Lynx 98-97 Wings (17 Jul, 2016) Play-by-Play

Minnesota Lynx

19-4, 10-2 away

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
MIN	27	28	21	13	9	98
DAL	29	21	13	26	8	97

Dallas Wings

9-14, 5-7 home

Karima Christmas makes 24-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins assists)
Plenette Pierson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Plenette Pierson makes 14-foot jumper (Skylar Diggins assists)
Odyssey Sims makes two point shot
Plenette Pierson misses 18-foot jumper
Odyssey Sims misses 25-foot three point jumper
Courtney Paris makes layup (Karima Christmas assists)
Skylar Diggins makes 17-foot jumper (Odyssey Sims assists)
Skylar Diggins misses 17-foot jumper
Odyssey Sims misses 23-foot three point jumper
Odyssey Sims makes 8-foot two point shot
Skylar Diggins makes layup (Plenette Pierson assists)
Plenette Pierson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Odyssey Sims assists)
Odyssey Sims misses 22-foot three point jumper
Karima Christmas makes 12-foot two point shot
Plenette Pierson makes technical free throw
Aerial Powers makes 24-foot three point jumper (Karima Christmas assists)
Karima Christmas makes layup (Theresa Plaisance assists)
Karima Christmas makes free throw 1 of 1
Odyssey Sims misses 23-foot three point jumper
Aerial Powers misses 23-foot three point jumper
Karima Christmas makes 4-foot two point shot (Aerial Powers assists)
Aerial Powers misses free throw 1 of 2
Aerial Powers misses free throw 2 of 2
Jordan Hooper misses 22-foot three point jumper
Aerial Powers misses 23-foot three point jumper
Theresa Plaisance makes 23-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins assists)
Karima Christmas makes free throw 1 of 2
Karima Christmas makes free throw 2 of 2
Plenette Pierson makes 13-foot jumper (Odyssey Sims assists)
Theresa Plaisance makes free throw 1 of 2
Theresa Plaisance misses free throw 2 of 2
Skylar Diggins makes free throw 1 of 2
Skylar Diggins makes free throw 2 of 2
Karima Christmas misses jumper
Skylar Diggins makes free throw 1 of 2
Skylar Diggins makes free throw 2 of 2
Odyssey Sims makes 3-foot two point shot (Karima Christmas assists)
Odyssey Sims misses layup
Plenette Pierson misses free throw 1 of 2
Plenette Pierson makes free throw 2 of 2
Odyssey Sims makes free throw 1 of 2
Odyssey Sims makes free throw 2 of 2
Theresa Plaisance makes layup (Skylar Diggins assists)
Skylar Diggins makes layup
Odyssey Sims misses layup
Courtney Paris misses 17-foot jumper
Courtney Paris makes 4-foot two point shot (Erin Phillips assists)
Maya Moore blocks Karima Christmas 's 5-foot jumper
Plenette Pierson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins misses two point shot
Sylvia Fowles blocks Karima Christmas 's 2-foot layup
Skylar Diggins makes free throw 1 of 2
Skylar Diggins makes free throw 2 of 2
Natasha Howard blocks Skylar Diggins's layup
Skylar Diggins makes two point shot
Plenette Pierson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Karima Christmas assists)
Plenette Pierson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Karima Christmas makes layup (Plenette Pierson assists)
Aerial Powers misses 23-foot three point jumper
Plenette Pierson misses layup
Plenette Pierson misses 5-foot jumper
Theresa Plaisance misses 24-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins misses 23-foot three point jumper
Courtney Paris makes layup
Skylar Diggins misses layup
Maya Moore blocks Courtney Paris's layup
Sylvia Fowles blocks Odyssey Sims's layup
Odyssey Sims makes layup (Aerial Powers assists)
Odyssey Sims misses layup
Karima Christmas makes layup (Aerial Powers assists)
Karima Christmas makes free throw 1 of 1
Odyssey Sims misses layup
Aerial Powers makes 23-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins assists)
Aerial Powers makes 13-foot two point shot
Skylar Diggins makes layup
Sylvia Fowles blocks Aerial Powers 's 5-foot jumper
Jia Perkins blocks Skylar Diggins 's 15-foot jumper
Plenette Pierson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins assists)
Odyssey Sims makes layup
Aerial Powers makes 19-foot jumper
Aerial Powers makes free throw 1 of 2
Aerial Powers misses free throw 2 of 2
Plenette Pierson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins assists)
Skylar Diggins misses layup
Odyssey Sims misses 23-foot three point jumper
Odyssey Sims makes free throw 1 of 3
Odyssey Sims makes free throw 2 of 3
Odyssey Sims makes free throw 3 of 3
Skylar Diggins makes 6-foot two point shot (Odyssey Sims assists)
Karima Christmas misses 24-foot three point jumper
Odyssey Sims misses 9-foot jumper
Aerial Powers misses 18-foot jumper
Sylvia Fowles blocks Aerial Powers 's 4-foot jumper
Plenette Pierson misses layup
Karima Christmas misses 23-foot three point jumper
Plenette Pierson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins assists)
Karima Christmas makes 23-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins assists)
Aerial Powers misses 11-foot jumper
Lindsay Whalen makes layup
Lindsay Whalen misses free throw 1 of 1
Rebekkah Brunson makes layup (Maya Moore assists)
Rebekkah Brunson makes free throw 1 of 1
Seimone Augustus misses layup
Rebekkah Brunson makes layup (Maya Moore assists)
Maya Moore makes 7-foot two point shot (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Seimone Augustus makes layup (Maya Moore assists)
Sylvia Fowles makes 4-foot two point shot (Maya Moore assists)
Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 1 of 1
Lindsay Whalen makes free throw 1 of 2
Lindsay Whalen makes free throw 2 of 2
Rebekkah Brunson makes 5-foot two point shot (Maya Moore assists)
Karima Christmas blocks Rebekkah Brunson's layup
Rebekkah Brunson makes 16-foot jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Sylvia Fowles makes driving layup
Seimone Augustus misses 17-foot jumper
Renee Montgomery misses 21-foot jumper
Renee Montgomery makes driving layup
Renee Montgomery makes free throw 1 of 1
Natasha Howard misses 12-foot jumper
Renee Montgomery makes layup
Renee Montgomery misses free throw 1 of 1
Maya Moore misses layup
Maya Moore misses 17-foot jumper
Maya Moore makes 22-foot three point jumper
Renee Montgomery makes 19-foot two point shot
Seimone Augustus makes layup (Maya Moore assists)
Renee Montgomery makes layup (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Seimone Augustus makes jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Seimone Augustus makes free throw 1 of 1
Rebekkah Brunson misses 13-foot jumper
Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 1 of 2
Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 2 of 2
Rebekkah Brunson misses 4-foot jump bank shot
Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 1 of 2
Sylvia Fowles misses free throw 2 of 2
Maya Moore makes 23-foot three point jumper
Natasha Howard misses layup
Sylvia Fowles misses two point shot
Lindsay Whalen makes 8-foot two point shot
Maya Moore makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rebekkah Brunson assists)
Rebekkah Brunson makes 7-foot two point shot
Jia Perkins misses 18-foot jumper
Renee Montgomery misses 24-foot three point jumper
Maya Moore makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rebekkah Brunson assists)
Theresa Plaisance blocks Rebekkah Brunson 's 5-foot jumper
Lindsay Whalen misses 3-foot jumper
Maya Moore misses 24-foot three point jumper
Maya Moore misses 23-foot three point jumper
Seimone Augustus misses 17-foot jumper
Rebekkah Brunson misses
Rebekkah Brunson makes free throw 1 of 2
Rebekkah Brunson misses free throw 2 of 2
Seimone Augustus misses 6-foot jumper
Maya Moore makes 14-foot two point shot
Maya Moore misses 24-foot three point jumper
Natasha Howard makes layup (Seimone Augustus assists)
Lindsay Whalen makes two point shot
Renee Montgomery makes 11-foot two point shot
Seimone Augustus makes 6-foot two point shot
Natasha Howard misses 6-foot jumper
Maya Moore misses 15-foot two point shot
Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 1 of 2
Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 2 of 2
Natasha Howard makes layup
Renee Montgomery misses layup
Jia Perkins makes layup
Sylvia Fowles makes 6-foot jumper
Renee Montgomery misses 6-foot jumper
Jia Perkins misses 17-foot jumper
Natasha Howard misses 5-foot jumper
Maya Moore makes two point shot
Renee Montgomery misses 23-foot three point jumper
Courtney Paris blocks Rebekkah Brunson 's 3-foot jumper
Rebekkah Brunson makes two point shot
Maya Moore misses 24-foot three point jumper
Lindsay Whalen misses 18-foot jumper
Seimone Augustus misses layup
Seimone Augustus misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jia Perkins makes 14-foot jumper (Sylvia Fowles assists)
Seimone Augustus misses 5-foot jumper
Rebekkah Brunson makes two point shot
Lindsay Whalen makes driving layup
Maya Moore misses 13-foot jumper
Sylvia Fowles makes two point shot
Maya Moore misses 12-foot jumper
Seimone Augustus makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sylvia Fowles assists)
Seimone Augustus misses 16-foot jumper
Maya Moore misses 15-foot jumper
Lindsay Whalen makes layup
Lindsay Whalen makes free throw 1 of 1
Seimone Augustus misses 19-foot jumper
Maya Moore misses 23-foot three point jumper
Maya Moore makes jumper (Sylvia Fowles assists)
Seimone Augustus misses driving layup
Seimone Augustus misses 15-foot jumper
Maya Moore misses 23-foot three point jumper
Seimone Augustus misses 23-foot three point jumper
Rebekkah Brunson misses layup
Lindsay Whalen makes free throw 1 of 2
Lindsay Whalen makes free throw 2 of 2
Seimone Augustus makes 9-foot jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)

LYNX

WINGS

TIME		MIN	DAL
10:00	Sylvia Fowles vs. Courtney Paris (Skylar Diggins gains possession)	0	0
9:45	Karima Christmas makes 24-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins assists)	0	3
9:29	Lindsay Whalen makes layup	2	3
9:29	Skylar Diggins shooting foul (Lindsay Whalen draws the foul)	2	3
9:29	Lindsay Whalen misses free throw 1 of 1	2	3
9:26	Plenette Pierson defensive rebound	2	3
9:11	Plenette Pierson misses 23-foot three point jumper	2	3
9:08	Sylvia Fowles defensive rebound	2	3
8:56	Rebekkah Brunson makes layup (Maya Moore assists)	4	3
8:56	Odyssey Sims shooting block foul (Rebekkah Brunson draws the foul)	4	3
8:56	Rebekkah Brunson makes free throw 1 of 1	5	3
8:42	Plenette Pierson makes 14-foot jumper (Skylar Diggins assists)	5	5
8:29	Seimone Augustus misses layup	5	5
8:27	Courtney Paris defensive rebound	5	5
8:22	Odyssey Sims makes two point shot	5	7
8:07	Rebekkah Brunson makes layup (Maya Moore assists)	7	7
7:41	Plenette Pierson misses 18-foot jumper	7	7
7:39	Sylvia Fowles defensive rebound	7	7
7:31	Maya Moore makes 7-foot two point shot (Lindsay Whalen assists)	9	7
7:13	Odyssey Sims misses 25-foot three point jumper	9	7
7:11	Sylvia Fowles defensive rebound	9	7
7:03	Seimone Augustus makes layup (Maya Moore assists)	11	7
6:48	Courtney Paris makes layup (Karima Christmas assists)	11	9
6:37	Sylvia Fowles makes 4-foot two point shot (Maya Moore assists)	13	9
6:37	Courtney Paris shooting foul (Sylvia Fowles draws the foul)	13	9
6:37	Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 1 of 1	14	9
6:24	Skylar Diggins makes 17-foot jumper (Odyssey Sims assists)	14	11
6:09	Sylvia Fowles bad pass (Skylar Diggins steals)	14	11
5:58	Skylar Diggins misses 17-foot jumper	14	11
5:56	Lindsay Whalen defensive rebound	14	11
5:54	Karima Christmas shooting foul (Lindsay Whalen draws the foul)	14	11
5:54	Lindsay Whalen makes free throw 1 of 2	15	11
5:54	Lindsay Whalen makes free throw 2 of 2	16	11
5:37	Odyssey Sims misses 23-foot three point jumper	16	11
5:35	Sylvia Fowles defensive rebound	16	11
5:30	Lindsay Whalen vs. Skylar Diggins (Sylvia Fowles gains possession)	16	11
5:26	Sylvia Fowles steps out of bounds turnover	16	11
5:16	Odyssey Sims makes 8-foot two point shot	16	13
4:56	Rebekkah Brunson makes 5-foot two point shot (Maya Moore assists)	18	13
4:47	Odyssey Sims bad pass (Maya Moore steals)	18	13
4:41	Karima Christmas blocks Rebekkah Brunson's layup	18	13
4:39	Plenette Pierson defensive rebound	18	13
4:35	Skylar Diggins makes layup (Plenette Pierson assists)	18	15
4:15	Rebekkah Brunson makes 16-foot jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)	20	15
3:57	Plenette Pierson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Odyssey Sims assists)	20	18
3:33	Sylvia Fowles makes driving layup	22	18
3:15	Odyssey Sims misses 22-foot three point jumper	22	18
3:14	Lindsay Whalen defensive rebound	22	18
3:03	Seimone Augustus misses 17-foot jumper	22	18
3:02	Skylar Diggins defensive rebound	22	18
2:49	Karima Christmas makes 12-foot two point shot	22	20
2:42	Minnesota Full timeout	22	20
2:42	Aerial Powers enters the game for Courtney Paris	22	20
2:42	Theresa Plaisance enters the game for Skylar Diggins	22	20
2:42	Janel McCarville enters the game for Sylvia Fowles	22	20
2:42	Renee Montgomery enters the game for Seimone Augustus	22	20
2:42	Jia Perkins enters the game for Lindsay Whalen	22	20
2:31	Renee Montgomery misses 21-foot jumper	22	20
2:30	Janel McCarville offensive rebound	22	20
2:28	Janel McCarville Out-of-Bounds Bad Pass Turnover	22	20
2:17	Jia Perkins defensive 3-seconds (Technical Foul)	22	20
2:17	Plenette Pierson makes technical free throw	22	21
2:11	Aerial Powers makes 24-foot three point jumper (Karima Christmas assists)	22	24
1:50	Renee Montgomery makes driving layup	24	24
1:50	Plenette Pierson shooting foul (Renee Montgomery draws the foul)	24	24
1:50	Natasha Howard enters the game for Rebekkah Brunson	24	24
1:50	Renee Montgomery makes free throw 1 of 1	25	24
1:28	Karima Christmas makes layup (Theresa Plaisance assists)	25	26
1:28	Natasha Howard shooting foul (Karima Christmas draws the foul)	25	26
1:28	Karima Christmas makes free throw 1 of 1	25	27
1:17	Natasha Howard misses 12-foot jumper	25	27
1:16	Theresa Plaisance defensive rebound	25	27
1:02	Odyssey Sims misses 23-foot three point jumper	25	27
1:01	Natasha Howard defensive rebound	25	27
51.0	Renee Montgomery bad pass (Karima Christmas steals)	25	27
43.0	Aerial Powers misses 23-foot three point jumper	25	27
41.0	Minnesota defensive team rebound	25	27
41.0	Rebekkah Brunson enters the game for Natasha Howard	25	27
34.0	Renee Montgomery makes layup	27	27
34.0	Odyssey Sims shooting foul (Renee Montgomery draws the foul)	27	27
34.0	Skylar Diggins enters the game for Odyssey Sims	27	27
34.0	Courtney Paris enters the game for Plenette Pierson	27	27
34.0	Renee Montgomery misses free throw 1 of 1	27	27
32.0	Karima Christmas defensive rebound	27	27
19.0	Karima Christmas makes 4-foot two point shot (Aerial Powers assists)	27	29
3.0	Maya Moore misses layup	27	29
2.0	Karima Christmas defensive rebound	27	29
1.0	Karima Christmas double dribble turnover	27	29
0.0	Maya Moore misses 17-foot jumper	27	29
0.0	Minnesota offensive team rebound	27	29
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	27	29

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 3-0

Wings
63
Lynx
80

Game 1

5/6

Wings
56
Lynx
93

Game 2

10/7

Lynx
98
Wings
97

Game 3

17/7

College Park Center

9:30 PM, 17 July 2016

Arlington, TX

Attendance: 5,752

Referees:
Daryl Humphrey
Michael Price
Billy Smith

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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