed 6 ft Jumper.
Lindsay Whalen made 8 ft Two Point Shot.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Layup.
Amber Harris made Layup. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Seimone Augustus missed 16 ft Jumper.
Maya Moore missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lindsay Whalen missed 2 ft Two Point Shot.
Rebekkah Brunson made 2 ft Two Point Shot.
Maya Moore made Layup.
Seimone Augustus made 15 ft Two Point Shot.
Amber Harris made 4 ft Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Maya Moore made 2 ft Two Point Shot.
Maya Moore missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lindsay Whalen made 15 ft Two Point Shot.
Maya Moore missed 16 ft Jumper.
Candice Wiggins missed 15 ft Jumper.
Candice Wiggins made Driving Layup.
Alexis Hornbuckle missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made Two Point Shot.
Candice Wiggins made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Seimone Augustus.
Alexis Hornbuckle made Driving Layup.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin made 4 ft Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Seimone Augustus made Two Point Shot.
Lindsay Whalen made 21 ft Three Pointer. Assisted by Jessica Adair.
Seimone Augustus missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Maya Moore made 3 ft Two Point Shot.
Maya Moore made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Taj McWilliams-Franklin.
Maya Moore missed 7 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made Driving Layup.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Maya Moore made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Maya Moore made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Candice Wiggins missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Jessica Adair missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Jessica Adair missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Jessica Adair missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Jessica Adair missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Jessica Adair made 9 ft Jumper. Assisted by Seimone Augustus.
Jessica Adair missed 7 ft Jumper.
Maya Moore missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Seimone Augustus.
Maya Moore missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Lindsay Whalen made Driving Layup. Assisted by Maya Moore.
Maya Moore missed Three Point Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Maya Moore missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Maya Moore missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Penny Taylor made Layup. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Diana Taurasi made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Kara Braxton made Layup. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Candice Dupree made 14 ft Jumper.
Penny Taylor missed Layup.
Penny Taylor's 9 ft Jumper blocked by Candice Wiggins.
Penny Taylor made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Candice Dupree.
Kara Braxton made Layup. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Temeka Johnson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Candice Dupree made 11 ft Two Point Shot.
Diana Taurasi missed 19 ft Jumper.
Candice Dupree missed 16 ft Jumper.
Kara Braxton made Layup. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
DeWanna Bonner made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
DeWanna Bonner made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Marie Ferdinand-Harris missed 17 ft Jumper.
DeWanna Bonner missed 29 ft Three Point Jumper.
Candice Dupree made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Diana Taurasi missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Temeka Johnson made 16 ft Two Point Shot.
Kara Braxton's 5 ft Jumper blocked by Taj McWilliams-Franklin.
Diana Taurasi made 7 ft Running Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Diana Taurasi missed Layup.
Temeka Johnson missed 9 ft Jumper.
Penny Taylor missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Alexis Gray-Lawson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
DeWanna Bonner made 1 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kara Braxton.
Marie Ferdinand-Harris made Driving Layup.
Marie Ferdinand-Harris made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Candice Dupree's Layup blocked by Rebekkah Brunson.
DeWanna Bonner made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Diana Taurasi missed 27 ft Three Point Jumper.
Candice Dupree made Layup. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Diana Taurasi missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 13 ft Jumper.
Marie Ferdinand-Harris made Driving Layup.
Diana Taurasi made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marie Ferdinand-Harris.
Kara Braxton made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kara Braxton made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Candice Dupree made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Candice Dupree made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Candice Dupree missed 7 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Candice Dupree made Layup. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Candice Dupree made Layup. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Candice Dupree made 2 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Diana Taurasi made 9 ft Running Jumper.
Kara Braxton missed 10 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Alexis Gray-Lawson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
DeWanna Bonner made Layup. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
DeWanna Bonner made Free Throw 1 of 2.
DeWanna Bonner made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Penny Taylor missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nakia Sanford made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nakia Sanford missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Marie Ferdinand-Harris's Layup blocked by Rebekkah Brunson.
Diana Taurasi made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marie Ferdinand-Harris.
Marie Ferdinand-Harris missed 16 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 18 ft Jumper.
DeWanna Bonner made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nakia Sanford.
Diana Taurasi missed 44 ft Three Point Jumper.
Candice Dupree made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Diana Taurasi missed 15 ft Jumper.
Kara Braxton made Layup. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Kara Braxton made Layup. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Diana Taurasi missed 16 ft Jumper.
Candice Dupree's 3 ft Jumper blocked by Taj McWilliams-Franklin.
Candice Dupree missed Layup.
Penny Taylor made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Diana Taurasi made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Temeka Johnson made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Penny Taylor made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
DeWanna Bonner missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Penny Taylor made 6 ft Jumper.
Candice Dupree's 4 ft Jumper blocked by Taj McWilliams-Franklin.
Diana Taurasi made 10 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Candice Dupree.
Penny Taylor made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
DeWanna Bonner made Driving Layup. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
DeWanna Bonner made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Diana Taurasi missed 11 ft Jumper.
Penny Taylor missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Penny Taylor made Free Throw.
Penny Taylor made Free Throw.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 3.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 3.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 3 of 3.
Penny Taylor made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Penny Taylor missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
DeWanna Bonner made Free Throw 1 of 2.
DeWanna Bonner made Free Throw 2 of 2.
DeWanna Bonner made Free Throw 1 of 2.
DeWanna Bonner made Free Throw 2 of 2.

MERCURY

LYNX

TIME		PHX	MIN
10:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Kara Braxton vs. Taj McWilliams-Franklin. Rebekkah Brunson gains possession.	0	0
9:52	Maya Moore missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	0	0
9:49	Diana Taurasi Defensive Rebound.	0	0
9:42	Diana Taurasi made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.	3	0
9:23	Lindsay Whalen missed 15 ft Jumper.	3	0
9:22	Kara Braxton Defensive Rebound.	3	0
9:17	Penny Taylor made Layup. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.	5	0
9:00	Lindsay Whalen made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Maya Moore.	5	2
8:48	Diana Taurasi made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.	8	2
8:30	Seimone Augustus missed 20 ft Jumper.	8	2
8:30	Candice Dupree Defensive Rebound.	8	2
8:22	Kara Braxton made Layup. Assisted by Penny Taylor.	10	2
8:22	Minnesota Full Timeout.	10	2
8:06	Rebekkah Brunson Lost Ball. Stolen by Kara Braxton.	10	2
7:48	Candice Dupree made 14 ft Jumper.	12	2
7:26	Seimone Augustus missed 20 ft Jumper.	12	2
7:24	Temeka Johnson Defensive Rebound.	12	2
7:18	Penny Taylor missed Layup.	12	2
7:18	Phoenix Defensive Rebound.	12	2
7:18	Monica Wright enters the game for Maya Moore.	12	2
7:18	Candice Wiggins enters the game for Seimone Augustus.	12	2
7:05	Monica Wright missed 17 ft Jumper.	12	2
7:03	Minnesota Defensive Rebound.	12	2
7:03	Amber Harris enters the game for Rebekkah Brunson.	12	2
6:52	Penny Taylor's 9 ft Jumper blocked by Candice Wiggins.	12	2
6:52	Taj McWilliams-Franklin Defensive Rebound.	12	2
6:39	Lindsay Whalen made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Amber Harris.	12	4
6:22	Penny Taylor made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Candice Dupree.	15	4
6:05	Lindsay Whalen missed 18 ft Jumper.	15	4
6:03	Taj McWilliams-Franklin Offensive Rebound.	15	4
6:01	Taj McWilliams-Franklin missed Layup.	15	4
6:00	Candice Dupree Defensive Rebound.	15	4
5:52	Kara Braxton made Layup. Assisted by Penny Taylor.	17	4
5:50	Minnesota Full Timeout.	17	4
5:41	Diana Taurasi Personal Foul. Candice Wiggins gains possession.	17	4
5:35	Amber Harris made Layup. Assisted by Taj McWilliams-Franklin.	17	6
5:16	Temeka Johnson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	17	6
5:15	Candice Dupree Offensive Rebound.	17	6
5:11	Candice Dupree made 11 ft Two Point Shot.	19	6
4:58	Lindsay Whalen made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Taj McWilliams-Franklin.	19	8
4:47	Diana Taurasi missed 19 ft Jumper.	19	8
4:45	Taj McWilliams-Franklin Defensive Rebound.	19	8
4:39	Monica Wright made Driving Layup.	19	10
4:39	Penny Taylor Shooting Foul. Monica Wright gains possession.	19	10
4:39	Alexis Gray-Lawson enters the game for Temeka Johnson.	19	10
4:39	Charde Houston enters the game for Taj McWilliams-Franklin.	19	10
4:39	Monica Wright missed Free Throw 1 of 1.	19	10
4:39	Penny Taylor Defensive Rebound.	19	10
4:31	Candice Dupree missed 16 ft Jumper.	19	10
4:30	Monica Wright Defensive Rebound.	19	10
4:20	Charde Houston made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.	19	13
4:07	Alexis Gray-Lawson Lost Ball. Stolen by Lindsay Whalen.	19	13
4:01	Monica Wright's Layup blocked by Penny Taylor.	19	13
4:00	Charde Houston Offensive Rebound.	19	13
3:59	Charde Houston missed Layup.	19	13
3:58	Diana Taurasi Defensive Rebound.	19	13
3:53	Kara Braxton made Layup. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.	21	13
3:40	Lindsay Whalen missed 4 ft Jumper.	21	13
3:38	Amber Harris Offensive Rebound.	21	13
3:38	Amber Harris missed Tip Shot.	21	13
3:35	Kara Braxton Defensive Rebound.	21	13
3:31	Charde Houston Personal Foul. Penny Taylor gains possession.	21	13
3:31	DeWanna Bonner enters the game for Kara Braxton.	21	13
3:31	Marie Ferdinand-Harris enters the game for Penny Taylor.	21	13
3:31	Alexis Hornbuckle enters the game for Lindsay Whalen.	21	13
3:26	Monica Wright Personal Foul. Diana Taurasi gains possession.	21	13
3:26	Seimone Augustus enters the game for Monica Wright.	21	13
3:14	DeWanna Bonner made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.	24	13
2:56	Seimone Augustus made 15 ft Two Point Shot.	24	15
2:51	Diana Taurasi Turnover	24	15
2:51	Penny Taylor enters the game for Diana Taurasi.	24	15
2:51	Temeka Johnson enters the game for Alexis Gray-Lawson.	24	15
2:51	Maya Moore enters the game for Candice Wiggins.	24	15
2:41	Seimone Augustus made 9 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Charde Houston.	24	17
2:19	DeWanna Bonner made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Penny Taylor.	27	17
2:05	Charde Houston missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	27	17
2:03	Marie Ferdinand-Harris Defensive Rebound.	27	17
1:47	Temeka Johnson Lost Ball. Stolen by Alexis Hornbuckle.	27	17
1:47	Temeka Johnson Kicked Ball	27	17
1:47	Nakia Sanford enters the game for Candice Dupree.	27	17
1:47	Rebekkah Brunson enters the game for Amber Harris.	27	17
1:31	Temeka Johnson Shooting Foul. Rebekkah Brunson gains possession.	27	17
1:31	Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 1 of 2.	27	18
1:31	Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 2 of 2.	27	19
1:21	Nakia Sanford Offensive Foul. Maya Moore gains possession.	27	19
1:21	Nakia Sanford Foul	27	19
1:09	DeWanna Bonner Shooting Foul. Charde Houston gains possession.	27	19
1:09	Charde Houston made Free Throw 1 of 2.	27	20
1:09	Charde Houston made Free Throw 2 of 2.	27	21
58.9	Marie Ferdinand-Harris missed 17 ft Jumper.	27	21
57.5	Alexis Hornbuckle Defensive Rebound.	27	21
32.9	Maya Moore missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	27	21
31.7	Penny Taylor Defensive Rebound.	27	21
22.9	DeWanna Bonner missed 29 ft Three Point Jumper.	27	21
21.8	Rebekkah Brunson Defensive Rebound.	27	21
9.8	DeWanna Bonner Kicked Ball	27	21
3.9	Charde Houston missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	27	21
2.5	Minnesota Offensive Rebound.	27	21
0.2	Charde Houston missed 18 ft Jumper.	27	21
0.0	Minnesota Offensive Rebound.	27	21
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	27	21

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 3-2

Mercury
112
Lynx
105

Game 1

13/7

Lynx
106
Mercury
98

Game 2

20/7

Mercury
73
Lynx
90

Game 3

3/8

Lynx
80
Mercury
85

Game 4

10/8

Lynx
96
Mercury
90

Game 5

11/9

Target Center

6:00 PM, 13 July 2011

Minneapolis, MN

Referees:
Eric Brewton
Daryl Humphrey
Jeff Smith

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	30	10	.750	-	L1
Las Vegas	27	13	.675	3	W5
Seattle	25	15	.625	5	W1
Phoenix	19	21	.475	11	L1
Dallas	9	31	.225	21	L9
Los Angeles	8	32	.200	22	W1

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