Lynx 105-69 Mercury (23 Aug, 2017) Play-by-Play

Phoenix Mercury

15-15, 8-8 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	19	15	19	16	69
MIN	24	25	26	30	105

Minnesota Lynx

23-6, 13-2 home

105

Plenette Pierson misses 14-foot jumper
Maya Moore makes driving layup (Renee Montgomery assists)
Renee Montgomery misses 25-foot three point jumper
Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Plenette Pierson assists)
Seimone Augustus makes 19-foot jumper (Renee Montgomery assists)
Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Maya Moore assists)
Brittney Griner blocks Sylvia Fowles's layup
Renee Montgomery makes free throw 1 of 2
Renee Montgomery makes free throw 2 of 2
Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 2
Maya Moore makes free throw 2 of 2
Natasha Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
Natasha Howard makes free throw 2 of 2
Sylvia Fowles misses layup
Sylvia Fowles makes 3-foot two point shot (Jia Perkins assists)
Sylvia Fowles makes two point shot (Maya Moore assists)
Jia Perkins makes 24-foot three point jumper (Renee Montgomery assists)
Maya Moore makes 5-foot two point shot
Alexis Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
Plenette Pierson makes free throw 1 of 2
Plenette Pierson makes free throw 2 of 2
Alexis Jones misses 20-foot two point jumper
Seimone Augustus misses 15-foot jumper
Sylvia Fowles misses
Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Seimone Augustus assists)
Seimone Augustus makes 16-foot jumper
Seimone Augustus makes jumper (Renee Montgomery assists)
Plenette Pierson misses two point shot
Jia Perkins makes 18-foot two point shot
Maya Moore makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jia Perkins assists)
Maya Moore misses 24-foot three point jumper
Maya Moore misses 15-foot jumper
Natasha Howard misses
Natasha Howard makes layup
Natasha Howard makes 23-foot three point jumper (Renee Montgomery assists)
Maya Moore misses 15-foot jumper
Renee Montgomery makes 22-foot three point jumper (Natasha Howard assists)
Renee Montgomery misses 17-foot two point jumper
Maya Moore makes 23-foot three pointer
Brittney Griner blocks Sylvia Fowles 's 2-foot layup
Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 1
Maya Moore makes 17-foot jumper (Renee Montgomery assists)
Renee Montgomery makes driving layup
Renee Montgomery makes free throw 1 of 1
Maya Moore misses 17-foot two point jumper
Sylvia Fowles misses 15-foot jumper
Maya Moore misses 11-foot
Sylvia Fowles makes two point shot
Maya Moore misses 11-foot jumper
Brittney Griner blocks Plenette Pierson 's 2-foot layup
Maya Moore misses 20-foot jumper
Sylvia Fowles makes 2-foot two point shot
Plenette Pierson makes 17-foot jumper (Maya Moore assists)
Maya Moore makes 12-foot two point shot (Seimone Augustus assists)
Natasha Howard makes layup (Renee Montgomery assists)
Maya Moore makes 20-foot two point shot
Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 1
Maya Moore misses 23-foot three point jumper
Natasha Howard makes free throw 1 of 2
Natasha Howard makes free throw 2 of 2
Brittney Griner blocks Sylvia Fowles 's 3-foot layup
Plenette Pierson makes two point shot
Seimone Augustus misses Regular Jump Shot
Seimone Augustus makes 6-foot two point shot
Jia Perkins makes 14-foot two point shot
Jia Perkins makes 15-foot two point shot (Seimone Augustus assists)
Jia Perkins makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alexis Jones assists)
Plenette Pierson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alexis Jones assists)
Maya Moore makes technical free throw
Alexis Jones misses 4-foot jumper
Jia Perkins misses layup
Temi Fagbenle makes free throw 1 of 2
Temi Fagbenle makes free throw 2 of 2
Alexis Jones makes 23-foot three point jumper
Alexis Jones makes driving layup
Temi Fagbenle misses layup
Temi Fagbenle makes two point shot
Alexis Jones makes 23-foot three point jumper (Natasha Howard assists)
Alexis Jones makes 23-foot three point jumper
Alexis Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jia Perkins makes 23-foot three point jumper (Natasha Howard assists)
Renee Montgomery misses 22-foot three point jumper
Natasha Howard misses driving layup
Renee Montgomery misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jia Perkins makes 23-foot three point jumper
Stephanie Talbot blocks Alexis Jones 's 24-foot three point jumper
Temi Fagbenle misses layup
Natasha Howard makes two point shot
Danielle Robinson misses 18-foot two point jumper
Camille Little makes driving layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Monique Currie misses 21-foot two point jumper
Camille Little makes 15-foot jumper
Danielle Robinson makes driving layup
Sylvia Fowles blocks Brittney Griner's jumper
Sylvia Fowles blocks Danielle Robinson 's 1-foot layup
Diana Taurasi makes 20-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper
Camille Little makes driving layup (Monique Currie assists)
Brittney Griner makes 17-foot jumper (Stephanie Talbot assists)
Monique Currie makes 22-foot three point jumper (Danielle Robinson assists)
Danielle Robinson misses 20-foot jumper
Emma Cannon misses driving layup
Leilani Mitchell makes driving layup
Stephanie Talbot makes driving layup
Yvonne Turner makes driving layup
Cayla George makes 15-foot jumper (Yvonne Turner assists)
Maya Moore blocks Leilani Mitchell's layup
Leilani Mitchell makes two point shot
Danielle Robinson makes free throw 1 of 2
Danielle Robinson makes free throw 2 of 2
Monique Currie makes 21-foot jumper (Danielle Robinson assists)
Monique Currie misses 23-foot three point jumper
Danielle Robinson makes layup (Monique Currie assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 15-foot two point jumper
Danielle Robinson misses 16-foot jumper
Brittney Griner misses free throw 1 of 2
Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
Danielle Robinson misses 16-foot jumper
Stephanie Talbot makes free throw 1 of 2
Stephanie Talbot makes free throw 2 of 2
Brittney Griner makes 16-foot jumper (Stephanie Talbot assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 23-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes layup (Danielle Robinson assists)
Danielle Robinson misses layup
Maya Moore blocks Stephanie Talbot 's 22-foot jumper
Camille Little makes layup
Stephanie Talbot misses 23-foot three point jumper
Monique Currie makes 24-foot three point jumper (Yvonne Turner assists)
Brittney Griner misses 13-foot jumper
Natasha Howard blocks Camille Little 's 5-foot jumper
Monique Currie makes 21-foot jumper (Leilani Mitchell assists)
Leilani Mitchell misses 24-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2
Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
Emma Cannon misses free throw 1 of 2
Emma Cannon makes free throw 2 of 2
Leilani Mitchell makes free throw 1 of 2
Leilani Mitchell misses free throw 2 of 2
Leilani Mitchell misses free throw 1 of 2
Leilani Mitchell makes free throw 2 of 2
Yvonne Turner misses 18-foot jumper
Monique Currie misses 15-foot jumper
Leilani Mitchell makes 20-foot jumper
Leilani Mitchell misses driving layup
Monique Currie makes driving layup
Cayla George misses 24-foot three point jumper
Cayla George makes 16-foot jumper (Monique Currie assists)
Alexis Prince misses jumper
Monique Currie makes driving layup
Natasha Howard blocks Emma Cannon 's 2-foot layup
Leilani Mitchell makes technical free throw
Alexis Prince makes 6-foot jumper (Stephanie Talbot assists)
Stephanie Talbot misses 23-foot three point jumper
Temi Fagbenle blocks Alexis Prince's jumper
Stephanie Talbot misses driving layup
Cayla George makes layup (Yvonne Turner assists)
Temi Fagbenle blocks Yvonne Turner 's 3-foot jumper
Stephanie Talbot misses 23-foot three point jumper
Cayla George makes 23-foot three point jumper (Yvonne Turner assists)
Cayla George misses layup

MERCURY

LYNX

TIME		PHX	MIN
10:00	Brittney Griner vs. Sylvia Fowles (Danielle Robinson gains possession)	0	0
9:41	Danielle Robinson misses 18-foot two point jumper	0	0
9:40	Sylvia Fowles defensive rebound	0	0
9:30	Plenette Pierson misses 14-foot jumper	0	0
9:29	Seimone Augustus offensive rebound	0	0
9:23	Maya Moore makes driving layup (Renee Montgomery assists)	0	2
9:07	Camille Little makes driving layup (Diana Taurasi assists)	2	2
8:51	Renee Montgomery misses 25-foot three point jumper	2	2
8:49	Maya Moore offensive rebound	2	2
8:49	Brittney Griner personal foul (Maya Moore draws the foul)	2	2
8:45	Renee Montgomery bad pass (Danielle Robinson steals)	2	2
8:33	Monique Currie out of bounds lost ball turnover	2	2
8:11	Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Plenette Pierson assists)	2	4
7:54	Monique Currie misses 21-foot two point jumper	2	4
7:54	Sylvia Fowles defensive rebound	2	4
7:41	Maya Moore traveling	2	4
7:20	Camille Little makes 15-foot jumper	4	4
7:05	Seimone Augustus makes 19-foot jumper (Renee Montgomery assists)	4	6
6:48	Diana Taurasi bad pass (Sylvia Fowles steals)	4	6
6:43	Diana Taurasi personal foul (Seimone Augustus draws the foul)	4	6
6:33	Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Maya Moore assists)	4	8
6:20	Danielle Robinson makes driving layup	6	8
6:09	Brittney Griner blocks Sylvia Fowles's layup	6	8
6:07	Camille Little defensive rebound	6	8
5:56	Sylvia Fowles blocks Brittney Griner's jumper	6	8
5:56	Phoenix offensive team rebound	6	8
5:52	Seimone Augustus personal foul (Diana Taurasi draws the foul)	6	8
5:52	Natasha Howard enters the game for Plenette Pierson	6	8
5:48	Sylvia Fowles blocks Danielle Robinson 's 1-foot layup	6	8
5:47	Renee Montgomery defensive rebound	6	8
5:41	Camille Little shooting foul (Renee Montgomery draws the foul)	6	8
5:41	Renee Montgomery makes free throw 1 of 2	6	9
5:41	Renee Montgomery makes free throw 2 of 2	6	10
5:31	Diana Taurasi makes 20-foot two point shot	8	10
5:11	Monique Currie shooting foul (Maya Moore draws the foul)	8	10
5:11	Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 2	8	11
5:11	Maya Moore makes free throw 2 of 2	8	12
4:58	Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper	8	12
4:58	Sylvia Fowles defensive rebound	8	12
4:43	Danielle Robinson personal foul (Natasha Howard draws the foul)	8	13
4:43	Full timeout	8	12
4:43	Stephanie Talbot enters the game for Diana Taurasi	8	12
4:43	Natasha Howard misses free throw 1 of 2	8	12
4:43	Minnesota offensive team rebound	8	12
4:43	Natasha Howard makes free throw 2 of 2	8	13
4:43	Phoenix delay of game violation	8	13
4:28	Camille Little makes driving layup (Monique Currie assists)	10	13
4:15	Sylvia Fowles misses layup	10	13
4:13	Phoenix defensive team rebound	10	13
4:13	Jia Perkins enters the game for Seimone Augustus	10	13
3:55	Brittney Griner makes 17-foot jumper (Stephanie Talbot assists)	12	13
3:35	Sylvia Fowles makes 3-foot two point shot (Jia Perkins assists)	12	15
3:25	Monique Currie makes 22-foot three point jumper (Danielle Robinson assists)	15	15
3:15	Sylvia Fowles makes two point shot (Maya Moore assists)	15	17
2:58	Danielle Robinson misses 20-foot jumper	15	17
2:57	Jia Perkins defensive rebound	15	17
2:47	Jia Perkins makes 24-foot three point jumper (Renee Montgomery assists)	15	20
2:32	Monique Currie lost ball turnover (Maya Moore steals)	15	20
2:16	Maya Moore makes 5-foot two point shot	15	22
2:11	Phoenix Full timeout	15	22
2:11	Leilani Mitchell enters the game for Monique Currie	15	22
2:11	Yvonne Turner enters the game for Brittney Griner	15	22
2:11	Emma Cannon enters the game for Danielle Robinson	15	22
2:11	Plenette Pierson enters the game for Sylvia Fowles	15	22
2:11	Alexis Jones enters the game for Renee Montgomery	15	22
2:06	Emma Cannon offensive foul (Alexis Jones draws the foul)	15	22
2:06	Emma Cannon turnover	15	22
1:52	Plenette Pierson bad pass (Stephanie Talbot steals)	15	22
1:39	Camille Little out of bounds lost ball turnover	15	22
1:39	Seimone Augustus enters the game for Maya Moore	15	22
1:39	Cayla George enters the game for Camille Little	15	22
1:25	Natasha Howard bad pass (Stephanie Talbot steals)	15	22
1:15	Emma Cannon misses driving layup	15	22
1:14	Natasha Howard defensive rebound	15	22
1:07	Alexis Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper	15	22
1:05	Stephanie Talbot defensive rebound	15	22
48.0	Jia Perkins personal foul (Leilani Mitchell draws the foul)	15	22
42.0	Leilani Mitchell makes driving layup	17	22
31.0	Cayla George shooting foul (Plenette Pierson draws the foul)	17	22
31.0	Plenette Pierson makes free throw 1 of 2	17	23
31.0	Plenette Pierson makes free throw 2 of 2	17	24
14.0	Stephanie Talbot makes driving layup	19	24
1.0	Alexis Jones misses 20-foot two point jumper	19	24
0.0	Yvonne Turner defensive rebound	19	24
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	19	24

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 4-0

Lynx
91
Mercury
83

Game 1

1/7

Lynx
88
Mercury
71

Game 2

15/7

Mercury
66
Lynx
81

Game 3

17/7

Mercury
69
Lynx
105

Game 4

23/8

Xcel Energy Center

1:00 AM, 23 August 2017

Saint Paul, MN

Attendance: 10,723

Referees:
Jonathan Sterling
Jeff Smith
Maj Forsberg
Jonathan Sterling

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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