Wings 77-74 Mercury (6 Jul, 2016) Play-by-Play

Phoenix Mercury

8-11, 3-7 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	16	26	12	20	74
DAL	16	24	17	20	77

Dallas Wings

9-10, 5-6 home

Glory Johnson misses 19-foot jumper
Skylar Diggins makes jumper (Odyssey Sims assists)
Karima Christmas makes driving layup
Odyssey Sims misses 26-foot three point jumper
Glory Johnson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Karima Christmas assists)
Karima Christmas misses driving layup
Brittney Griner blocks Courtney Paris 's 3-foot layup
Skylar Diggins misses 16-foot jumper
Courtney Paris misses jumper
Glory Johnson misses
Odyssey Sims misses two point shot
DeWanna Bonner blocks Odyssey Sims's shot
Odyssey Sims makes 23-foot three point jumper (Glory Johnson assists)
Glory Johnson makes layup (Odyssey Sims assists)
Skylar Diggins misses
Skylar Diggins makes 22-foot jumper (Courtney Paris assists)
Odyssey Sims misses
Brittney Griner blocks Odyssey Sims 's 3-foot shot
Brianna Kiesel misses 19-foot two point jumper
Glory Johnson misses 6-foot
Karima Christmas misses 25-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner blocks Aerial Powers 's 16-foot jumper
Glory Johnson misses 6-foot jumper
Aerial Powers misses 23-foot three point jumper
Aerial Powers makes driving layup
Aerial Powers makes free throw 1 of 2
Aerial Powers makes free throw 2 of 2
Odyssey Sims makes free throw 1 of 2
Odyssey Sims makes free throw 2 of 2
Odyssey Sims makes free throw 1 of 2
Odyssey Sims makes free throw 2 of 2
Skylar Diggins misses 16-foot two point jumper
Glory Johnson misses 7-foot
Skylar Diggins misses
Aerial Powers makes 23-foot three point jumper
Courtney Paris makes 8-foot two point shot (Glory Johnson assists)
Aerial Powers makes two point shot
Aerial Powers misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
Courtney Paris misses 4-foot two point shot
Aerial Powers makes free throw 1 of 2
Aerial Powers makes free throw 2 of 2
DeWanna Bonner blocks Aerial Powers 's 10-foot shot
Brittney Griner blocks Karima Christmas's shot
Skylar Diggins misses 25-foot three point jumper
Glory Johnson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Theresa Plaisance misses 24-foot three point jumper
Odyssey Sims misses 25-foot three point jumper
Glory Johnson makes 2-foot layup (Skylar Diggins assists)
Skylar Diggins makes free throw 1 of 2
Skylar Diggins makes free throw 2 of 2
Odyssey Sims makes free throw 1 of 2
Odyssey Sims makes free throw 2 of 2
Odyssey Sims makes 24-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins assists)
Odyssey Sims misses three point jumper
Glory Johnson makes driving layup
Glory Johnson makes driving layup
Skylar Diggins makes 16-foot two point shot
Skylar Diggins misses free throw 1 of 1
Odyssey Sims makes 25-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins assists)
Courtney Paris misses layup
Odyssey Sims misses 25-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins misses
Glory Johnson makes free throw 1 of 2
Glory Johnson makes free throw 2 of 2
Glory Johnson makes 2-foot layup (Aerial Powers assists)
Courtney Paris makes jumper (Karima Christmas assists)
Aerial Powers misses 26-foot
Aerial Powers misses two point shot
Glory Johnson misses
Brittney Griner blocks Glory Johnson 's 2-foot shot
Aerial Powers misses 16-foot jumper
Theresa Plaisance misses hook shot
Odyssey Sims misses 25-foot three point jumper
Aerial Powers makes 3-foot two point shot
Courtney Paris makes 2-foot layup (Karima Christmas assists)
Glory Johnson makes 19-foot jumper (Aerial Powers assists)
Karima Christmas misses 4-foot jumper
Aerial Powers misses 3-foot jump bank shot
Skylar Diggins misses driving layup
Karima Christmas makes driving layup
Glory Johnson makes driving layup (Skylar Diggins assists)
Glory Johnson makes 17-foot jumper (Odyssey Sims assists)
Aerial Powers misses free throw 1 of 2
Aerial Powers makes free throw 2 of 2
Aerial Powers misses free throw 1 of 2
Aerial Powers makes free throw 2 of 2
Odyssey Sims misses
Odyssey Sims makes 10-foot two point shot
Glory Johnson misses
Brittney Griner blocks Glory Johnson 's 2-foot shot
Glory Johnson makes two point shot
Odyssey Sims makes 3-foot two point shot
Odyssey Sims misses
Aerial Powers makes free throw 1 of 2
Aerial Powers makes free throw 2 of 2
Sonja Petrovic misses two point jumper
Brittney Griner misses 5-foot
Diana Taurasi makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sonja Petrovic assists)
DeWanna Bonner misses 8-foot two point jumper
Candice Dupree makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
DeWanna Bonner makes driving layup
Candice Dupree makes 1-foot layup (Brittney Griner assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 22-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes 10-foot two point shot
DeWanna Bonner misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner misses 11-foot
Diana Taurasi makes 9-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 1
Diana Taurasi misses 16-foot jumper
Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2
Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
Brittney Griner misses 6-foot jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses 26-foot three point jumper
Alex Harden misses
Lindsey Harding makes 3-foot two point shot
Candice Dupree makes 10-foot two point shot (Lindsey Harding assists)
Kelsey Bone makes 7-foot two point shot
Sonja Petrovic misses 21-foot jumper
Kelsey Bone makes layup (Lindsey Harding assists)
Sonja Petrovic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kelsey Bone makes 1-foot layup (Candice Dupree assists)
Lindsey Harding makes two point shot
Lindsey Harding makes free throw 1 of 1
Candice Dupree makes 2-foot two point shot (Kelsey Bone assists)
Kelsey Bone misses 19-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brittney Griner assists)
DeWanna Bonner makes 1-foot two point shot
DeWanna Bonner misses two point shot
Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
Candice Dupree misses
Brittney Griner misses two point shot
Lindsey Harding misses 19-foot two point jumper
Diana Taurasi misses
Lindsey Harding misses 21-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 24-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes 8-foot two point shot (DeWanna Bonner assists)
Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 1
Candice Dupree makes 12-foot jumper (Brittney Griner assists)
Brittney Griner makes 3-foot layup (Sonja Petrovic assists)
Sonja Petrovic makes 22-foot jumper (Brittney Griner assists)
Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2
Brittney Griner misses free throw 2 of 2
Brittney Griner misses driving layup
Diana Taurasi makes 17-foot two point shot (Brittney Griner assists)
Candice Dupree misses 5-foot
Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes 5-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi misses 27-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 11-foot two point jumper
Brittney Griner misses 5-foot
Brittney Griner misses free throw 1 of 2
Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
Brittney Griner misses 20-foot jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes 10-foot two point shot
DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 1 of 1
Kelsey Bone misses 5-foot hook shot
Lindsey Harding makes 19-foot jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses 25-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses
Kelsey Bone makes driving layup
Lindsey Harding misses two point shot
Candice Dupree makes 12-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kelsey Bone misses 4-foot
Candice Dupree misses 6-foot hook shot
Diana Taurasi makes 26-foot three point jumper (Brittney Griner assists)
DeWanna Bonner misses 24-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot
Diana Taurasi makes 27-foot three point jumper (Candice Dupree assists)
DeWanna Bonner makes 26-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses free throw 1 of 1
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2
Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot

MERCURY

WINGS

TIME		PHX	DAL
10:00	Brittney Griner vs. Courtney Paris (Candice Dupree gains possession)	0	0
9:42	Sonja Petrovic misses two point jumper	0	0
9:41	Glory Johnson defensive rebound	0	0
9:26	Glory Johnson misses 19-foot jumper	0	0
9:25	Glory Johnson offensive rebound	0	0
9:10	Skylar Diggins makes jumper (Odyssey Sims assists)	0	2
8:48	Brittney Griner misses 5-foot	0	2
8:48	Dallas defensive team rebound	0	2
8:34	Karima Christmas makes driving layup	0	4
8:22	Diana Taurasi makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sonja Petrovic assists)	3	4
8:06	Odyssey Sims misses 26-foot three point jumper	3	4
8:04	DeWanna Bonner defensive rebound	3	4
7:58	DeWanna Bonner misses 8-foot two point jumper	3	4
7:56	Karima Christmas defensive rebound	3	4
7:45	Glory Johnson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Karima Christmas assists)	3	7
7:33	Candice Dupree makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)	5	7
7:16	Sonja Petrovic personal foul (Glory Johnson draws the foul)	5	7
7:03	Karima Christmas misses driving layup	5	7
6:56	Sonja Petrovic vs. Glory Johnson (Courtney Paris gains possession)	5	7
6:56	Glory Johnson offensive rebound	5	7
6:52	Brittney Griner blocks Courtney Paris 's 3-foot layup	5	7
6:52	Dallas offensive team rebound	5	7
6:50	Skylar Diggins misses 16-foot jumper	5	7
6:50	Karima Christmas offensive rebound	5	7
6:43	Odyssey Sims lost ball turnover (DeWanna Bonner steals)	5	7
6:24	DeWanna Bonner makes driving layup	7	7
6:11	Courtney Paris misses jumper	7	7
6:11	Diana Taurasi defensive rebound	7	7
6:11	Glory Johnson loose ball foul (Diana Taurasi draws the foul)	7	7
5:54	Candice Dupree makes 1-foot layup (Brittney Griner assists)	9	7
5:37	Glory Johnson misses	9	7
5:37	Phoenix defensive team rebound	9	7
5:20	Diana Taurasi lost ball turnover (Odyssey Sims steals)	9	7
5:13	Odyssey Sims misses two point shot	9	7
5:13	Odyssey Sims offensive rebound	9	7
5:13	DeWanna Bonner blocks Odyssey Sims's shot	9	7
5:13	Dallas offensive team rebound	9	7
5:09	Odyssey Sims makes 23-foot three point jumper (Glory Johnson assists)	9	10
4:58	Diana Taurasi misses 22-foot three point jumper	9	10
4:58	Dallas defensive team rebound	9	10
4:58	Official timeout	9	10
4:39	Glory Johnson makes layup (Odyssey Sims assists)	9	12
4:20	Brittney Griner makes 10-foot two point shot	11	12
4:00	Skylar Diggins misses	11	12
3:57	Courtney Paris offensive rebound	11	12
3:53	Skylar Diggins makes 22-foot jumper (Courtney Paris assists)	11	14
3:44	DeWanna Bonner misses 25-foot three point jumper	11	14
3:41	Glory Johnson defensive rebound	11	14
3:31	Lindsey Harding enters the game for Sonja Petrovic	11	14
3:21	Odyssey Sims misses	11	14
3:19	Lindsey Harding defensive rebound	11	14
3:01	Brittney Griner misses 11-foot	11	14
3:00	Glory Johnson defensive rebound	11	14
2:55	Brittney Griner blocks Odyssey Sims 's 3-foot shot	11	14
2:55	Dallas offensive team rebound	11	14
2:55	Brianna Kiesel enters the game for Odyssey Sims	11	14
2:41	Brianna Kiesel misses 19-foot two point jumper	11	14
2:39	Diana Taurasi defensive rebound	11	14
2:33	Diana Taurasi makes 9-foot two point shot	13	14
2:33	Brianna Kiesel shooting foul (Diana Taurasi draws the foul)	13	14
2:33	Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 1	14	14
2:16	Glory Johnson misses 6-foot	14	14
2:15	Karima Christmas offensive rebound	14	14
2:15	Mistie Bass enters the game for Candice Dupree	14	14
2:15	Aerial Powers enters the game for Skylar Diggins	14	14
2:15	Theresa Plaisance enters the game for Courtney Paris	14	14
2:05	Theresa Plaisance out of bounds lost ball turnover	14	14
1:51	Diana Taurasi misses 16-foot jumper	14	14
1:50	Glory Johnson defensive rebound	14	14
1:46	Diana Taurasi personal foul (Aerial Powers draws the foul)	14	14
1:46	Dallas Full timeout	14	14
1:46	Alex Harden enters the game for Diana Taurasi	14	14
1:43	Karima Christmas misses 25-foot three point jumper	14	14
1:43	Phoenix defensive team rebound	14	14
1:31	Theresa Plaisance shooting foul (Brittney Griner draws the foul)	14	14
1:31	Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2	15	14
1:31	Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2	16	14
1:20	DeWanna Bonner blocks Aerial Powers 's 16-foot jumper	16	14
1:20	Dallas offensive team rebound	16	14
1:07	Karima Christmas bad pass (Lindsey Harding steals)	16	14
1:04	Lindsey Harding bad pass (Brianna Kiesel steals)	16	14
59.0	Glory Johnson misses 6-foot jumper	16	14
58.0	DeWanna Bonner defensive rebound	16	14
49.0	Brittney Griner misses 6-foot jumper	16	14
48.0	Glory Johnson defensive rebound	16	14
33.0	Aerial Powers misses 23-foot three point jumper	16	14
32.0	Glory Johnson offensive rebound	16	14
27.0	Aerial Powers makes driving layup	16	16
1.0	DeWanna Bonner misses 26-foot three point jumper	16	16
0.0	Aerial Powers defensive rebound	16	16
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	16	16

Regular Season Series

DAL wins 3-1

Wings
117
Mercury
111

Game 1

19/6

Mercury
90
Wings
100

Game 2

22/6

Mercury
74
Wings
77

Game 3

6/7

Wings
72
Mercury
98

Game 4

27/8

College Park Center

1:30 AM, 6 July 2016

Arlington, TX

Attendance: 5,480

Referees:
Sue Blauch
Byron Jarrett
Vladimir Voyard

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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