Storm 95-81 Mercury (4 Jun, 2016) Play-by-Play

Phoenix Mercury

2-5, 0-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	19	25	21	16	81
SEA	23	26	27	19	95

Seattle Storm

3-4, 2-2 home

Breanna Stewart misses
Breanna Stewart misses
Crystal Langhorne makes driving layup (Jenna O'Hea assists)
Crystal Langhorne misses free throw 1 of 1
Jenna O'Hea makes 23-foot three point jumper (Crystal Langhorne assists)
Breanna Stewart makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sue Bird assists)
Jewell Loyd misses layup
Brittney Griner blocks Breanna Stewart's jumper
Jenna O'Hea misses 23-foot three point jumper
Breanna Stewart misses 5-foot jumper
Jewell Loyd makes layup (Sue Bird assists)
Sue Bird misses 21-foot jumper
Jewell Loyd makes layup (Breanna Stewart assists)
Crystal Langhorne makes layup (Jenna O'Hea assists)
Jenna O'Hea makes 24-foot three point jumper (Breanna Stewart assists)
Jewell Loyd makes 2-foot layup (Jenna O'Hea assists)
Breanna Stewart misses 14-foot jumper
Jewell Loyd misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jewell Loyd makes two point shot (Breanna Stewart assists)
Markeisha Gatling makes free throw 1 of 2
Markeisha Gatling makes free throw 2 of 2
Sonja Petrovic blocks Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis 's 24-foot three point jumper
Ramu Tokashiki misses jumper
Ramu Tokashiki misses free throw 2 of 2
Ramu Tokashiki misses free throw 1 of 1
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ramu Tokashiki assists)
Sue Bird makes 16-foot two point shot
Sue Bird makes 24-foot three point jumper (Breanna Stewart assists)
Crystal Langhorne makes 7-foot jumper
Sue Bird makes 14-foot jumper
Brittney Griner blocks Breanna Stewart 's 4-foot jumper
Jenna O'Hea makes free throw 1 of 2
Jenna O'Hea makes free throw 2 of 2
Crystal Langhorne misses layup
Jewell Loyd makes tip shot
Jewell Loyd makes 23-foot three point jumper (Breanna Stewart assists)
Jewell Loyd misses 7-foot jumper
Crystal Langhorne misses free throw 1 of 2
Crystal Langhorne makes free throw 2 of 2
Breanna Stewart misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jewell Loyd makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alysha Clark assists)
Sue Bird misses 23-foot three point jumper
Sue Bird misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jewell Loyd makes 24-foot three point jumper (Breanna Stewart assists)
Jewell Loyd makes free throw 1 of 2
Jewell Loyd makes free throw 2 of 2
Sue Bird misses 20-foot jumper
Jewell Loyd makes layup
Sue Bird makes 7-foot jumper (Jewell Loyd assists)
Crystal Langhorne misses 16-foot jumper
Jenna O'Hea makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sue Bird assists)
Breanna Stewart makes technical free throw
Breanna Stewart makes free throw 1 of 2
Breanna Stewart makes free throw 2 of 2
Breanna Stewart makes two point shot (Sue Bird assists)
Jewell Loyd misses 23-foot three point jumper
Sue Bird makes free throw 1 of 2
Sue Bird makes free throw 2 of 2
Jewell Loyd makes free throw 1 of 2
Jewell Loyd makes free throw 2 of 2
Alysha Clark makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jewell Loyd assists)
Ramu Tokashiki makes 15-foot jumper (Sue Bird assists)
Alysha Clark misses layup
Jewell Loyd misses 20-foot jumper
Jenna O'Hea misses 26-foot three point jumper
Breanna Stewart makes layup (Alysha Clark assists)
Noelle Quinn blocks Breanna Stewart's layup
Alysha Clark makes free throw 1 of 2
Alysha Clark makes free throw 2 of 2
Jewell Loyd makes 23-foot three pointer
Jewell Loyd makes layup (Breanna Stewart assists)
Alysha Clark misses 16-foot jumper
Breanna Stewart makes layup (Jewell Loyd assists)
Sue Bird misses free throw 1 of 2
Sue Bird makes free throw 2 of 2
Jewell Loyd makes 2-foot layup (Breanna Stewart assists)
Breanna Stewart misses 24-foot three point jumper
Crystal Langhorne makes layup (Breanna Stewart assists)
Jenna O'Hea misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jenna O'Hea makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sue Bird assists)
Crystal Langhorne misses jumper
Breanna Stewart makes free throw 1 of 2
Breanna Stewart makes free throw 2 of 2
Jewell Loyd misses 25-foot three point jumper
Sue Bird misses 25-foot three point jumper
Sue Bird makes 15-foot two point shot
Crystal Langhorne misses 4-foot jumper
Brittney Griner makes layup (DeWanna Bonner assists)
DeWanna Bonner misses three point jumper
Candice Dupree misses 12-foot jumper
Penny Taylor makes 23-foot three point jumper (Candice Dupree assists)
DeWanna Bonner misses layup
Breanna Stewart blocks DeWanna Bonner's jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 18-foot jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes layup (Candice Dupree assists)
Candice Dupree makes 5-foot two point shot
Brittney Griner makes 5-foot two point shot (Penny Taylor assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 16-foot jumper
Candice Dupree misses 17-foot jumper
Brittney Griner makes layup (Penny Taylor assists)
Candice Dupree misses 16-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 8-foot two point shot
Sonja Petrovic makes layup
Mistie Bass makes 16-foot jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner misses 4-foot jumper
Sonja Petrovic misses 18-foot jumper
Sonja Petrovic misses 24-foot three point jumper
Isabelle Harrison makes layup (Noelle Quinn assists)
Isabelle Harrison misses free throw 1 of 1
Noelle Quinn makes 16-foot two point shot
DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 1 of 2
DeWanna Bonner misses free throw 2 of 2
Isabelle Harrison makes 6-foot two point shot (DeWanna Bonner assists)
Breanna Stewart blocks Brittney Griner 's 3-foot jumper
Breanna Stewart blocks DeWanna Bonner 's 2-foot layup
Isabelle Harrison makes jumper (Penny Taylor assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 13-foot jumper
Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2
Brittney Griner misses free throw 2 of 2
Penny Taylor makes 24-foot three point jumper
Penny Taylor makes 24-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes 4-foot two point shot
Brittney Griner misses jumper
Candice Dupree makes 18-foot jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi makes driving layup
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 1
Brittney Griner misses layup
Candice Dupree makes 19-foot jumper (DeWanna Bonner assists)
DeWanna Bonner misses 23-foot three point jumper
Penny Taylor makes three point jumper (Candice Dupree assists)
Brittney Griner makes layup (Penny Taylor assists)
Brittney Griner misses jumper
Penny Taylor makes 24-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Candice Dupree misses 5-foot jumper
Candice Dupree makes 8-foot jumper
Isabelle Harrison makes 5-foot two point shot
Sonja Petrovic misses 24-foot three point jumper
Noelle Quinn misses 23-foot three point jumper
Candice Dupree misses 9-foot jumper
Sonja Petrovic makes free throw 1 of 2
Sonja Petrovic makes free throw 2 of 2
Penny Taylor makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sonja Petrovic assists)
Candice Dupree makes layup (Noelle Quinn assists)
Sonja Petrovic makes free throw 1 of 2
Sonja Petrovic makes free throw 2 of 2
Noelle Quinn misses 24-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses 10-foot jumper
Brittney Griner misses 3-foot jumper
Mistie Bass misses 19-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sonja Petrovic assists)
Sonja Petrovic makes 7-foot two point shot
Penny Taylor misses layup
Penny Taylor makes technical free throw
Diana Taurasi misses three point jumper
Penny Taylor misses 25-foot three point jumper
Isabelle Harrison makes 5-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
Isabelle Harrison makes free throw 1 of 2
Isabelle Harrison makes free throw 2 of 2
Sonja Petrovic misses jumper
Penny Taylor misses 23-foot three point jumper
Penny Taylor misses 12-foot jumper
Sonja Petrovic makes driving layup
Brittney Griner makes layup (Candice Dupree assists)
Sonja Petrovic makes 6-foot two point shot (Penny Taylor assists)
Isabelle Harrison misses 6-foot jumper
Noelle Quinn misses 24-foot three point jumper

MERCURY

STORM

TIME		PHX	SEA
10:00	Brittney Griner vs. Breanna Stewart (Sue Bird gains possession)	0	0
9:36	Breanna Stewart misses	0	0
9:33	Breanna Stewart offensive rebound	0	0
9:30	Breanna Stewart misses	0	0
9:29	Brittney Griner defensive rebound	0	0
9:22	Brittney Griner makes layup (DeWanna Bonner assists)	2	0
9:11	Crystal Langhorne makes driving layup (Jenna O'Hea assists)	2	2
9:11	Brittney Griner shooting foul (Crystal Langhorne draws the foul)	2	2
9:11	Crystal Langhorne misses free throw 1 of 1	2	2
9:11	Brittney Griner defensive rebound	2	2
8:47	DeWanna Bonner misses three point jumper	2	2
8:45	Jewell Loyd defensive rebound	2	2
8:26	Jenna O'Hea makes 23-foot three point jumper (Crystal Langhorne assists)	2	5
8:03	Candice Dupree misses 12-foot jumper	2	5
8:03	Breanna Stewart defensive rebound	2	5
7:52	Breanna Stewart makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sue Bird assists)	2	8
7:41	Penny Taylor makes 23-foot three point jumper (Candice Dupree assists)	5	8
7:26	Jewell Loyd misses layup	5	8
7:24	Penny Taylor defensive rebound	5	8
7:18	DeWanna Bonner misses layup	5	8
7:16	DeWanna Bonner offensive rebound	5	8
7:15	Breanna Stewart blocks DeWanna Bonner's jumper	5	8
7:15	Phoenix offensive team rebound	5	8
7:07	Diana Taurasi misses 18-foot jumper	5	8
7:07	Phoenix offensive team rebound	5	8
7:05	DeWanna Bonner makes layup (Candice Dupree assists)	7	8
6:47	Brittney Griner blocks Breanna Stewart's jumper	7	8
6:47	Phoenix defensive team rebound	7	8
6:31	Candice Dupree makes 5-foot two point shot	9	8
6:13	Jenna O'Hea misses 23-foot three point jumper	9	8
6:11	Breanna Stewart offensive rebound	9	8
6:09	Breanna Stewart misses 5-foot jumper	9	8
6:07	Candice Dupree defensive rebound	9	8
6:05	Diana Taurasi bad pass (Sue Bird steals)	9	8
6:00	Jewell Loyd makes layup (Sue Bird assists)	9	10
5:39	Brittney Griner makes 5-foot two point shot (Penny Taylor assists)	11	10
5:22	Sue Bird misses 21-foot jumper	11	10
5:20	Penny Taylor defensive rebound	11	10
5:03	Diana Taurasi misses 16-foot jumper	11	10
5:01	Jewell Loyd defensive rebound	11	10
4:58	Jewell Loyd makes layup (Breanna Stewart assists)	11	12
4:39	Candice Dupree misses 17-foot jumper	11	12
4:37	Crystal Langhorne defensive rebound	11	12
4:24	Crystal Langhorne makes layup (Jenna O'Hea assists)	11	14
4:05	Brittney Griner makes layup (Penny Taylor assists)	13	14
3:43	Jenna O'Hea makes 24-foot three point jumper (Breanna Stewart assists)	13	17
3:25	Candice Dupree misses 16-foot jumper	13	17
3:24	Breanna Stewart defensive rebound	13	17
3:10	Jewell Loyd makes 2-foot layup (Jenna O'Hea assists)	13	19
3:01	Phoenix Full timeout	13	19
3:01	Sonja Petrovic enters the game for Candice Dupree	13	19
3:01	Mistie Bass enters the game for Penny Taylor	13	19
3:01	Markeisha Gatling enters the game for Crystal Langhorne	13	19
2:53	Diana Taurasi makes 8-foot two point shot	15	19
2:31	Mistie Bass personal foul (Breanna Stewart draws the foul)	15	19
2:31	Alex Harden enters the game for DeWanna Bonner	15	19
2:24	Breanna Stewart misses 14-foot jumper	15	19
2:23	Seattle offensive team rebound	15	19
2:16	Jewell Loyd misses 24-foot three point jumper	15	19
2:15	Jenna O'Hea offensive rebound	15	19
2:11	Jewell Loyd makes two point shot (Breanna Stewart assists)	15	21
1:55	Sonja Petrovic makes layup	17	21
1:43	Mistie Bass shooting foul (Markeisha Gatling draws the foul)	17	21
1:43	Markeisha Gatling makes free throw 1 of 2	17	22
1:43	Alysha Clark enters the game for Jenna O'Hea	17	22
1:43	Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis enters the game for Jewell Loyd	17	22
1:43	Markeisha Gatling makes free throw 2 of 2	17	23
1:25	Mistie Bass makes 16-foot jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)	19	23
1:06	Sonja Petrovic blocks Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis 's 24-foot three point jumper	19	23
1:02	Sonja Petrovic defensive rebound	19	23
54.0	Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point jumper	19	23
53.0	Mistie Bass offensive rebound	19	23
43.0	Brittney Griner misses 4-foot jumper	19	23
42.0	Alysha Clark defensive rebound	19	23
29.0	Noelle Quinn enters the game for Diana Taurasi	19	23
29.0	Phoenix delay of game violation	19	23
14.0	shot clock turnover	19	23
1.0	Sonja Petrovic misses 18-foot jumper	19	25
0.0	Phoenix offensive team rebound	19	25
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	19	25

Regular Season Series

SEA leads 2-0

Storm
81
Mercury
80

Game 1

21/5

Mercury
81
Storm
95

Game 2

4/6

Storm
62
Mercury
86

Game 3

16/9

KeyArena

3:00 AM, 4 June 2016

Seattle, WA

Attendance: 6,510

Referees:
Tiffany Bird
Michael Price
Byron Jarrett

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	13	3	.813	-	W6
Seattle	10	6	.625	3	W1
Las Vegas	8	6	.571	4	W2
Phoenix	8	8	.500	5	L1
Los Angeles	4	13	.235	9.5	L6
Dallas	3	13	.188	10	L11

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