Lynx 82-77 Mercury (21 Jul, 2013) Play-by-Play

Minnesota Lynx

13-3, 6-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	17	19	23	23	82
PHX	18	26	20	13	77

Phoenix Mercury

9-8, 3-5 home

Maya Moore blocks Charde Houston 's 2-foot layup
Briana Gilbreath misses jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 17-foot two point shot
Briana Gilbreath makes layup (Charde Houston assists)
Candice Dupree makes two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 16-foot two point shot
Krystal Thomas makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Seimone Augustus blocks Diana Taurasi 's 6-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes 14-foot jumper
Candice Dupree makes free throw 1 of 2
Candice Dupree makes free throw 2 of 2
Charde Houston misses 7-foot jumper
Charde Houston makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jasmine James assists)
Candice Dupree misses jumper
Krystal Thomas misses free throw 1 of 2
Krystal Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2
Jasmine James makes 9-foot two point shot (DeWanna Bonner assists)
Charde Houston misses 3-foot
Jasmine James misses 26-foot
Jasmine James makes 13-foot jumper
Maya Moore blocks Krystal Thomas's layup
Krystal Thomas makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi misses three point jumper
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2
Candice Dupree misses 6-foot hook shot
Diana Taurasi makes three point jumper
Diana Taurasi misses free throw 1 of 1
Diana Taurasi makes driving layup
Diana Taurasi misses driving layup
Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes 22-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper
Candice Dupree makes two point shot
DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 1 of 2
DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 2 of 2
Candice Dupree makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Krystal Thomas makes layup (Briana Gilbreath assists)
DeWanna Bonner misses 23-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi makes driving layup
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2
Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes 27-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 22-foot three point jumper (DeWanna Bonner assists)
DeWanna Bonner makes 17-foot jumper (Charde Houston assists)
Briana Gilbreath makes 18-foot jumper (DeWanna Bonner assists)
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2
Candice Dupree misses driving layup
Charde Houston misses jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses 23-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi makes layup (Candice Dupree assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 16-foot jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 1 of 2
DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 2 of 2
DeWanna Bonner misses driving layup
DeWanna Bonner makes two point shot
Jasmine James misses two point shot
DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 1 of 2
DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 2 of 2
DeWanna Bonner misses 31-foot three point jumper
Charde Houston misses Regular Jump Shot
Krystal Thomas misses layup
Candice Dupree misses 16-foot jumper
Candice Dupree makes jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses 27-foot
DeWanna Bonner misses 4-foot
Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
Rebekkah Brunson blocks Diana Taurasi 's 23-foot three point jumper
Candice Dupree misses layup
Janel McCarville blocks Diana Taurasi 's 7-foot jumper
Candice Dupree misses layup
DeWanna Bonner misses 25-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 23-foot
Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes 24-foot three point jumper (Krystal Thomas assists)
Diana Taurasi makes driving layup
Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi misses free throw 1 of 2
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2
DeWanna Bonner misses free throw 1 of 3
DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 2 of 3
DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 3 of 3
DeWanna Bonner misses 29-foot three point jumper
Lindsay Whalen makes 15-foot two point shot
Seimone Augustus makes 18-foot jumper (Maya Moore assists)
Lindsay Whalen makes 17-foot jumper
Seimone Augustus misses 23-foot three point jumper
Lindsay Whalen misses 14-foot jumper
Maya Moore misses 23-foot three point jumper
Rebekkah Brunson misses 10-foot jumper
Seimone Augustus misses 23-foot three point jumper
Rebekkah Brunson misses 16-foot jumper
Janel McCarville makes free throw 1 of 2
Janel McCarville makes free throw 2 of 2
Rebekkah Brunson misses free throw 1 of 2
Rebekkah Brunson misses free throw 2 of 2
Maya Moore misses jumper
Devereaux Peters makes 14-foot two point shot (Monica Wright assists)
Monica Wright misses jumper
Monica Wright makes 24-foot three point jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Janel McCarville makes layup (Devereaux Peters assists)
Monica Wright makes jumper
Sugar Rodgers misses 23-foot three point jumper
Monica Wright misses three point jumper
Monica Wright makes 6-foot jumper
Maya Moore misses 23-foot three point jumper
Lindsay Whalen misses 18-foot jumper
Lindsay Whalen misses 17-foot jumper
Seimone Augustus misses technical free throw
Monica Wright misses 23-foot three point jumper
Seimone Augustus makes 7-foot two point shot
Janel McCarville misses hook shot
Maya Moore misses tip shot
Maya Moore misses 10-foot jumper
Maya Moore makes 23-foot three point jumper (Seimone Augustus assists)
Janel McCarville makes free throw 1 of 2
Janel McCarville makes free throw 2 of 2
Seimone Augustus misses 17-foot jumper
Krystal Thomas blocks Rebekkah Brunson's layup
Krystal Thomas blocks Rebekkah Brunson's layup
Rebekkah Brunson makes two point shot
Rebekkah Brunson makes 7-foot jumper
Lindsay Whalen misses 23-foot three point jumper
Janel McCarville makes 19-foot jumper (Seimone Augustus assists)
Briana Gilbreath blocks Rebekkah Brunson's layup
Seimone Augustus makes 19-foot jumper
Lindsay Whalen makes 16-foot two point shot (Janel McCarville assists)
Maya Moore makes two point shot (Janel McCarville assists)
Rebekkah Brunson makes driving layup
Seimone Augustus makes driving layup
Rebekkah Brunson makes layup
Maya Moore misses three point jumper
Rebekkah Brunson makes layup
Maya Moore makes layup (Seimone Augustus assists)
Seimone Augustus misses 23-foot three point jumper
Janel McCarville misses 17-foot jumper
Rebekkah Brunson misses 3-foot jumper
Janel McCarville misses 21-foot jumper
Seimone Augustus makes 17-foot jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Seimone Augustus makes 20-foot jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Rebekkah Brunson makes 14-foot jumper (Janel McCarville assists)
Rebekkah Brunson misses free throw 1 of 2
Rebekkah Brunson misses free throw 2 of 2
Seimone Augustus makes 23-foot three point jumper (Monica Wright assists)
Seimone Augustus misses jumper
Maya Moore misses 19-foot jumper
Lindsay Whalen makes 12-foot two point shot
Lindsay Whalen misses 20-foot jumper
Lindsay Whalen makes 19-foot jumper
Lindsay Whalen makes 18-foot jumper
Sugar Rodgers misses three point jumper
Devereaux Peters misses 11-foot two point shot
Lindsay Whalen misses 8-foot jumper
Lindsay Whalen misses 19-foot jumper
Devereaux Peters misses 10-foot two point shot
Charde Houston blocks Lindsay Whalen 's 3-foot jumper
Maya Moore misses 23-foot three point jumper
Candice Dupree blocks Rebekkah Brunson 's 1-foot layup
Rebekkah Brunson misses 17-foot jumper
Monica Wright makes layup
Monica Wright misses free throw 1 of 1
Seimone Augustus misses 18-foot jumper
Janel McCarville misses 23-foot three point jumper
Rebekkah Brunson makes layup (Maya Moore assists)
Lindsay Whalen misses 5-foot jumper
Rebekkah Brunson makes free throw 1 of 2
Rebekkah Brunson makes free throw 2 of 2
Rebekkah Brunson makes free throw 1 of 2
Rebekkah Brunson makes free throw 2 of 2
Lindsay Whalen makes 17-foot jumper (Janel McCarville assists)
Maya Moore misses 22-foot three point jumper
Maya Moore makes 23-foot three point jumper (Seimone Augustus assists)
Maya Moore makes layup
Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 2
Maya Moore makes free throw 2 of 2
Janel McCarville misses free throw 1 of 2
Janel McCarville makes free throw 2 of 2
Lindsay Whalen makes free throw 1 of 2
Lindsay Whalen misses free throw 2 of 2

LYNX

MERCURY

TIME		MIN	PHX
10:00	Janel McCarville vs. DeWanna Bonner (Diana Taurasi gains possession)	0	0
9:45	Charde Houston bad pass (Janel McCarville steals)	0	0
9:41	Lindsay Whalen makes 15-foot two point shot	2	0
9:17	Maya Moore blocks Charde Houston 's 2-foot layup	2	0
9:14	Maya Moore defensive rebound	2	0
9:10	Seimone Augustus makes 18-foot jumper (Maya Moore assists)	4	0
8:47	Briana Gilbreath misses jumper	4	0
8:45	Maya Moore defensive rebound	4	0
8:40	Lindsay Whalen makes 17-foot jumper	6	0
8:25	Diana Taurasi misses 17-foot two point shot	6	0
8:22	Maya Moore defensive rebound	6	0
8:12	Seimone Augustus misses 23-foot three point jumper	6	0
8:11	Rebekkah Brunson offensive rebound	6	0
8:07	Lindsay Whalen misses 14-foot jumper	6	0
8:06	Candice Dupree defensive rebound	6	0
7:58	Diana Taurasi bad pass (Janel McCarville steals)	6	0
7:54	Lindsay Whalen bad pass (Briana Gilbreath steals)	6	0
7:43	Briana Gilbreath makes layup (Charde Houston assists)	6	2
7:28	Maya Moore misses 23-foot three point jumper	6	2
7:26	Rebekkah Brunson offensive rebound	6	2
7:22	Rebekkah Brunson misses 10-foot jumper	6	2
7:22	DeWanna Bonner defensive rebound	6	2
7:13	Candice Dupree makes two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)	6	4
6:58	Seimone Augustus misses 23-foot three point jumper	6	4
6:58	DeWanna Bonner defensive rebound	6	4
6:48	Candice Dupree traveling	6	4
6:31	Rebekkah Brunson misses 16-foot jumper	6	4
6:31	Janel McCarville offensive rebound	6	4
6:31	Charde Houston shooting foul (Janel McCarville draws the foul)	6	4
6:31	Janel McCarville makes free throw 1 of 2	7	4
6:31	Krystal Thomas enters the game for Charde Houston	7	4
6:31	Janel McCarville makes free throw 2 of 2	8	4
6:16	Lindsay Whalen personal foul (Candice Dupree draws the foul)	8	4
6:11	Diana Taurasi makes 16-foot two point shot	8	6
5:56	Briana Gilbreath shooting foul (Rebekkah Brunson draws the foul)	8	6
5:56	Rebekkah Brunson misses free throw 1 of 2	8	6
5:56	Minnesota offensive team rebound	8	6
5:56	Rebekkah Brunson misses free throw 2 of 2	8	6
5:56	Krystal Thomas defensive rebound	8	6
5:48	Krystal Thomas offensive foul (Lindsay Whalen draws the foul)	8	6
5:48	Krystal Thomas turnover	8	6
5:48	Devereaux Peters enters the game for Lindsay Whalen	8	6
5:48	Monica Wright enters the game for Rebekkah Brunson	8	6
5:33	Seimone Augustus bad pass	8	6
5:18	Krystal Thomas makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)	8	8
5:01	Maya Moore misses jumper	8	8
5:01	Diana Taurasi defensive rebound	8	8
4:54	Seimone Augustus blocks Diana Taurasi 's 6-foot jumper	8	8
4:52	Candice Dupree offensive rebound	8	8
4:48	Devereaux Peters personal block (Candice Dupree draws the foul)	8	8
4:48	Official timeout	8	8
4:48	Charde Houston enters the game for Briana Gilbreath	8	8
4:48	Sugar Rodgers enters the game for Seimone Augustus	8	8
4:39	Krystal Thomas bad pass (Devereaux Peters steals)	8	8
4:33	Devereaux Peters makes 14-foot two point shot (Monica Wright assists)	10	8
4:11	Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper	10	8
4:09	Sugar Rodgers defensive rebound	10	8
3:59	Monica Wright misses jumper	10	8
3:58	Candice Dupree defensive rebound	10	8
3:51	DeWanna Bonner makes 14-foot jumper	10	10
3:29	Maya Moore bad pass (Krystal Thomas steals)	10	10
3:19	Sugar Rodgers shooting foul (Candice Dupree draws the foul)	10	10
3:19	Candice Dupree makes free throw 1 of 2	10	11
3:19	Jasmine James enters the game for Diana Taurasi	10	11
3:19	Lindsay Whalen enters the game for Maya Moore	10	11
3:19	Candice Dupree makes free throw 2 of 2	10	12
3:11	Charde Houston personal foul (Monica Wright draws the foul)	10	12
3:11	Alexis Hornbuckle enters the game for DeWanna Bonner	10	12
3:01	Monica Wright makes 24-foot three point jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)	13	12
2:50	Charde Houston misses 7-foot jumper	13	12
2:50	Minnesota defensive team rebound	13	12
2:38	Monica Wright bad pass	13	12
2:27	Charde Houston makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jasmine James assists)	13	15
2:12	Janel McCarville makes layup (Devereaux Peters assists)	15	15
1:49	Candice Dupree misses jumper	15	15
1:47	Lindsay Whalen defensive rebound	15	15
1:36	Monica Wright makes jumper	17	15
1:10	Janel McCarville shooting foul (Krystal Thomas draws the foul)	17	15
1:10	Krystal Thomas misses free throw 1 of 2	17	15
1:10	Phoenix offensive team rebound	17	15
1:10	DeWanna Bonner enters the game for Candice Dupree	17	15
1:10	Rebekkah Brunson enters the game for Janel McCarville	17	15
1:10	Krystal Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2	17	16
1:00	Sugar Rodgers misses 23-foot three point jumper	17	16
59.0	DeWanna Bonner defensive rebound	17	16
45.0	Jasmine James makes 9-foot two point shot (DeWanna Bonner assists)	17	18
32.0	Monica Wright misses three point jumper	17	18
31.0	DeWanna Bonner defensive rebound	17	18
7.0	Charde Houston misses 3-foot	17	18
5.0	Krystal Thomas offensive rebound	17	18
0.0	Jasmine James misses 26-foot	17	18
0.0	Phoenix offensive team rebound	17	18
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	17	18

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 5-0

Mercury
79
Lynx
99

Game 1

7/6

Lynx
80
Mercury
69

Game 2

20/6

Mercury
59
Lynx
91

Game 3

8/7

Lynx
82
Mercury
77

Game 4

21/7

Mercury
69
Lynx
81

Game 5

24/7

Footprint Center

11:00 PM, 21 July 2013

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 9,806

Referees:
Brenda Pantoja
Kurt Walker
Maj Forsberg

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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