Lynx 75-62 Mercury (15 Jul, 2019) Play-by-Play

Phoenix Mercury

7-8, 3-6 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	19	16	11	16	62
MIN	23	13	20	19	75

Minnesota Lynx

10-7, 6-3 home

Stephanie Talbot makes 24-foot three point jumper (Danielle Robinson assists)
Odyssey Sims misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Sylvia Fowles makes 2-foot layup (Danielle Robinson assists)
Sylvia Fowles makes 2-foot two point shot
Odyssey Sims makes driving layup (Danielle Robinson assists)
Danielle Robinson misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Odyssey Sims makes 10-foot two point shot
Danielle Robinson misses jumper
Odyssey Sims misses 25-foot three point jumper
Odyssey Sims misses driving layup
Napheesa Collier makes 1-foot layup (Danielle Robinson assists)
Odyssey Sims makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
Napheesa Collier misses 8-foot jumper
Lexie Brown misses 2-foot two point shot
Lexie Brown makes 21-foot pullup jump shot (Temi Fagbenle assists)
Sylvia Fowles makes 18-foot jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)
Stephanie Talbot misses 21-foot jumper
Danielle Robinson misses 18-foot jumper
Lexie Brown misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Danielle Robinson misses 17-foot jumper
Danielle Robinson makes layup (Stephanie Talbot assists)
Danielle Robinson misses 20-foot jumper
Sylvia Fowles misses two point shot
Lexie Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper
Temi Fagbenle misses 23-foot three point jumper
Odyssey Sims makes driving layup
Stephanie Talbot misses jumper
Odyssey Sims makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
Brittney Griner blocks Sylvia Fowles's two point shot
Sylvia Fowles misses 13-foot jumper
Temi Fagbenle makes 15-foot jumper (Stephanie Talbot assists)
Alanna Smith blocks Danielle Robinson 's 5-foot jumper
Danielle Robinson misses 17-foot jumper
Odyssey Sims misses layup
DeWanna Bonner blocks Napheesa Collier's layup
Odyssey Sims makes jumper
Alanna Smith blocks Odyssey Sims's jumper
Odyssey Sims misses jumper
Lexie Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper
Odyssey Sims misses 19-foot jumper
Sylvia Fowles makes two point shot
Napheesa Collier makes driving layup
Sylvia Fowles makes 17-foot jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)
Stephanie Talbot makes 27-foot three point jumper (Odyssey Sims assists)
Odyssey Sims misses 24-foot three point jumper
Odyssey Sims misses 13-foot jumper
Danielle Robinson makes jumper (Odyssey Sims assists)
Danielle Robinson misses 17-foot jumper
Stephanie Talbot makes 10-foot two point shot
Napheesa Collier misses two point shot
Sylvia Fowles misses layup
Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Lexie Brown assists)
Odyssey Sims makes layup (Stephanie Talbot assists)
Napheesa Collier makes layup
Leilani Mitchell blocks Lexie Brown 's 3-foot layup
Lexie Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper
Danielle Robinson makes driving layup
Danielle Robinson makes layup (Temi Fagbenle assists)
Danielle Robinson makes 23-foot jumper (Sylvia Fowles assists)
Stephanie Talbot makes 21-foot jumper
Stephanie Talbot misses jumper
Odyssey Sims misses 14-foot jumper
Napheesa Collier makes 7-foot jumper (Danielle Robinson assists)
Napheesa Collier makes layup (Stephanie Talbot assists)
Temi Fagbenle misses 16-foot jumper
Danielle Robinson misses layup
Danielle Robinson makes tip shot
Essence Carson blocks Odyssey Sims 's 17-foot jumper
Sylvia Fowles misses layup
Odyssey Sims misses 15-foot jumper
Temi Fagbenle misses jumper
Napheesa Collier makes 24-foot three point jumper (Odyssey Sims assists)
Odyssey Sims misses jumper
Sylvia Fowles makes two point shot
Danielle Robinson misses 26-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes 27-foot three point jumper (Leilani Mitchell assists)
Essence Carson misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
Briann January misses three point jumper
Leilani Mitchell misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
DeWanna Bonner makes 27-foot three pointer
Leilani Mitchell makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
DeWanna Bonner makes 24-foot three point jumper (Essence Carson assists)
Essence Carson makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
DeWanna Bonner misses jumper
Briann January misses 24-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses 23-foot three point jumper
Yvonne Turner misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
Brittney Griner makes layup (Briann January assists)
Yvonne Turner makes driving layup
DeWanna Bonner misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
Temi Fagbenle blocks Camille Little 's 3-foot layup
Yvonne Turner misses two point shot
Brittney Griner misses two point shot
Camille Little misses 22-foot jumper
Leilani Mitchell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Essence Carson assists)
Leilani Mitchell misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
Essence Carson misses layup
Sylvia Fowles blocks Brittney Griner 's 5-foot layup
Alanna Smith misses layup
Brittney Griner makes layup (DeWanna Bonner assists)
DeWanna Bonner makes 26-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes 16-foot jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses 15-foot jumper
Brittney Griner misses jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes layup (Briann January assists)
Leilani Mitchell misses 28-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes 11-foot jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses three point jumper
Leilani Mitchell misses 24-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner misses layup
Leilani Mitchell makes 20-foot jumper (Brittney Griner assists)
Leilani Mitchell makes driving layup
Brittney Griner makes 2-foot layup (Briann January assists)
Essence Carson misses 23-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses 30-foot three point jumper
Briann January makes 17-foot jumper (Camille Little assists)
Sophie Cunningham misses two point shot
Yvonne Turner makes 23-foot three point jumper (Leilani Mitchell assists)
DeWanna Bonner misses 15-foot jumper
Camille Little misses 8-foot jumper
Sophie Cunningham misses driving layup
Leilani Mitchell misses jumper
Briann January misses 12-foot jumper
Essence Carson makes driving layup
DeWanna Bonner makes layup
Brittney Griner makes layup (Leilani Mitchell assists)
Brittney Griner misses layup
Brittney Griner makes layup (Leilani Mitchell assists)
Leilani Mitchell misses 23-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes two point shot (Leilani Mitchell assists)
Stephanie Talbot blocks DeWanna Bonner 's 2-foot layup
Leilani Mitchell misses driving layup
Essence Carson makes 15-foot jumper
Alanna Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses 24-foot three point jumper
Sylvia Fowles blocks Leilani Mitchell's driving layup
DeWanna Bonner misses 29-foot three point jumper

MERCURY

LYNX

TIME		PHX	MIN
10:00	Brittney Griner vs. Sylvia Fowles (Briann January gains possession)	0	0
9:35	DeWanna Bonner makes 27-foot three point jumper (Leilani Mitchell assists)	3	0
9:14	Stephanie Talbot makes 24-foot three point jumper (Danielle Robinson assists)	3	3
8:57	Essence Carson misses 21-foot pullup jump shot	3	3
8:54	Sylvia Fowles defensive rebound	3	3
8:48	Odyssey Sims misses 15-foot pullup jump shot	3	3
8:45	Leilani Mitchell defensive rebound	3	3
8:37	Briann January misses three point jumper	3	3
8:34	Napheesa Collier defensive rebound	3	3
8:30	Sylvia Fowles makes 2-foot layup (Danielle Robinson assists)	3	5
8:12	Leilani Mitchell bad pass (Napheesa Collier steals)	3	5
8:04	Essence Carson vs. Napheesa Collier (Danielle Robinson gains possession)	3	5
7:57	Sylvia Fowles makes 2-foot two point shot	3	7
7:47	Leilani Mitchell misses 18-foot pullup jump shot	3	7
7:44	Danielle Robinson defensive rebound	3	7
7:40	Odyssey Sims makes driving layup (Danielle Robinson assists)	3	9
7:24	DeWanna Bonner makes 27-foot three pointer	6	9
7:09	Odyssey Sims bad pass (Leilani Mitchell steals)	6	9
6:53	Leilani Mitchell makes 18-foot pullup jump shot	8	9
6:38	Danielle Robinson misses 20-foot pullup jump shot	8	9
6:35	Brittney Griner defensive rebound	8	9
6:28	DeWanna Bonner makes 24-foot three point jumper (Essence Carson assists)	11	9
6:01	Odyssey Sims makes 10-foot two point shot	11	11
5:51	Essence Carson makes 17-foot pullup jump shot	13	11
5:35	Danielle Robinson misses jumper	13	11
5:31	Odyssey Sims offensive rebound	13	11
5:26	Odyssey Sims misses 25-foot three point jumper	13	11
5:23	Napheesa Collier offensive rebound	13	11
5:21	Odyssey Sims misses driving layup	13	11
5:19	Leilani Mitchell defensive rebound	13	11
4:57	DeWanna Bonner misses jumper	13	11
4:54	Sylvia Fowles defensive rebound	13	11
4:42	Napheesa Collier makes 1-foot layup (Danielle Robinson assists)	13	13
4:24	Briann January misses 24-foot three point jumper	13	13
4:19	Danielle Robinson defensive rebound	13	13
4:16	Odyssey Sims makes 15-foot pullup jump shot	13	15
4:16	Briann January shooting foul	13	15
4:16	Official timeout	13	15
4:16	Lexie Brown enters the game for Stephanie Talbot	13	15
4:16	Temi Fagbenle enters the game for Danielle Robinson	13	15
4:16	Yvonne Turner enters the game for Essence Carson	13	15
4:16	Sophie Cunningham enters the game for Leilani Mitchell	13	15
4:16	Odyssey Sims makes free throw 1 of 1	13	16
3:56	DeWanna Bonner misses 23-foot three point jumper	13	16
3:52	Napheesa Collier defensive rebound	13	16
3:32	Napheesa Collier misses 8-foot jumper	13	16
3:30	Temi Fagbenle offensive rebound	13	16
3:21	Lexie Brown misses 2-foot two point shot	13	16
3:19	Yvonne Turner defensive rebound	13	16
3:12	Yvonne Turner misses 21-foot pullup jump shot	13	16
3:08	Napheesa Collier defensive rebound	13	16
3:01	Odyssey Sims bad pass (Briann January steals)	13	16
2:56	Brittney Griner makes layup (Briann January assists)	15	16
2:41	Lexie Brown makes 21-foot pullup jump shot (Temi Fagbenle assists)	15	18
2:15	Yvonne Turner makes driving layup	17	18
1:58	Sylvia Fowles makes 18-foot jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)	17	20
1:49	Briann January bad pass (Sylvia Fowles steals)	17	20
1:47	Stephanie Talbot enters the game for Sylvia Fowles	17	20
1:34	Stephanie Talbot misses 21-foot jumper	17	20
1:29	Brittney Griner defensive rebound	17	20
1:22	Temi Fagbenle personal foul	17	20
1:22	Danielle Robinson enters the game for Odyssey Sims	17	20
1:22	Camille Little enters the game for Brittney Griner	17	20
1:20	Sophie Cunningham bad pass (Stephanie Talbot steals)	17	20
1:20	Sophie Cunningham loose ball foul	17	20
1:20	Leilani Mitchell enters the game for Briann January	17	20
58.9	Danielle Robinson misses 18-foot jumper	17	20
55.4	Camille Little defensive rebound	17	20
52.2	Danielle Robinson personal foul	17	20
52.2	DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 1 of 2	18	20
52.2	DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 2 of 2	19	20
43.6	Lexie Brown misses 16-foot pullup jump shot	19	20
40.1	Stephanie Talbot offensive rebound	19	20
40.1	Sophie Cunningham personal foul	19	20
40.1	Stephanie Talbot makes free throw 1 of 2	19	21
40.1	Stephanie Talbot misses free throw 2 of 2	19	21
36.9	Stephanie Talbot offensive rebound	19	21
29.5	Danielle Robinson misses 17-foot jumper	19	21
25.5	Camille Little defensive rebound	19	21
3.7	Leilani Mitchell bad pass (Napheesa Collier steals)	19	21
0.7	Danielle Robinson makes layup (Stephanie Talbot assists)	19	23
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	19	23

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 3-0

Mercury
56
Lynx
58

Game 1

7/6

Mercury
62
Lynx
75

Game 2

15/7

Lynx
83
Mercury
69

Game 3

7/9

Target Center

12:00 AM, 15 July 2019

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 8,801

Referees:
Billy Smith
Tim Greene
Billy Smith
Tim Greene
Dannica Mosher

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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