Mercury 92-79 Lynx (19 Jun, 2014) Play-by-Play

Minnesota Lynx

9-4, 6-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	17	25	18	19	79
PHX	26	26	18	22	92

Phoenix Mercury

8-3, 4-1 home

Diana Taurasi misses 27-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner misses 7-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three point jumper (Candice Dupree assists)
Brittney Griner makes 3-foot two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
Penny Taylor misses three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes driving layup
Brittney Griner makes 7-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes 2-foot two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
Candice Dupree misses 17-foot jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes layup
DeWanna Bonner makes three point jumper (Erin Phillips assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes layup
Mistie Bass misses 3-foot jumper
Brittney Griner makes layup
Candice Dupree makes jumper (Penny Taylor assists)
Mistie Bass makes layup (Anete Jekabsone-Zogota assists)
Candice Dupree makes 4-foot jumper (Anete Jekabsone-Zogota assists)
Anete Jekabsone-Zogota misses 16-foot jumper
Erin Phillips makes 26-foot three point jumper (Mistie Bass assists)
Candice Dupree misses 6-foot jumper
Brittney Griner makes 10-foot two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
DeWanna Bonner misses 13-foot jump bank shot
Diana Taurasi makes 20-foot jumper (Brittney Griner assists)
Devereaux Peters blocks Candice Dupree 's 4-foot jumper
Candice Dupree makes 4-foot two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
Candice Dupree makes free throw 1 of 1
Penny Taylor makes driving layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 4-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point jumper
Penny Taylor misses three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes 4-foot jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 1 of 2
DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 2 of 2
Brittney Griner makes two point shot (Candice Dupree assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 24-foot three point jumper (Candice Dupree assists)
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 1
Candice Dupree makes free throw 1 of 2
Candice Dupree makes free throw 2 of 2
Candice Dupree misses 15-foot Regular Jump Shot
DeWanna Bonner makes 10-foot two point shot
Candice Dupree makes 5-foot two point shot
Brittney Griner makes 3-foot jumper (DeWanna Bonner assists)
Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 1
Diana Taurasi makes 13-foot two point shot
Brittney Griner misses 6-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brittney Griner assists)
Penny Taylor misses 24-foot three point jumper
Candice Dupree makes two point shot
Anete Jekabsone-Zogota misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner misses layup
Brittney Griner misses layup
Devereaux Peters blocks Mistie Bass 's 2-foot shot
DeWanna Bonner misses 7-foot jumper
Candice Dupree makes free throw 1 of 2
Candice Dupree makes free throw 2 of 2
Candice Dupree misses 19-foot jumper
Erin Phillips makes 20-foot jumper (DeWanna Bonner assists)
Anete Jekabsone-Zogota misses 24-foot three point jumper
Erin Phillips misses 24-foot three point jumper
Maya Moore blocks Mistie Bass's layup
Maya Moore blocks DeWanna Bonner's three point jumper
Penny Taylor misses driving layup
Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot Regular Jump Shot
Candice Dupree misses 10-foot jumper
Brittney Griner makes 13-foot jumper (Penny Taylor assists)
Penny Taylor misses 25-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses 10-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 24-foot three point jumper (Candice Dupree assists)
Brittney Griner makes 5-foot jumper (Erin Phillips assists)
Erin Phillips misses 24-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes driving layup
Diana Taurasi makes 24-foot three pointer
Candice Dupree makes 4-foot two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi misses two point jumper
Candice Dupree makes layup (Erin Phillips assists)
DeWanna Bonner makes layup (Erin Phillips assists)
Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2
Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2
Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
Lindsay Whalen misses 12-foot jumper
Maya Moore makes 11-foot jumper (Janel McCarville assists)
Damiris Dantas misses layup
Lindsay Whalen misses 16-foot jumper
Maya Moore misses jumper
Maya Moore misses Running Jumper
Maya Moore makes 24-foot three point jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Maya Moore misses 25-foot three point jumper
Candice Dupree blocks Janel McCarville 's 2-foot shot
Maya Moore makes layup (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Damiris Dantas makes 5-foot jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Lindsay Whalen misses 13-foot two point shot
Damiris Dantas makes 20-foot jumper (Monica Wright assists)
Monica Wright makes driving layup
Monica Wright misses jumper
Maya Moore makes layup (Damiris Dantas assists)
Lindsay Whalen makes driving layup
Lindsay Whalen makes two point shot
Lindsay Whalen makes driving layup
Maya Moore makes two point shot (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Maya Moore makes 13-foot two point shot
Janel McCarville makes jumper (Maya Moore assists)
Maya Moore makes 18-foot jumper (Tricia Liston assists)
Devereaux Peters makes 18-foot jumper (Maya Moore assists)
Devereaux Peters misses 18-foot jumper
Tan White misses 24-foot three point jumper
Janel McCarville makes two point shot
Lindsay Whalen makes two point shot
Janel McCarville misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tricia Liston misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tricia Liston misses 24-foot three point jumper
Maya Moore makes 15-foot two point shot
Lindsay Whalen misses free throw 1 of 2
Lindsay Whalen makes free throw 2 of 2
Maya Moore makes 3-foot two point shot
Damiris Dantas makes layup (Maya Moore assists)
Tan White misses 17-foot jumper
Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 2
Maya Moore makes free throw 2 of 2
Lindsay Whalen misses driving layup
Janel McCarville misses 13-foot jump bank shot
Candice Dupree blocks Damiris Dantas 's 3-foot jumper
Maya Moore misses 23-foot three point jumper
Maya Moore makes 3-foot jumper (Janel McCarville assists)
Brittney Griner blocks Asia Taylor 's 3-foot jumper
Lindsay Whalen makes 5-foot two point shot
Lindsay Whalen makes free throw 1 of 2
Lindsay Whalen makes free throw 2 of 2
Devereaux Peters misses jumper
Brittney Griner blocks Lindsay Whalen 's 4-foot two point shot
Monica Wright makes free throw 1 of 2
Monica Wright makes free throw 2 of 2
Monica Wright misses 15-foot jumper
Lindsay Whalen makes 3-foot two point shot
Lindsay Whalen misses free throw 1 of 1
Monica Wright misses 14-foot jumper
Devereaux Peters makes 19-foot jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 2
Maya Moore makes free throw 2 of 2
Maya Moore makes layup
Maya Moore misses 29-foot three point jumper
Lindsay Whalen makes two point shot
Lindsay Whalen misses driving layup
Maya Moore misses 25-foot three point jumper
Maya Moore makes three point jumper (Devereaux Peters assists)
DeWanna Bonner blocks Lindsay Whalen 's 4-foot jumper
Maya Moore misses 24-foot three point jumper
Maya Moore makes 19-foot jumper
Maya Moore misses 17-foot jumper
Maya Moore makes 12-foot jumper
Maya Moore makes 7-foot two point shot
Tricia Liston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Janel McCarville assists)
Maya Moore misses 25-foot three point jumper
Maya Moore misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tricia Liston misses 19-foot jumper
Lindsay Whalen makes jumper
Lindsay Whalen makes free throw 1 of 1
Janel McCarville misses 19-foot jumper
Lindsay Whalen makes 16-foot jumper (Damiris Dantas assists)
Tricia Liston misses driving layup
Janel McCarville misses three point jumper
Maya Moore misses 24-foot three point jumper

LYNX

MERCURY

TIME		MIN	PHX
10:00	Janel McCarville vs. Brittney Griner (DeWanna Bonner gains possession)	0	0
9:33	Diana Taurasi misses 27-foot three point jumper	0	0
9:32	Janel McCarville defensive rebound	0	0
9:25	Lindsay Whalen misses 12-foot jumper	0	0
9:22	Diana Taurasi defensive rebound	0	0
9:10	Brittney Griner misses 7-foot two point shot	0	0
9:08	Maya Moore defensive rebound	0	0
8:48	Maya Moore makes 11-foot jumper (Janel McCarville assists)	2	0
8:30	Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three point jumper (Candice Dupree assists)	2	3
8:10	Damiris Dantas misses layup	2	3
8:07	Brittney Griner defensive rebound	2	3
8:00	Penny Taylor bad pass	2	3
7:50	Lindsay Whalen misses 16-foot jumper	2	3
7:48	DeWanna Bonner defensive rebound	2	3
7:39	Brittney Griner makes 3-foot two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)	2	5
7:26	Maya Moore misses jumper	2	5
7:24	Brittney Griner defensive rebound	2	5
7:13	Penny Taylor misses three point jumper	2	5
7:11	Lindsay Whalen defensive rebound	2	5
7:01	Maya Moore misses Running Jumper	2	5
7:00	Candice Dupree defensive rebound	2	5
6:50	DeWanna Bonner makes driving layup	2	7
6:43	Minnesota Full timeout	2	7
6:30	Maya Moore makes 24-foot three point jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)	5	7
6:09	Brittney Griner makes 7-foot two point shot	5	9
5:52	Maya Moore misses 25-foot three point jumper	5	9
5:52	Diana Taurasi defensive rebound	5	9
5:26	Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point jumper	5	9
5:26	Phoenix offensive team rebound	5	9
5:26	shot clock turnover	5	9
5:11	Candice Dupree blocks Janel McCarville 's 2-foot shot	5	9
5:09	Brittney Griner defensive rebound	5	9
4:50	Brittney Griner makes 2-foot two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)	5	11
4:28	Maya Moore makes layup (Lindsay Whalen assists)	7	11
4:09	Candice Dupree misses 17-foot jumper	7	11
4:09	DeWanna Bonner offensive rebound	7	11
4:01	DeWanna Bonner makes layup	7	13
3:44	Damiris Dantas makes 5-foot jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)	9	13
3:33	Tan White personal foul (Diana Taurasi draws the foul)	9	13
3:33	Monica Wright enters the game for Lindsay Whalen	9	13
3:33	Erin Phillips enters the game for Candice Dupree	9	13
3:33	Mistie Bass enters the game for Penny Taylor	9	13
3:31	Tan White personal foul (Diana Taurasi draws the foul)	9	13
3:31	Lindsay Whalen enters the game for Tan White	9	13
3:18	DeWanna Bonner makes three point jumper (Erin Phillips assists)	9	16
3:02	Lindsay Whalen misses 13-foot two point shot	9	16
3:00	Brittney Griner defensive rebound	9	16
2:48	Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper	9	16
2:47	Brittney Griner offensive rebound	9	16
2:46	Brittney Griner makes layup	9	18
2:21	Janel McCarville bad pass (Erin Phillips steals)	9	18
2:15	DeWanna Bonner bad pass (Maya Moore steals)	9	18
2:12	Erin Phillips personal foul (Lindsay Whalen draws the foul)	9	18
2:12	Anete Jekabsone-Zogota enters the game for Diana Taurasi	9	18
2:12	Devereaux Peters enters the game for Janel McCarville	9	18
2:03	Damiris Dantas makes 20-foot jumper (Monica Wright assists)	11	18
1:50	Mistie Bass misses 3-foot jumper	11	18
1:49	Brittney Griner offensive rebound	11	18
1:46	Brittney Griner makes layup	11	20
1:29	Erin Phillips personal foul (Maya Moore draws the foul)	11	20
1:29	Candice Dupree enters the game for Brittney Griner	11	20
1:29	Penny Taylor enters the game for DeWanna Bonner	11	20
1:15	Monica Wright makes driving layup	13	20
57.0	Candice Dupree makes jumper (Penny Taylor assists)	13	22
41.0	Monica Wright misses jumper	13	22
38.0	Candice Dupree defensive rebound	13	22
35.0	Mistie Bass makes layup (Anete Jekabsone-Zogota assists)	13	24
21.0	Maya Moore makes layup (Damiris Dantas assists)	15	24
21.0	Phoenix delay of game violation	15	24
6.0	Candice Dupree makes 4-foot jumper (Anete Jekabsone-Zogota assists)	15	26
0.0	Lindsay Whalen makes driving layup	17	26
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	17	26

Regular Season Series

PHX wins 3-1

Mercury
80
Lynx
72

Game 1

15/6

Lynx
79
Mercury
92

Game 2

19/6

Mercury
67
Lynx
75

Game 3

1/8

Lynx
80
Mercury
82

Game 4

10/8

Footprint Center

3:00 AM, 19 June 2014

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 8,963

Referees:
Tom Mauer
Roy Gulbeyan
Michael Price

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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