Mercury 104-93 Aces (2 Aug, 2018) Play-by-Play

Phoenix Mercury

16-12, 11-5 away

104

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	29	19	27	29	104
LV	22	20	25	26	93

Las Vegas Aces

12-14, 6-7 home

A'ja Wilson makes 4-foot two point shot
A'ja Wilson makes driving layup (Kayla McBride assists)
Kayla McBride misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Carolyn Swords misses layup
A'ja Wilson makes 8-foot layup (Carolyn Swords assists)
A'ja Wilson misses 14-foot jumper
Brittney Griner blocks Tamera Young 's 5-foot layup
Brittney Griner blocks A'ja Wilson 's 8-foot layup
Kayla McBride misses 13-foot two point shot
Kayla McBride misses layup
A'ja Wilson makes 7-foot layup (Kelsey Plum assists)
Tamera Young makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
Kayla McBride makes layup (Kelsey Plum assists)
A'ja Wilson misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
Kelsey Plum misses 28-foot three point jumper
Ji-Su Park misses 15-foot jumper
Tamera Young misses driving layup
Tamera Young makes 14-foot jumper (A'ja Wilson assists)
Moriah Jefferson misses driving layup
Kelsey Bone misses 10-foot step back jumpshot
Dearica Hamby misses layup
Kayla McBride misses 15-foot jumper
Dearica Hamby misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jaime Nared misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Kayla McBride misses 13-foot two point shot
A'ja Wilson makes two point shot
Jaime Nared misses driving layup
Dearica Hamby misses layup
A'ja Wilson misses 13-foot two point shot
Kayla McBride misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
A'ja Wilson makes 16-foot jumper (Kelsey Plum assists)
Tamera Young misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
Kelsey Plum misses 26-foot three point jumper
Tamera Young makes 11-foot pullup jump shot (Kayla McBride assists)
Kayla McBride misses 18-foot jumper
Kayla McBride misses 10-foot jumper
Kelsey Plum misses driving layup
Stephanie Talbot blocks Tamera Young 's 15-foot driving layup
A'ja Wilson makes 4-foot layup
Ji-Su Park misses layup
Kayla McBride makes layup (Ji-Su Park assists)
A'ja Wilson makes driving layup
Kelsey Bone makes layup (Tamera Young assists)
Kelsey Bone misses layup
Kelsey Plum makes driving layup
Moriah Jefferson misses driving layup
Kayla McBride makes 15-foot two point shot
Tamera Young misses jumper
Kelsey Plum makes driving layup
A'ja Wilson misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Kayla McBride misses layup
Kelsey Plum makes 28-foot step back jumpshot
Ji-Su Park misses 18-foot jumper
A'ja Wilson makes 13-foot layup (Kayla McBride assists)
A'ja Wilson misses 14-foot jumper
Kayla McBride misses three point jumper
Kelsey Plum misses 12-foot two point shot
Kelsey Plum makes driving layup (A'ja Wilson assists)
Dearica Hamby makes 12-foot layup (Kayla McBride assists)
Dearica Hamby makes 15-foot layup (Kayla McBride assists)
Tamera Young makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (A'ja Wilson assists)
A'ja Wilson misses 17-foot jumper
A'ja Wilson misses 18-foot two point shot
Moriah Jefferson makes driving layup
A'ja Wilson makes driving layup (Moriah Jefferson assists)
Dearica Hamby makes 9-foot layup (Kelsey Plum assists)
Moriah Jefferson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kayla McBride misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
Dearica Hamby makes 8-foot layup (A'ja Wilson assists)
A'ja Wilson makes driving layup (Kelsey Plum assists)
Kayla McBride makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tamera Young assists)
Kayla McBride misses 16-foot two point shot
Kayla McBride makes driving layup
A'ja Wilson misses driving layup
Dearica Hamby misses driving layup
A'ja Wilson misses 14-foot two point shot
Kelsey Plum misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kelsey Plum misses driving layup
Jaime Nared misses 26-foot three point jumper
Lindsay Allen makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
Nia Coffey makes driving layup (Jaime Nared assists)
Kelsey Bone misses 9-foot hook shot
Nia Coffey makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Kelsey Bone assists)
Jaime Nared misses driving layup
DeWanna Bonner makes two point shot
DeWanna Bonner misses 15-foot step back jumpshot
Briann January misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Briann January makes 27-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Stephanie Talbot makes 11-foot layup (Brittney Griner assists)
Brittney Griner misses 19-foot jumper
A'ja Wilson blocks Stephanie Talbot 's 25-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi makes driving layup
Diana Taurasi misses 27-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses layup
Brittney Griner makes 4-foot layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Briann January misses 26-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 29-foot three point jumper (Stephanie Talbot assists)
Brittney Griner makes two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi misses driving layup
Diana Taurasi makes driving layup
Brittney Griner makes 12-foot two point shot (Leilani Mitchell assists)
DeWanna Bonner makes driving layup
Leilani Mitchell misses 28-foot three point jumper
Leilani Mitchell misses driving layup
Stephanie Talbot makes 24-foot three point jumper (DeWanna Bonner assists)
Brittney Griner makes 11-foot two point shot (Camille Little assists)
Camille Little misses 13-foot jumper
Carolyn Swords blocks DeWanna Bonner 's 12-foot two point shot
Camille Little misses three point jumper
Brittney Griner misses 13-foot two point shot
Brittney Griner makes 16-foot jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 28-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses driving layup
Brittney Griner makes 13-foot two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
DeWanna Bonner makes 12-foot layup (Brittney Griner assists)
Stephanie Talbot misses 19-foot jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes 14-foot layup (Briann January assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 14-foot two point shot
DeWanna Bonner makes 11-foot layup (Brittney Griner assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 27-foot step back jumpshot
Brittney Griner misses 14-foot two point shot
Briann January makes 25-foot three point jumper (Stephanie Talbot assists)
DeWanna Bonner misses 27-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes layup
Diana Taurasi makes driving layup
DeWanna Bonner misses 24-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner misses jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes 29-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses 28-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
Brittney Griner makes 10-foot hook shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
DeWanna Bonner makes 10-foot layup (Brittney Griner assists)
Diana Taurasi misses step back jumpshot
DeWanna Bonner makes layup
DeWanna Bonner misses layup
Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 28-foot three point jumper
Stephanie Talbot makes 25-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 28-foot three point jumper
Briann January makes 27-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
DeWanna Bonner makes 6-foot layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Brittney Griner misses layup
Leilani Mitchell makes 25-foot three point jumper
Yvonne Turner misses 27-foot three point jumper

MERCURY

ACES

TIME		PHX	LV
10:00	Brittney Griner vs. A'ja Wilson (Diana Taurasi gains possession)	0	0
9:40	DeWanna Bonner makes two point shot	2	0
9:29	Stephanie Talbot shooting foul	2	0
9:29	Carolyn Swords makes free throw 1 of 2	2	1
9:29	Carolyn Swords makes free throw 2 of 2	2	2
9:15	DeWanna Bonner misses 15-foot step back jumpshot	2	2
9:11	Kayla McBride defensive rebound	2	2
9:01	A'ja Wilson makes 4-foot two point shot	2	4
8:36	Briann January misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot	2	4
8:31	Kayla McBride defensive rebound	2	4
8:30	A'ja Wilson makes driving layup (Kayla McBride assists)	2	6
8:30	Briann January shooting foul	2	6
8:30	A'ja Wilson makes free throw 1 of 1	2	7
8:14	Briann January makes 27-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)	5	7
8:03	Kayla McBride misses 20-foot pullup jump shot	5	7
8:01	Las Vegas offensive team rebound	5	7
7:51	Carolyn Swords misses layup	5	7
7:51	Carolyn Swords offensive rebound	5	7
7:51	Stephanie Talbot shooting foul	5	7
7:51	Carolyn Swords makes free throw 1 of 2	5	8
7:51	Carolyn Swords makes free throw 2 of 2	5	9
7:40	Diana Taurasi misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot	5	9
7:39	Las Vegas defensive team rebound	5	9
7:27	Brittney Griner shooting foul	5	9
7:27	A'ja Wilson misses free throw 1 of 2	5	9
7:27	Las Vegas offensive team rebound	5	9
7:27	A'ja Wilson makes free throw 2 of 2	5	10
7:09	Stephanie Talbot makes 11-foot layup (Brittney Griner assists)	7	10
6:49	A'ja Wilson makes 8-foot layup (Carolyn Swords assists)	7	12
6:40	Brittney Griner misses 19-foot jumper	7	12
6:36	Stephanie Talbot offensive rebound	7	12
6:34	A'ja Wilson blocks Stephanie Talbot 's 25-foot three point jumper	7	12
6:29	Carolyn Swords defensive rebound	7	12
6:21	A'ja Wilson misses 14-foot jumper	7	12
6:18	Tamera Young offensive rebound	7	12
6:16	Brittney Griner blocks Tamera Young 's 5-foot layup	7	12
6:15	Carolyn Swords offensive rebound	7	12
6:08	Brittney Griner blocks A'ja Wilson 's 8-foot layup	7	12
6:04	Diana Taurasi defensive rebound	7	12
6:03	Diana Taurasi makes driving layup	9	12
6:03	Carolyn Swords shooting foul	9	12
6:03	Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 1	10	12
5:50	Kayla McBride misses 13-foot two point shot	10	12
5:50	Brittney Griner defensive rebound	10	12
5:42	Diana Taurasi misses 27-foot three point jumper	10	12
5:37	DeWanna Bonner offensive rebound	10	12
5:36	DeWanna Bonner misses layup	10	12
5:32	A'ja Wilson defensive rebound	10	12
5:27	Kayla McBride misses layup	10	12
5:23	Brittney Griner defensive rebound	10	12
5:15	Brittney Griner makes 4-foot layup (Diana Taurasi assists)	12	12
5:08	A'ja Wilson makes 7-foot layup (Kelsey Plum assists)	12	14
4:48	Briann January misses 26-foot three point jumper	12	14
4:45	Stephanie Talbot offensive rebound	12	14
4:44	Diana Taurasi makes 29-foot three point jumper (Stephanie Talbot assists)	15	14
4:37	Tamera Young makes 17-foot pullup jump shot	15	16
4:20	Brittney Griner makes two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)	17	16
4:14	Kayla McBride makes layup (Kelsey Plum assists)	17	18
3:57	Diana Taurasi misses driving layup	17	18
3:57	A'ja Wilson defensive rebound	17	18
3:57	Diana Taurasi technical foul (1st technical foul)	17	18
3:57	Official timeout	17	18
3:57	Leilani Mitchell enters the game for Briann January	17	18
3:57	Kayla McBride makes technical free throw	17	19
3:57	Nia Coffey enters the game for Kayla McBride	17	19
3:48	A'ja Wilson misses 10-foot pullup jump shot	17	19
3:44	Carolyn Swords offensive rebound	17	19
3:42	Kelsey Plum misses 28-foot three point jumper	17	19
3:40	DeWanna Bonner defensive rebound	17	19
3:31	Carolyn Swords shooting foul	17	19
3:31	Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2	18	19
3:31	Ji-Su Park enters the game for Carolyn Swords	18	19
3:31	Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2	19	19
3:14	Ji-Su Park misses 15-foot jumper	19	19
3:11	DeWanna Bonner defensive rebound	19	19
3:03	Diana Taurasi makes driving layup	21	19
2:49	Tamera Young misses driving layup	21	19
2:46	DeWanna Bonner defensive rebound	21	19
2:46	DeWanna Bonner out of bounds bad pass turnover	21	19
2:46	Camille Little enters the game for DeWanna Bonner	21	19
2:31	Tamera Young makes 14-foot jumper (A'ja Wilson assists)	21	21
2:20	Ji-Su Park shooting foul	21	21
2:20	Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2	22	21
2:20	Moriah Jefferson enters the game for Kelsey Plum	22	21
2:20	Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2	23	21
2:09	Nia Coffey traveling	23	21
2:02	Tamera Young personal foul	23	21
1:55	Brittney Griner makes 12-foot two point shot (Leilani Mitchell assists)	25	21
1:29	Moriah Jefferson misses driving layup	25	21
1:27	Tamera Young offensive rebound	25	21
1:25	Tamera Young lost ball turnover (Leilani Mitchell steals)	25	21
1:15	Ji-Su Park shooting foul	25	21
1:15	Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2	26	21
1:15	Kayla McBride enters the game for Tamera Young	26	21
1:15	Dearica Hamby enters the game for A'ja Wilson	26	21
1:15	DeWanna Bonner enters the game for Stephanie Talbot	26	21
1:15	Brittney Griner misses free throw 2 of 2	26	21
1:13	Dearica Hamby defensive rebound	26	21
1:09	Nia Coffey traveling	26	21
1:09	Kelsey Bone enters the game for Ji-Su Park	26	21
54.4	DeWanna Bonner makes driving layup	28	21
36.7	Kelsey Bone misses 10-foot step back jumpshot	28	21
35.9	Nia Coffey offensive rebound	28	21
35.9	Camille Little shooting foul	28	21
35.9	Nia Coffey misses free throw 1 of 2	28	21
35.9	Las Vegas offensive team rebound	28	21
35.9	Nia Coffey makes free throw 2 of 2	28	22
25.7	Diana Taurasi bad pass (Kayla McBride steals)	28	22
21.2	Dearica Hamby out of bounds bad pass turnover	28	22
21.2	Jaime Nared enters the game for Nia Coffey	28	22
10.2	Kelsey Bone personal foul	28	22
10.2	Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2	29	22
10.2	Brittney Griner misses free throw 2 of 2	29	22
8.1	Dearica Hamby defensive rebound	29	22
0.0	Dearica Hamby misses layup	29	22
0.0	Las Vegas offensive team rebound	29	22
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	29	22

Regular Season Series

PHX wins 3-1

Aces
66
Mercury
72

Game 1

10/6

Mercury
92
Aces
80

Game 2

18/6

Aces
85
Mercury
82

Game 3

20/7

Mercury
104
Aces
93

Game 4

2/8

Michelob ULTRA Arena

3:00 AM, 2 August 2018

Las Vegas, NV

Attendance: 5,129

Referees:
Eric Brewton
Roy Gulbeyan
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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