Lynx 95-76 Mercury (15 May, 2016) Play-by-Play

Phoenix Mercury

0-1, 0-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	28	14	17	17	76
MIN	26	26	21	22	95

Minnesota Lynx

1-0, 1-0 home

Rebekkah Brunson misses 15-foot jumper
Lindsay Whalen makes 2-foot layup (Sylvia Fowles assists)
Maya Moore misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Seimone Augustus misses 5-foot jumper
Lindsay Whalen makes 17-foot jumper (Seimone Augustus assists)
Seimone Augustus makes 20-foot two point shot
Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Seimone Augustus assists)
Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 1 of 1
Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 1 of 2
Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 2 of 2
Lindsay Whalen makes 17-foot two point shot
Seimone Augustus makes 20-foot jumper (Maya Moore assists)
Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Maya Moore assists)
Lindsay Whalen misses layup
Maya Moore makes 23-foot three pointer (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Mistie Bass blocks Rebekkah Brunson's shot
Rebekkah Brunson misses layup
Maya Moore misses 24-foot three point jumper
Maya Moore makes 18-foot jumper (Rebekkah Brunson assists)
Jia Perkins misses 16-foot jumper
Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Maya Moore assists)
Renee Montgomery misses 21-foot jumper
Jia Perkins makes two point shot
Renee Montgomery misses 24-foot Regular Jump Shot
Renee Montgomery makes 7-foot two point shot
Jia Perkins misses 17-foot jumper
Natasha Howard makes layup
Lindsay Whalen makes 17-foot two point shot
Lindsay Whalen makes free throw 1 of 2
Lindsay Whalen makes free throw 2 of 2
DeWanna Bonner blocks Natasha Howard 's 2-foot layup
Renee Montgomery misses 3-foot jumper
Seimone Augustus makes 13-foot two point shot (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Seimone Augustus misses 17-foot jumper
Maya Moore makes two point shot (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Maya Moore makes 13-foot two point shot
Seimone Augustus misses 20-foot jumper
Seimone Augustus misses 16-foot two point jumper
Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 2
Maya Moore makes free throw 2 of 2
Maya Moore misses driving layup
Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Maya Moore assists)
Seimone Augustus makes 1-foot layup (Maya Moore assists)
Mistie Bass blocks Sylvia Fowles 's 4-foot jumper
Seimone Augustus makes 16-foot two point shot
Seimone Augustus makes 17-foot two point shot
Renee Montgomery makes free throw 1 of 2
Renee Montgomery makes free throw 2 of 2
Maya Moore misses 23-foot
Sylvia Fowles makes 10-foot two point shot (Seimone Augustus assists)
Lindsay Whalen makes 18-foot jumper (Rebekkah Brunson assists)
Seimone Augustus misses 14-foot jumper
Sylvia Fowles misses layup
Sylvia Fowles misses layup
Maya Moore makes 11-foot two point shot
Lindsay Whalen makes 14-foot two point shot
Seimone Augustus makes 16-foot jumper (Janel McCarville assists)
Maya Moore makes driving layup
Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 2
Maya Moore makes free throw 2 of 2
Seimone Augustus makes 23-foot three point jumper (Janel McCarville assists)
Sylvia Fowles misses 15-foot jumper
Seimone Augustus makes 16-foot jumper (Janel McCarville assists)
Sylvia Fowles misses layup
Sylvia Fowles misses
Maya Moore makes 9-foot two point shot
Jia Perkins misses 24-foot three point jumper
Maya Moore misses jumper
Maya Moore makes two point shot
Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 1
Maya Moore misses 21-foot two point jumper
Rebekkah Brunson makes layup (Maya Moore assists)
Sylvia Fowles makes 2-foot layup (Maya Moore assists)
Maya Moore misses 17-foot jumper
Maya Moore makes 15-foot two point shot
Seimone Augustus makes 21-foot jumper (Maya Moore assists)
Sylvia Fowles makes two point shot (Maya Moore assists)
Maya Moore makes 23-foot three pointer (Renee Montgomery assists)
Brittney Griner blocks Rebekkah Brunson's jumper
Sylvia Fowles misses 5-foot jumper
Maya Moore misses 23-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner blocks Natasha Howard 's 16-foot jumper
Natasha Howard makes 2-foot layup (Maya Moore assists)
Renee Montgomery misses free throw 1 of 2
Renee Montgomery misses free throw 2 of 2
Keisha Hampton misses 17-foot jumper
Renee Montgomery makes two point shot
Bashaara Graves makes tip shot (Renee Montgomery assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 18-foot jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes driving layup
Candice Dupree makes jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Penny Taylor makes 5-foot two point shot
Penny Taylor makes 23-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Penny Taylor makes 17-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
Diana Taurasi misses free throw 2 of 2
Diana Taurasi makes 16-foot two point shot
DeWanna Bonner makes 22-foot three point jumper (Mistie Bass assists)
Penny Taylor misses three point jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 7-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes driving layup
Sonja Petrovic makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 23-foot three pointer
Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
Sonja Petrovic misses 24-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2
Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
Sonja Petrovic misses 16-foot jumper
Brittney Griner makes 15-foot jumper (Penny Taylor assists)
Natasha Howard blocks DeWanna Bonner 's 3-foot layup
Candice Dupree makes free throw 1 of 2
Candice Dupree makes free throw 2 of 2
DeWanna Bonner misses layup
Diana Taurasi misses 12-foot Running Jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses 24-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
DeWanna Bonner misses 23-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 20-foot two point jumper
Brittney Griner misses 6-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi misses 10-foot Running Jumper
Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2
Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
Brittney Griner misses 14-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi makes 10-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 1
Diana Taurasi misses
Penny Taylor makes free throw 1 of 2
Penny Taylor makes free throw 2 of 2
Penny Taylor misses 24-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 23-foot three point jumper (Noelle Quinn assists)
Brittney Griner misses 8-foot jumper
Isabelle Harrison makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Seimone Augustus blocks Diana Taurasi 's 1-foot layup
DeWanna Bonner misses free throw 1 of 2
DeWanna Bonner misses free throw 2 of 2
Penny Taylor makes free throw 1 of 2
Penny Taylor makes free throw 2 of 2
Diana Taurasi makes 14-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
Candice Dupree makes layup (DeWanna Bonner assists)
Candice Dupree misses free throw 1 of 1
DeWanna Bonner misses driving layup
Sonja Petrovic misses jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses 4-foot jumper
Candice Dupree makes 14-foot two point shot
Sonja Petrovic makes two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
Sonja Petrovic makes layup (Brittney Griner assists)
Penny Taylor misses 21-foot jumper
Candice Dupree misses 16-foot jumper
Isabelle Harrison misses 5-foot jumper
Penny Taylor makes free throw 1 of 2
Penny Taylor makes free throw 2 of 2
Sonja Petrovic misses 7-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Brittney Griner makes 11-foot jumper (Sonja Petrovic assists)
Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2
Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
Brittney Griner makes layup (DeWanna Bonner assists)
Sonja Petrovic makes 1-foot two point shot
Nirra Fields misses 18-foot jumper
Sonja Petrovic misses jumper
Nirra Fields misses driving layup
Mistie Bass misses 18-foot jumper
Isabelle Harrison makes layup
Nirra Fields makes free throw 1 of 2
Nirra Fields misses free throw 2 of 2
Alex Harden makes 12-foot two point shot
Courtney Williams misses three point jumper

MERCURY

LYNX

TIME		PHX	MIN
10:00	Brittney Griner vs. Sylvia Fowles (Diana Taurasi gains possession)	0	0
9:48	Diana Taurasi makes 18-foot jumper	2	0
9:22	Rebekkah Brunson misses 15-foot jumper	2	0
9:19	DeWanna Bonner defensive rebound	2	0
9:08	DeWanna Bonner makes driving layup	4	0
8:51	Lindsay Whalen makes 2-foot layup (Sylvia Fowles assists)	4	2
8:38	Candice Dupree makes jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)	6	2
8:18	Maya Moore misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot	6	2
8:17	Brittney Griner defensive rebound	6	2
8:11	Candice Dupree offensive foul (Lindsay Whalen draws the foul)	6	2
8:11	Candice Dupree turnover	6	2
8:00	Seimone Augustus misses 5-foot jumper	6	2
7:58	Seimone Augustus offensive rebound	6	2
7:54	Lindsay Whalen makes 17-foot jumper (Seimone Augustus assists)	6	4
7:45	Penny Taylor makes 5-foot two point shot	8	4
7:35	Brittney Griner personal foul (Sylvia Fowles draws the foul)	8	4
7:20	Seimone Augustus makes 20-foot two point shot	8	6
7:01	Penny Taylor makes 23-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)	11	6
6:54	Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Seimone Augustus assists)	11	8
6:54	Brittney Griner shooting foul (Sylvia Fowles draws the foul)	11	8
6:54	Mistie Bass enters the game for Brittney Griner	11	8
6:54	Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 1 of 1	11	9
6:39	Penny Taylor makes 17-foot two point shot	13	9
6:20	Mistie Bass shooting foul (Sylvia Fowles draws the foul)	13	9
6:20	Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 1 of 2	13	10
6:20	Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 2 of 2	13	11
6:03	Lindsay Whalen shooting foul (Diana Taurasi draws the foul)	13	11
6:03	Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2	14	11
6:03	Diana Taurasi misses free throw 2 of 2	14	11
6:03	Sylvia Fowles defensive rebound	14	11
5:48	Lindsay Whalen makes 17-foot two point shot	14	13
5:35	Seimone Augustus personal foul (Penny Taylor draws the foul)	14	13
5:28	Diana Taurasi makes 16-foot two point shot	16	13
5:20	Seimone Augustus makes 20-foot jumper (Maya Moore assists)	16	15
5:01	DeWanna Bonner makes 22-foot three point jumper (Mistie Bass assists)	19	15
4:46	Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Maya Moore assists)	19	17
4:33	Diana Taurasi bad pass (Rebekkah Brunson steals)	19	17
4:28	Lindsay Whalen misses layup	19	17
4:26	DeWanna Bonner defensive rebound	19	17
4:18	Penny Taylor misses three point jumper	19	17
4:18	Lindsay Whalen defensive rebound	19	17
4:13	Maya Moore makes 23-foot three pointer (Lindsay Whalen assists)	19	20
4:07	Phoenix Full timeout	19	20
4:07	Jia Perkins enters the game for Lindsay Whalen	19	20
4:07	Renee Montgomery enters the game for Seimone Augustus	19	20
3:55	Diana Taurasi makes 7-foot two point shot	21	20
3:40	Mistie Bass blocks Rebekkah Brunson's shot	21	20
3:39	Minnesota offensive team rebound	21	20
3:28	Rebekkah Brunson misses layup	21	20
3:27	Penny Taylor defensive rebound	21	20
3:20	Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper	21	20
3:19	Sylvia Fowles defensive rebound	21	20
3:15	Diana Taurasi personal foul (Maya Moore draws the foul)	21	20
3:15	Sonja Petrovic enters the game for Penny Taylor	21	20
3:01	Maya Moore misses 24-foot three point jumper	21	20
3:00	Sylvia Fowles offensive rebound	21	20
2:48	Maya Moore makes 18-foot jumper (Rebekkah Brunson assists)	21	22
2:41	Maya Moore personal foul (Diana Taurasi draws the foul)	21	22
2:35	DeWanna Bonner makes driving layup	23	22
2:14	Jia Perkins misses 16-foot jumper	23	22
2:13	Diana Taurasi defensive rebound	23	22
2:08	Sonja Petrovic makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)	25	22
1:49	Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Maya Moore assists)	25	24
1:38	Diana Taurasi makes 23-foot three pointer	28	24
1:20	Renee Montgomery misses 21-foot jumper	28	24
1:17	Candice Dupree defensive rebound	28	24
1:12	DeWanna Bonner lost ball turnover (Renee Montgomery steals)	28	24
1:07	Renee Montgomery out of bounds lost ball turnover	28	24
1:07	Brittney Griner enters the game for Candice Dupree	28	24
1:07	Janel McCarville enters the game for Sylvia Fowles	28	24
1:07	Natasha Howard enters the game for Rebekkah Brunson	28	24
1:07	Seimone Augustus enters the game for Maya Moore	28	24
52.0	Mistie Bass traveling	28	24
44.0	Seimone Augustus Out-of-Bounds Bad Pass Turnover	28	24
33.0	Sonja Petrovic lost ball turnover (Jia Perkins steals)	28	24
29.0	Jia Perkins makes two point shot	28	26
12.0	Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot	28	26
10.0	Sonja Petrovic offensive rebound	28	26
0.0	Sonja Petrovic misses 24-foot three point jumper	28	26
0.0	Phoenix offensive team rebound	28	26
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	28	26

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 3-0

Mercury
76
Lynx
95

Game 1

15/5

Lynx
85
Mercury
78

Game 2

26/5

Mercury
81
Lynx
89

Game 3

8/6

Target Center

12:30 AM, 15 May 2016

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 9,221

Referees:
Tiffany Bird
Michael Price
Byron Jarrett

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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