Mercury 82-80 Lynx (10 Aug, 2014) Play-by-Play

Minnesota Lynx

25-9, 10-7 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	28	14	22	16	80
PHX	20	23	18	21	82

Phoenix Mercury

29-5, 16-1 home

Maya Moore blocks Candice Dupree's jumper
Brittney Griner misses 5-foot two point shot
Penny Taylor makes 4-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi misses 18-foot jumper
Janel McCarville blocks Diana Taurasi's layup
Brittney Griner makes layup (DeWanna Bonner assists)
DeWanna Bonner misses two point shot
Candice Dupree makes two point shot (DeWanna Bonner assists)
Maya Moore blocks Diana Taurasi 's 8-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 4-foot jumper
Penny Taylor misses 17-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi makes driving layup
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 1
Brittney Griner misses 2-foot hook shot
Diana Taurasi misses 16-foot two point jumper
Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2
Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
Candice Dupree misses jumper
Brittney Griner makes 2-foot two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
Erin Phillips misses 24-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes driving layup
Diana Taurasi makes technical free throw
Diana Taurasi misses 20-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2
DeWanna Bonner misses 68-foot three point jumper
Candice Dupree makes jumper (Erin Phillips assists)
Candice Dupree misses running hook shot
DeWanna Bonner misses 24-foot three point jumper
Erin Phillips misses 13-foot two point jumper
Penny Taylor makes 7-foot two point shot
Penny Taylor makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Brittney Griner makes layup (Penny Taylor assists)
DeWanna Bonner misses free throw 1 of 2
DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 2 of 2
DeWanna Bonner makes two point shot
Eshaya Murphy makes layup
Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2
Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
Candice Dupree misses 4-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes driving layup
Brittney Griner makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
DeWanna Bonner makes 15-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi misses 11-foot Running Jumper
Candice Dupree misses 14-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 5-foot jumper (Brittney Griner assists)
DeWanna Bonner misses layup
Brittney Griner makes jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
DeWanna Bonner makes three point jumper (Brittney Griner assists)
Candice Dupree misses 19-foot jumper
Penny Taylor misses driving layup
DeWanna Bonner misses two point shot
Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
Eshaya Murphy makes driving layup
Candice Dupree misses layup
Brittney Griner misses tip shot
Diana Taurasi misses 5-foot Running Jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 11-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi makes 6-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 1
Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brittney Griner assists)
Eshaya Murphy misses layup
Brittney Griner makes two point shot
Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 1
DeWanna Bonner misses 25-foot three point jumper
Penny Taylor misses 4-foot jumper
Candice Dupree misses 11-foot two point shot
Penny Taylor makes 24-foot three point jumper (Eshaya Murphy assists)
Penny Taylor makes free throw 1 of 2
Penny Taylor makes free throw 2 of 2
DeWanna Bonner makes 25-foot three point jumper (Penny Taylor assists)
Brittney Griner misses two point shot
DeWanna Bonner misses 26-foot three point jumper
Penny Taylor makes free throw 1 of 2
Penny Taylor makes free throw 2 of 2
Brittney Griner makes layup (Penny Taylor assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 17-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi makes 17-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi misses 29-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 17-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 28-foot three point jumper
Candice Dupree misses 19-foot jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses 4-foot jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 1 of 2
DeWanna Bonner misses free throw 2 of 2
Candice Dupree makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 20-foot two point shot
Maya Moore makes layup
Brittney Griner blocks Rebekkah Brunson 's 4-foot shot
Lindsay Whalen misses 18-foot jumper
Lindsay Whalen makes 17-foot two point shot
Lindsay Whalen misses two point shot
Maya Moore makes 25-foot three point jumper
Janel McCarville makes 23-foot three point jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Maya Moore makes 24-foot three point jumper (Janel McCarville assists)
Maya Moore misses 24-foot three point jumper
Maya Moore makes layup
Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 1
Maya Moore misses 13-foot jumper
Seimone Augustus makes 16-foot jumper
Monica Wright makes jumper (Devereaux Peters assists)
Rebekkah Brunson makes 14-foot jumper (Monica Wright assists)
Monica Wright makes 17-foot two point shot
Maya Moore misses 24-foot three point jumper
Maya Moore makes 17-foot two point shot
Rebekkah Brunson misses jumper
Devereaux Peters makes 13-foot jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Devereaux Peters misses 10-foot jumper
Seimone Augustus misses free throw 1 of 2
Seimone Augustus makes free throw 2 of 2
Janel McCarville makes 20-foot jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Seimone Augustus misses 9-foot jump bank shot
Lindsay Whalen makes layup (Seimone Augustus assists)
Lindsay Whalen misses 14-foot two point jumper
Maya Moore misses 15-foot jumper
Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 2
Maya Moore makes free throw 2 of 2
Maya Moore misses jumper
Seimone Augustus makes 20-foot two point shot
Maya Moore makes 12-foot two point shot
Seimone Augustus makes 28-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi blocks Seimone Augustus's layup
Devereaux Peters misses two point shot
Rebekkah Brunson misses 17-foot jumper
Devereaux Peters misses 19-foot jumper
Maya Moore misses 24-foot three point jumper
Maya Moore makes layup (Janel McCarville assists)
Maya Moore makes 23-foot three point jumper
Rebekkah Brunson misses jumper
Seimone Augustus misses jumper
Seimone Augustus misses 16-foot jumper
Seimone Augustus misses jumper
Lindsay Whalen makes 18-foot jumper
Seimone Augustus makes free throw 1 of 2
Seimone Augustus makes free throw 2 of 2
Lindsay Whalen makes driving layup
Janel McCarville misses jumper
Janel McCarville makes 24-foot three point jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Lindsay Whalen makes layup (Seimone Augustus assists)
Seimone Augustus makes free throw 1 of 2
Seimone Augustus makes free throw 2 of 2
Devereaux Peters misses layup
Monica Wright misses 17-foot jumper
Maya Moore misses layup
Tan White makes layup
Tan White makes jumper
Maya Moore misses 18-foot jumper
Tan White misses free throw 1 of 2
Tan White misses free throw 2 of 2
Tan White makes two point shot
Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 2
Maya Moore makes free throw 2 of 2
Seimone Augustus misses 19-foot jumper
Devereaux Peters misses 17-foot jumper
Seimone Augustus makes 7-foot two point shot (Janel McCarville assists)
Maya Moore misses 16-foot two point jumper
Maya Moore makes driving layup (Janel McCarville assists)
Maya Moore makes 10-foot jumper
Lindsay Whalen misses 18-foot jumper
Janel McCarville misses 24-foot three point jumper
Seimone Augustus makes 18-foot two point shot
Seimone Augustus makes two point shot
Seimone Augustus misses 21-foot jumper
Seimone Augustus misses 24-foot three point jumper
Maya Moore makes 7-foot two point shot
Brittney Griner blocks Lindsay Whalen 's 5-foot jumper

LYNX

MERCURY

TIME		MIN	PHX
10:00	Janel McCarville vs. Brittney Griner (Diana Taurasi gains possession)	0	0
9:45	Maya Moore blocks Candice Dupree's jumper	0	0
9:44	Maya Moore defensive rebound	0	0
9:41	Maya Moore makes layup	2	0
9:21	Brittney Griner misses 5-foot two point shot	2	0
9:18	Rebekkah Brunson defensive rebound	2	0
9:08	Brittney Griner blocks Rebekkah Brunson 's 4-foot shot	2	0
9:07	Candice Dupree defensive rebound	2	0
9:00	Penny Taylor makes 4-foot two point shot	2	2
8:40	Lindsay Whalen misses 18-foot jumper	2	2
8:38	Lindsay Whalen offensive rebound	2	2
8:34	Lindsay Whalen makes 17-foot two point shot	4	2
8:27	Janel McCarville personal foul (Brittney Griner draws the foul)	4	2
8:21	Diana Taurasi misses 18-foot jumper	4	2
8:19	Rebekkah Brunson defensive rebound	4	2
8:07	Lindsay Whalen misses two point shot	4	2
8:03	Candice Dupree defensive rebound	4	2
8:00	Janel McCarville blocks Diana Taurasi's layup	4	2
8:00	Phoenix offensive team rebound	4	2
7:58	Brittney Griner makes layup (DeWanna Bonner assists)	4	4
7:39	Maya Moore makes 25-foot three point jumper	7	4
7:28	DeWanna Bonner misses two point shot	7	4
7:24	Rebekkah Brunson defensive rebound	7	4
7:16	Janel McCarville makes 23-foot three point jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)	10	4
6:58	Candice Dupree makes two point shot (DeWanna Bonner assists)	10	6
6:47	Janel McCarville kicked ball violation	10	6
6:43	Maya Moore makes 24-foot three point jumper (Janel McCarville assists)	13	6
6:35	Phoenix Full timeout	13	6
6:28	Maya Moore blocks Diana Taurasi 's 8-foot jumper	13	6
6:26	Lindsay Whalen defensive rebound	13	6
6:03	Maya Moore misses 24-foot three point jumper	13	6
6:03	Brittney Griner defensive rebound	13	6
5:48	DeWanna Bonner bad pass (Maya Moore steals)	13	6
5:45	Maya Moore makes layup	15	6
5:45	DeWanna Bonner shooting foul (Maya Moore draws the foul)	15	6
5:45	Erin Phillips enters the game for DeWanna Bonner	16	6
5:45	Devereaux Peters enters the game for Rebekkah Brunson	15	6
5:45	Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 1	16	6
5:30	Diana Taurasi makes 4-foot jumper	16	8
5:09	Maya Moore misses 13-foot jumper	16	8
5:09	Candice Dupree defensive rebound	16	8
4:58	Penny Taylor misses 17-foot jumper	16	8
4:56	Devereaux Peters defensive rebound	16	8
4:35	Seimone Augustus makes 16-foot jumper	18	8
4:28	Diana Taurasi makes driving layup	18	10
4:28	Seimone Augustus shooting block foul (Diana Taurasi draws the foul)	18	10
4:28	Monica Wright enters the game for Lindsay Whalen	18	10
4:28	Rebekkah Brunson enters the game for Janel McCarville	18	10
4:28	Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 1	18	11
4:16	Monica Wright makes jumper (Devereaux Peters assists)	20	11
4:03	Brittney Griner misses 2-foot hook shot	20	11
4:01	Monica Wright defensive rebound	20	11
3:50	Rebekkah Brunson makes 14-foot jumper (Monica Wright assists)	22	11
3:39	Diana Taurasi misses 16-foot two point jumper	22	11
3:36	Devereaux Peters defensive rebound	22	11
3:15	Monica Wright makes 17-foot two point shot	24	11
3:03	Rebekkah Brunson shooting foul (Brittney Griner draws the foul)	24	11
3:03	Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2	24	12
3:03	DeWanna Bonner enters the game for Penny Taylor	24	12
3:03	Tan White enters the game for Seimone Augustus	24	12
3:03	Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2	24	13
2:49	Rebekkah Brunson traveling	24	13
2:36	Candice Dupree misses jumper	24	13
2:35	Minnesota defensive team rebound	24	13
2:27	Maya Moore misses 24-foot three point jumper	24	13
2:26	Candice Dupree defensive rebound	24	13
2:17	Brittney Griner makes 2-foot two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)	24	15
2:02	Maya Moore makes 17-foot two point shot	26	15
1:54	Erin Phillips misses 24-foot three point jumper	26	15
1:53	Maya Moore defensive rebound	26	15
1:39	Rebekkah Brunson misses jumper	26	15
1:39	DeWanna Bonner defensive rebound	26	15
1:39	Devereaux Peters personal foul (DeWanna Bonner draws the foul)	26	15
1:39	Lindsay Whalen enters the game for Maya Moore	26	15
1:39	Mistie Bass enters the game for Candice Dupree	26	15
1:29	DeWanna Bonner makes driving layup	26	17
1:15	Brittney Griner kicked ball violation	26	17
1:00	Devereaux Peters makes 13-foot jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)	28	17
1:00	Rebekkah Brunson technical foul(1st technical foul)	28	17
1:00	Diana Taurasi makes technical free throw	28	18
1:00	Janel McCarville enters the game for Rebekkah Brunson	28	18
47.0	Diana Taurasi misses 20-foot jumper	28	18
46.0	Lindsay Whalen defensive rebound	28	18
42.0	Diana Taurasi personal take foul (Lindsay Whalen draws the foul)	28	18
36.0	Janel McCarville bad pass	28	18
26.0	Tan White personal foul (Diana Taurasi draws the foul)	28	18
26.0	Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2	28	19
26.0	Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2	28	20
1.0	Devereaux Peters misses 10-foot jumper	28	20
0.0	DeWanna Bonner defensive rebound	28	20
0.0	DeWanna Bonner misses 68-foot three point jumper	28	20
0.0	Phoenix offensive team rebound	28	20
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	28	20

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, 10 August 2014

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 12,379

Referees:
Denise Brooks
Roy Gulbeyan
Thomas Nunez

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	15	6	.714	-	W1
Seattle	14	7	.667	1	W1
Las Vegas	13	7	.650	1.5	W1
Phoenix	11	10	.524	4	W2
Los Angeles	5	16	.238	10	L1
Dallas	5	17	.227	10.5	L1

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