Lynx 83-72 Mercury (23 Jun, 2018) Play-by-Play

Minnesota Lynx

6-6, 3-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	25	21	17	20	83
PHX	13	17	17	25	72

Phoenix Mercury

10-4, 4-3 home

DeWanna Bonner misses 27-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 18-foot running pullup jump shot
Brittney Griner misses 11-foot two point shot
Brittney Griner misses layup
Brittney Griner misses tip shot
Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point shot
DeWanna Bonner makes driving layup
Brittney Griner misses layup
DeWanna Bonner misses driving layup
Diana Taurasi makes 4-foot two point shot
DeWanna Bonner misses 10-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi misses running pullup jump shot
Leilani Mitchell misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes two point shot (Yvonne Turner assists)
Camille Little makes 25-foot three point jumper (Yvonne Turner assists)
Stephanie Talbot misses 20-foot jumper
Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2
Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
Leilani Mitchell misses two point shot
DeWanna Bonner misses 15-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi makes driving layup
Diana Taurasi makes driving layup
DeWanna Bonner makes two point shot
Sancho Lyttle misses 21-foot jumper
Briann January makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
Brittney Griner misses 7-foot hook shot
Brittney Griner misses 16-foot jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses 24-foot three point shot
Diana Taurasi makes 24-foot running pullup jump shot
Camille Little makes free throw 1 of 2
Camille Little makes free throw 2 of 2
Diana Taurasi misses running pullup jump shot
Brittney Griner makes 2-foot layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2
Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
Brittney Griner misses 5-foot jump bank shot
Briann January makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sancho Lyttle assists)
Brittney Griner makes 10-foot two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
Sylvia Fowles blocks Diana Taurasi 's 1-foot two point shot
Briann January makes free throw 1 of 2
Briann January makes free throw 2 of 2
DeWanna Bonner misses 27-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi makes layup (Sancho Lyttle assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Brittney Griner misses free throw 1 of 2
Brittney Griner misses free throw 2 of 2
Sylvia Fowles blocks Camille Little 's 1-foot layup
Brittney Griner makes two point shot
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
Diana Taurasi misses free throw 2 of 2
Diana Taurasi misses free throw 1 of 2
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2
Leilani Mitchell misses 25-foot three point shot
Brittney Griner misses 13-foot two point shot
DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 1 of 2
DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 2 of 2
Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2
Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
Yvonne Turner misses free throw 1 of 2
Yvonne Turner misses free throw 2 of 2
Leilani Mitchell misses 37-foot three point pullup jump shot
DeWanna Bonner misses 23-foot three point jumper
Sancho Lyttle makes 3-foot layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Sancho Lyttle makes free throw 1 of 1
Diana Taurasi makes two point shot
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 1
Sancho Lyttle misses layup
Briann January makes 26-foot three point jumper (Brittney Griner assists)
Diana Taurasi makes two point shot
Briann January misses driving layup
DeWanna Bonner misses three point jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three pointer
Briann January misses 25-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 20-foot jumper
Briann January misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Brittney Griner makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
DeWanna Bonner misses three point pullup jump shot
DeWanna Bonner makes 6-foot two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
Brittney Griner makes two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi misses two point shot
Leilani Mitchell makes free throw 1 of 2
Leilani Mitchell makes free throw 2 of 2
Yvonne Turner makes 23-foot three point jumper (Stephanie Talbot assists)
Lindsay Whalen makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
Maya Moore makes 17-foot two point shot
Lindsay Whalen makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
Lindsay Whalen misses two point shot
Sylvia Fowles misses layup
Sylvia Fowles makes 3-foot layup (Maya Moore assists)
Seimone Augustus makes 15-foot step back jumpshot
Seimone Augustus misses 6-foot two point shot
Sylvia Fowles misses layup
Lindsay Whalen makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
Cecilia Zandalasini makes pullup jump shot
Cecilia Zandalasini misses 23-foot three point jumper
Tanisha Wright misses two point shot
Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Cecilia Zandalasini assists)
Danielle Robinson misses running pullup jump shot
Maya Moore makes two point shot (Danielle Robinson assists)
Maya Moore misses 19-foot jumper
Cecilia Zandalasini makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
Cecilia Zandalasini makes 25-foot three point shot (Maya Moore assists)
Temi Fagbenle makes 14-foot jumper (Danielle Robinson assists)
Marie Gulich blocks Temi Fagbenle 's 4-foot layup
Seimone Augustus makes two point shot (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Cecilia Zandalasini misses 21-foot jumper
Maya Moore misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Temi Fagbenle makes 2-foot layup (Cecilia Zandalasini assists)
Seimone Augustus makes 25-foot three point jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Seimone Augustus misses 7-foot two point shot
Maya Moore makes 25-foot three point jumper (Danielle Robinson assists)
Seimone Augustus makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot (Sylvia Fowles assists)
Maya Moore makes 25-foot three point jumper
Rebekkah Brunson makes 21-foot jumper (Maya Moore assists)
Lindsay Whalen misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Diana Taurasi blocks Cecilia Zandalasini 's 11-foot pullup jump shot
Sylvia Fowles misses driving layup
Cecilia Zandalasini misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
Temi Fagbenle misses two point shot
Maya Moore misses 2-foot tip shot
Lindsay Whalen makes free throw 1 of 2
Lindsay Whalen makes free throw 2 of 2
Maya Moore misses free throw 1 of 3
Maya Moore makes free throw 2 of 3
Maya Moore makes free throw 3 of 3
Cecilia Zandalasini misses 23-foot three point jumper
Seimone Augustus misses 44-foot three point pullup jump shot
Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Seimone Augustus assists)
Lindsay Whalen misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Rebekkah Brunson misses 15-foot two point shot
Rebekkah Brunson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sylvia Fowles assists)
Maya Moore misses 20-foot jumper
Seimone Augustus makes 8-foot two point shot (Sylvia Fowles assists)
Maya Moore makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
Lindsay Whalen makes 24-foot three point jumper (Maya Moore assists)
Maya Moore misses 16-foot jumper
Sylvia Fowles misses free throw 1 of 2
Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 2 of 2
Lindsay Whalen makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
Maya Moore makes 18-foot two point shot (Danielle Robinson assists)
Temi Fagbenle misses 16-foot jumper
Rebekkah Brunson misses 19-foot jumper
Brittney Griner blocks Danielle Robinson 's 3-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi blocks Lindsay Whalen 's 6-foot driving layup
Lindsay Whalen misses 18-foot jumper
Sylvia Fowles misses layup
Seimone Augustus misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Maya Moore makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Sylvia Fowles assists)
Lindsay Whalen makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
Maya Moore misses 27-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner blocks Lindsay Whalen 's 15-foot step back jumpshot
Maya Moore misses 14-foot two point shot
Rebekkah Brunson misses two point shot
Maya Moore makes layup (Seimone Augustus assists)
Lindsay Whalen misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Maya Moore misses 33-foot three point jumper
Rebekkah Brunson makes 2-foot layup (Maya Moore assists)
Rebekkah Brunson misses free throw 1 of 1
Sylvia Fowles makes 5-foot two point shot
Maya Moore misses 25-foot three point jumper
Maya Moore makes 10-foot jumper (Seimone Augustus assists)
Maya Moore misses 33-foot three point pullup jump shot
Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 2
Maya Moore misses free throw 2 of 2
Seimone Augustus misses free throw 1 of 2
Seimone Augustus makes free throw 2 of 2
Seimone Augustus makes free throw 1 of 2
Seimone Augustus makes free throw 2 of 2
Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 1 of 2
Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 2 of 2
Danielle Robinson makes free throw 1 of 2
Danielle Robinson makes free throw 2 of 2

LYNX

MERCURY

TIME		MIN	PHX
10:00	Sylvia Fowles vs. Brittney Griner (Diana Taurasi gains possession)	0	0
9:39	DeWanna Bonner misses 27-foot three point jumper	0	0
9:36	Seimone Augustus defensive rebound	0	0
9:26	Lindsay Whalen makes 17-foot pullup jump shot	2	0
9:05	Briann January lost ball turnover (Lindsay Whalen steals)	2	0
8:59	Maya Moore makes 17-foot two point shot	4	0
8:48	Diana Taurasi makes 18-foot running pullup jump shot	4	2
8:33	Lindsay Whalen makes 14-foot pullup jump shot	6	2
8:21	Brittney Griner misses 11-foot two point shot	6	2
8:18	Sancho Lyttle offensive rebound	6	2
8:10	Brittney Griner misses layup	6	2
8:02	Brittney Griner offensive rebound	6	2
8:02	Brittney Griner misses tip shot	6	2
8:02	Rebekkah Brunson defensive rebound	6	2
7:50	Lindsay Whalen misses two point shot	6	2
7:45	Sylvia Fowles offensive rebound	6	2
7:43	Sylvia Fowles misses layup	6	2
7:39	Brittney Griner defensive rebound	6	2
7:37	Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point shot	6	2
7:33	Maya Moore defensive rebound	6	2
7:26	Sylvia Fowles makes 3-foot layup (Maya Moore assists)	8	2
7:18	Diana Taurasi bad pass (Seimone Augustus steals)	8	2
7:16	Diana Taurasi personal take foul	8	2
6:59	Seimone Augustus makes 15-foot step back jumpshot	10	2
6:50	Phoenix Full timeout	10	2
6:43	Sylvia Fowles personal blocking foul	10	2
6:36	DeWanna Bonner makes driving layup	10	4
6:13	Seimone Augustus misses 6-foot two point shot	10	4
6:12	Phoenix defensive team rebound	10	4
5:59	Brittney Griner misses layup	10	4
5:56	Lindsay Whalen defensive rebound	10	4
5:48	Sylvia Fowles misses layup	10	4
5:44	Sylvia Fowles offensive rebound	10	4
5:34	Lindsay Whalen makes 18-foot pullup jump shot	12	4
5:24	Diana Taurasi bad pass (Lindsay Whalen steals)	12	4
5:17	Lindsay Whalen bad pass (Diana Taurasi steals)	12	4
5:10	DeWanna Bonner misses driving layup	12	4
5:09	Phoenix offensive team rebound	12	4
5:09	Danielle Robinson enters the game for Maya Moore	12	4
5:09	Tanisha Wright enters the game for Seimone Augustus	12	4
5:09	Cecilia Zandalasini enters the game for Lindsay Whalen	12	4
4:59	Diana Taurasi makes 4-foot two point shot	12	6
4:38	Cecilia Zandalasini makes pullup jump shot	14	6
4:27	Rebekkah Brunson personal foul	14	6
4:27	Camille Little enters the game for Sancho Lyttle	14	6
4:22	Cecilia Zandalasini personal foul	14	6
4:22	Leilani Mitchell enters the game for Briann January	14	6
4:15	DeWanna Bonner misses 10-foot two point shot	14	6
4:12	Rebekkah Brunson defensive rebound	14	6
4:03	Cecilia Zandalasini misses 23-foot three point jumper	14	6
4:00	Brittney Griner defensive rebound	14	6
3:54	Diana Taurasi misses running pullup jump shot	14	6
3:51	Sylvia Fowles defensive rebound	14	6
3:46	Tanisha Wright misses two point shot	14	6
3:44	Brittney Griner defensive rebound	14	6
3:32	Leilani Mitchell misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot	14	6
3:28	Rebekkah Brunson defensive rebound	14	6
3:08	Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Cecilia Zandalasini assists)	16	6
2:50	Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper	16	6
2:47	Cecilia Zandalasini defensive rebound	16	6
2:43	Danielle Robinson misses running pullup jump shot	16	6
2:42	Phoenix defensive team rebound	16	6
2:42	Rebekkah Brunson loose ball foul	16	6
2:42	Stephanie Talbot enters the game for Diana Taurasi	16	6
2:42	Yvonne Turner enters the game for DeWanna Bonner	16	6
2:42	Maya Moore enters the game for Rebekkah Brunson	16	6
2:30	Camille Little lost ball turnover (Danielle Robinson steals)	16	6
2:23	Maya Moore makes two point shot (Danielle Robinson assists)	18	6
2:08	Brittney Griner makes two point shot (Yvonne Turner assists)	18	8
1:49	Maya Moore misses 19-foot jumper	18	8
1:45	Yvonne Turner defensive rebound	18	8
1:37	Camille Little makes 25-foot three point jumper (Yvonne Turner assists)	18	11
1:15	Stephanie Talbot personal foul	18	11
1:15	Temi Fagbenle enters the game for Sylvia Fowles	18	11
1:04	Cecilia Zandalasini makes 14-foot pullup jump shot	20	11
48.2	Stephanie Talbot misses 20-foot jumper	20	11
45.5	Maya Moore defensive rebound	20	11
42.9	Cecilia Zandalasini makes 25-foot three point shot (Maya Moore assists)	23	11
27.8	Tanisha Wright shooting foul	23	11
27.8	Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2	23	12
27.8	Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2	23	13
7.1	Temi Fagbenle makes 14-foot jumper (Danielle Robinson assists)	25	13
0.0	Leilani Mitchell misses two point shot	25	13
0.0	Phoenix offensive team rebound	25	13
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	25	13

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 2-1

Mercury
95
Lynx
85

Game 1

2/6

Lynx
83
Mercury
72

Game 2

23/6

Lynx
80
Mercury
75

Game 3

22/7

Footprint Center

3:00 AM, 23 June 2018

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 11,349

Referees:
Daryl Humphrey
Byron Jarrett
Janetta Graham

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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