Phoenix Mercury @ Minnesota Lynx

WNBA SEMIFINALS - GAME 2 • MIN leads series 2-0

16-18, 5-12 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Mercury PHX	24	23	18	21	86
Lynx MIN	35	20	22	19	96

Minnesota LynxLynxMIN

28-6, 15-2 Home

Penny Taylor blocks Maya Moore's layup
Maya Moore makes two point shot
Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Seimone Augustus assists)
Maya Moore misses 23-foot three point jumper
Lindsay Whalen makes driving layup
Rebekkah Brunson makes layup (Maya Moore assists)
Seimone Augustus makes free throw 1 of 2
Seimone Augustus makes free throw 2 of 2
Lindsay Whalen misses layup
Sylvia Fowles makes 13-foot jumper (Seimone Augustus assists)
Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 1 of 1
Sylvia Fowles makes two point shot
Seimone Augustus misses layup
Rebekkah Brunson makes free throw 1 of 2
Rebekkah Brunson makes free throw 2 of 2
Jia Perkins makes driving layup
Maya Moore makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sylvia Fowles assists)
Renee Montgomery misses 23-foot three point jumper
Maya Moore makes 23-foot three point jumper
Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 2
Maya Moore makes free throw 2 of 2
Maya Moore misses 19-foot jumper
Rebekkah Brunson makes 14-foot jumper (Maya Moore assists)
Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 2
Maya Moore makes free throw 2 of 2
Maya Moore misses layup
Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 2
Maya Moore makes free throw 2 of 2
Maya Moore misses 10-foot jumper
Seimone Augustus misses 13-foot jumper
Lindsay Whalen misses 6-foot jumper
Rebekkah Brunson makes free throw 1 of 2
Rebekkah Brunson makes free throw 2 of 2
Sylvia Fowles misses free throw 1 of 2
Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 2 of 2
Seimone Augustus misses 14-foot jumper
Maya Moore misses 15-foot jumper
Maya Moore makes 24-foot three point jumper
Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 2
Maya Moore makes free throw 2 of 2
Maya Moore misses 24-foot three point jumper
Renee Montgomery misses jumper
Rebekkah Brunson misses
Rebekkah Brunson misses 13-foot jumper
Renee Montgomery misses two point shot
Seimone Augustus makes free throw 1 of 2
Seimone Augustus makes free throw 2 of 2
Natasha Howard makes layup (Seimone Augustus assists)
Jia Perkins misses jumper
Penny Taylor blocks Rebekkah Brunson 's 3-foot layup
Rebekkah Brunson makes 4-foot jumper (Maya Moore assists)
Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 2
Maya Moore makes free throw 2 of 2
Jia Perkins misses 14-foot jumper
Maya Moore misses 15-foot jumper
Jia Perkins makes two point shot
Rebekkah Brunson makes layup (Seimone Augustus assists)
Seimone Augustus misses 23-foot three point jumper
Seimone Augustus misses 20-foot jumper
Rebekkah Brunson misses two point shot
Seimone Augustus makes layup (Maya Moore assists)
Seimone Augustus makes layup
Maya Moore misses 19-foot jumper
Seimone Augustus misses 8-foot jumper
Lindsay Whalen misses 15-foot jumper
Maya Moore misses 22-foot three point jumper
Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 1 of 2
Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 2 of 2
Lindsay Whalen makes driving layup
Lindsay Whalen misses 16-foot jumper
Maya Moore makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jia Perkins assists)
Jia Perkins makes free throw 1 of 2
Jia Perkins makes free throw 2 of 2
Natasha Howard makes layup
Renee Montgomery misses 21-foot jumper
Maya Moore makes layup (Jia Perkins assists)
Rebekkah Brunson misses free throw 1 of 2
Rebekkah Brunson makes free throw 2 of 2
Jia Perkins makes free throw 1 of 2
Jia Perkins makes free throw 2 of 2
Natasha Howard makes layup (Renee Montgomery assists)
Seimone Augustus misses 22-foot jumper
Jia Perkins makes 8-foot two point shot
Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Renee Montgomery assists)
Lindsay Whalen makes jumper
Maya Moore misses 21-foot jumper
Jia Perkins makes 6-foot two point shot
Sylvia Fowles misses two point shot
Maya Moore misses 16-foot jumper
Lindsay Whalen makes driving layup
Lindsay Whalen misses free throw 1 of 2
Lindsay Whalen makes free throw 2 of 2
Brittney Griner blocks Jia Perkins 's 2-foot layup
Penny Taylor blocks Sylvia Fowles's layup
Lindsay Whalen misses layup
Lindsay Whalen makes free throw 1 of 2
Lindsay Whalen makes free throw 2 of 2
Lindsay Whalen makes free throw 1 of 2
Lindsay Whalen makes free throw 2 of 2
Seimone Augustus makes free throw 1 of 2
Seimone Augustus misses free throw 2 of 2
Lindsay Whalen makes 22-foot three point jumper (Maya Moore assists)
Candice Dupree makes layup (Marta Xargay assists)
Diana Taurasi makes jumper (Penny Taylor assists)
Penny Taylor misses 23-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 5-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point jumper
Penny Taylor makes free throw 1 of 2
Penny Taylor makes free throw 2 of 2
Isabelle Harrison misses driving layup
Candice Dupree misses driving layup
Penny Taylor makes two point shot
Diana Taurasi misses 7-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2
Seimone Augustus blocks Penny Taylor's jumper
Diana Taurasi makes technical free throw
Diana Taurasi misses 22-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2
Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
Marta Xargay makes free throw 1 of 2
Marta Xargay makes free throw 2 of 2
Marta Xargay misses driving layup
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2
Diana Taurasi misses 22-foot three point jumper
Marta Xargay makes 9-foot jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes driving layup
DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 1 of 1
Candice Dupree misses 16-foot jumper
Mistie Bass misses layup
Penny Taylor makes driving layup
Penny Taylor misses free throw 1 of 2
Penny Taylor makes free throw 2 of 2
Isabelle Harrison makes driving layup
Diana Taurasi misses layup
Maya Moore blocks Penny Taylor's layup
Isabelle Harrison makes layup (Penny Taylor assists)
Diana Taurasi makes layup (Marta Xargay assists)
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 1
Marta Xargay misses layup
Diana Taurasi makes driving layup
Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point jumper
Marta Xargay makes driving layup
Marta Xargay makes free throw 1 of 1
Marta Xargay makes free throw 1 of 2
Marta Xargay makes free throw 2 of 2
Candice Dupree misses 4-foot jumper
Candice Dupree makes free throw 1 of 2
Candice Dupree makes free throw 2 of 2
DeWanna Bonner makes driving layup
Marta Xargay makes driving layup
DeWanna Bonner misses 55-foot Regular Jump Shot
Penny Taylor misses 22-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner misses 5-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 24-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 15-foot jumper
Penny Taylor makes free throw 1 of 2
Penny Taylor makes free throw 2 of 2
Candice Dupree makes layup (Marta Xargay assists)
Penny Taylor makes driving layup (Candice Dupree assists)
Penny Taylor makes free throw 1 of 1
Candice Dupree makes 15-foot jumper (Penny Taylor assists)
Diana Taurasi makes jumper (Penny Taylor assists)
Penny Taylor makes driving layup
Isabelle Harrison makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 15-foot jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses 3-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses 12-foot jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses driving layup
DeWanna Bonner makes 5-foot jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 1 of 1
DeWanna Bonner misses 24-foot three point jumper
Penny Taylor makes free throw 1 of 2
Penny Taylor makes free throw 2 of 2
Brittney Griner misses 10-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi makes layup (Penny Taylor assists)
Diana Taurasi makes driving layup
Marta Xargay misses jumper
Candice Dupree misses layup
Candice Dupree makes 12-foot jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Penny Taylor misses 3-foot jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes driving layup
Penny Taylor misses 22-foot three point jumper
Jia Perkins blocks Diana Taurasi's shot
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2
Rebekkah Brunson blocks DeWanna Bonner's layup
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 3
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 3
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 3 of 3
Diana Taurasi makes 24-foot three point jumper (Marta Xargay assists)

MERCURY

LYNX

TIME		PHX	MIN
10:00	Brittney Griner vs. Sylvia Fowles (Diana Taurasi gains possession)	0	0
9:41	Candice Dupree makes layup (Marta Xargay assists)	2	0
9:19	Penny Taylor blocks Maya Moore's layup	2	0
9:18	Maya Moore offensive rebound	2	0
9:17	Maya Moore makes two point shot	2	2
9:08	Brittney Griner offensive foul (Lindsay Whalen draws the foul)	2	2
9:08	Brittney Griner turnover	2	2
8:51	Marta Xargay personal foul (Rebekkah Brunson draws the foul)	2	2
8:41	Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Lindsay Whalen assists)	2	4
8:37	Maya Moore personal foul (Marta Xargay draws the foul)	2	4
8:26	Diana Taurasi makes jumper (Penny Taylor assists)	4	4
8:18	Brittney Griner personal foul (Sylvia Fowles draws the foul)	4	4
8:18	Isabelle Harrison enters the game for Brittney Griner	4	4
8:12	Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Seimone Augustus assists)	4	6
8:00	Penny Taylor misses 23-foot three point jumper	4	6
8:00	Maya Moore defensive rebound	4	6
7:54	Maya Moore misses 23-foot three point jumper	4	6
7:52	Lindsay Whalen offensive rebound	4	6
7:50	Lindsay Whalen makes driving layup	4	8
7:41	Diana Taurasi makes 5-foot two point shot	6	8
7:33	Rebekkah Brunson bad pass (Marta Xargay steals)	6	8
7:24	Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point jumper	6	8
7:22	Phoenix offensive team rebound	6	8
7:22	Lindsay Whalen loose ball foul (Isabelle Harrison draws the foul)	6	8
7:16	Sylvia Fowles shooting foul (Penny Taylor draws the foul)	6	8
7:16	Penny Taylor makes free throw 1 of 2	7	8
7:16	Penny Taylor makes free throw 2 of 2	8	8
6:56	Rebekkah Brunson makes layup (Maya Moore assists)	8	10
6:39	Isabelle Harrison misses driving layup	8	10
6:37	Seimone Augustus defensive rebound	8	10
6:33	Marta Xargay shooting foul (Seimone Augustus draws the foul)	8	12
6:33	Seimone Augustus makes free throw 1 of 2	8	11
6:33	Seimone Augustus makes free throw 2 of 2	8	12
6:11	Candice Dupree misses driving layup	8	12
6:09	Sylvia Fowles defensive rebound	8	12
6:01	Lindsay Whalen misses layup	8	12
6:01	Isabelle Harrison defensive rebound	8	12
5:48	Penny Taylor makes two point shot	10	12
5:43	Jia Perkins enters the game for Maya Moore	10	12
5:43	Renee Montgomery enters the game for Lindsay Whalen	10	12
5:31	Candice Dupree kicked ball violation	10	12
5:30	Sylvia Fowles makes 13-foot jumper (Seimone Augustus assists)	10	14
5:30	Isabelle Harrison shooting foul (Sylvia Fowles draws the foul)	10	14
5:30	Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 1 of 1	10	15
5:18	Diana Taurasi misses 7-foot jumper	10	15
5:16	Phoenix offensive team rebound	10	15
5:16	Renee Montgomery in bound foul (Diana Taurasi draws the foul)	11	15
5:16	Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2	11	15
5:16	Lindsey Harding enters the game for Marta Xargay	11	15
5:16	Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2	12	15
5:03	Sylvia Fowles makes two point shot	12	17
4:50	Seimone Augustus blocks Penny Taylor's jumper	12	17
4:48	Rebekkah Brunson defensive rebound	12	17
4:45	Seimone Augustus misses layup	12	17
4:43	Jia Perkins offensive rebound	12	17
4:35	Diana Taurasi personal foul (Rebekkah Brunson draws the foul)	12	17
4:35	Full timeout	12	17
4:35	DeWanna Bonner enters the game for Penny Taylor	12	17
4:35	Rebekkah Brunson makes free throw 1 of 2	12	18
4:35	Rebekkah Brunson makes free throw 2 of 2	12	19
4:35	Maya Moore enters the game for Seimone Augustus	12	19
4:20	Rebekkah Brunson defensive 3-seconds (Technical Foul)	12	19
4:20	Diana Taurasi makes technical free throw	13	19
4:07	Lindsey Harding bad pass (Jia Perkins steals)	13	19
4:03	Jia Perkins makes driving layup	13	21
3:43	Diana Taurasi misses 22-foot three point jumper	13	21
3:41	Jia Perkins defensive rebound	13	21
3:31	Maya Moore makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sylvia Fowles assists)	13	24
3:23	Phoenix Full timeout	13	24
3:23	Brittney Griner enters the game for Isabelle Harrison	13	24
3:23	Marta Xargay enters the game for Lindsey Harding	13	24
3:18	Phoenix 20 Sec. timeout	13	24
3:05	Sylvia Fowles shooting foul (Brittney Griner draws the foul)	13	24
3:05	Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2	14	24
3:05	Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2	15	24
2:53	Maya Moore bad pass (Diana Taurasi steals)	15	24
2:49	Renee Montgomery personal foul (Marta Xargay draws the foul)	17	24
2:49	Marta Xargay makes free throw 1 of 2	16	24
2:49	Natasha Howard enters the game for Sylvia Fowles	16	24
2:49	Marta Xargay makes free throw 2 of 2	17	24
2:39	Renee Montgomery misses 23-foot three point jumper	17	24
2:38	DeWanna Bonner defensive rebound	17	24
2:31	Marta Xargay misses driving layup	17	24
2:31	Rebekkah Brunson defensive rebound	17	24
2:24	Maya Moore makes 23-foot three point jumper	17	27
2:10	Rebekkah Brunson personal foul (Diana Taurasi draws the foul)	19	27
2:10	Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2	18	27
2:10	Lindsay Whalen enters the game for Renee Montgomery	18	27
2:10	Seimone Augustus enters the game for Jia Perkins	18	27
2:10	Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2	19	27
2:00	DeWanna Bonner personal foul (Maya Moore draws the foul)	19	27
2:00	Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 2	19	28
2:00	Maya Moore makes free throw 2 of 2	19	29
1:47	DeWanna Bonner out of bounds lost ball turnover	19	29
1:30	Maya Moore misses 19-foot jumper	19	29
1:29	DeWanna Bonner defensive rebound	19	29
1:23	Diana Taurasi bad pass (Natasha Howard steals)	19	29
1:13	Rebekkah Brunson makes 14-foot jumper (Maya Moore assists)	19	31
59.0	Diana Taurasi misses 22-foot three point jumper	19	31
58.0	Rebekkah Brunson defensive rebound	19	31
50.0	Brittney Griner personal foul (Maya Moore draws the foul)	19	31
50.0	Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 2	19	32
50.0	Mistie Bass enters the game for Brittney Griner	19	32
50.0	Penny Taylor enters the game for Diana Taurasi	19	32
50.0	Jia Perkins enters the game for Rebekkah Brunson	19	32
50.0	Maya Moore makes free throw 2 of 2	19	33
35.0	Marta Xargay makes 9-foot jumper	21	33
19.0	Maya Moore misses layup	21	33
18.0	Minnesota offensive team rebound	21	33
18.0	Candice Dupree loose ball foul (Maya Moore draws the foul)	21	35
18.0	Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 2	21	34
18.0	Maya Moore makes free throw 2 of 2	21	35
4.0	DeWanna Bonner makes driving layup	23	35
4.0	Natasha Howard shooting foul (DeWanna Bonner draws the foul)	23	35
4.0	DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 1 of 1	24	35
0.0	Lindsay Whalen traveling	24	35
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	24	35

Mercury
95
Lynx
113

Game 1

29/9

Mercury
86
Lynx
96

Game 2

1/10

Lynx
82
Mercury
67

Game 3

2/10

Target Center

1:00 AM, 1 October 2016

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 11,923

Referees:
Jeff Smith
Maj Forsberg
Byron Jarrett

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	34	10	.773	-	W1
Las Vegas	30	14	.682	4	W16
Phoenix	27	17	.614	7	L3
Seattle	23	21	.523	11	W1
Golden State	23	21	.523	11	L3
Los Angeles	21	23	.477	13	L1
Dallas	10	34	.227	24	W1

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