Storm 90-66 Lynx (29 Jul, 2020) Play-by-Play

Minnesota Lynx

1-1, 0-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	13	22	17	14	66
SEA	20	21	28	21	90

Seattle Storm

2-0, 1-0 home

Natasha Howard makes 23-foot three pointer (Jewell Loyd assists)
Breanna Stewart misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Breanna Stewart misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Natasha Howard makes 4-foot two point shot (Jewell Loyd assists)
Jewell Loyd misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Breanna Stewart makes 5-foot layup (Jewell Loyd assists)
Jewell Loyd misses 13-foot jumper
Mercedes Russell misses layup
Mercedes Russell misses layup
Breanna Stewart makes tip shot
Jordin Canada makes 19-foot jumper
Sue Bird makes 23-foot three pointer (Breanna Stewart assists)
Mercedes Russell makes layup (Jordin Canada assists)
Sue Bird misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jordin Canada makes jumper (Jewell Loyd assists)
Ezi Magbegor misses 9-foot jumper
Ezi Magbegor makes layup (Morgan Tuck assists)
Jordin Canada misses 22-foot two point shot
Jordin Canada misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Jewell Loyd makes 14-foot jumper
Natasha Howard misses 21-foot jumper
Breanna Stewart misses layup
Breanna Stewart misses jumper
Sue Bird makes 24-foot three point jumper (Breanna Stewart assists)
Sue Bird makes 21-foot pullup jump shot
Alysha Clark makes layup (Sue Bird assists)
Epiphanny Prince makes two point shot
Epiphanny Prince makes 24-foot three point jumper (Mercedes Russell assists)
Sue Bird misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Jordin Canada misses layup
Breanna Stewart makes layup (Epiphanny Prince assists)
Epiphanny Prince makes 16-foot jumper
Breanna Stewart misses 24-foot three point jumper
Alysha Clark misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jewell Loyd misses 23-foot three point jumper
Natasha Howard misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jordin Canada makes 8-foot running pullup jump shot
Alysha Clark makes driving layup (Jordin Canada assists)
Alysha Clark misses 25-foot three point jumper
Natasha Howard misses layup
Jewell Loyd misses 5-foot jumper
Jewell Loyd makes three point jumper (Sue Bird assists)
Alysha Clark misses 24-foot three point jumper
Breanna Stewart makes 28-foot three point jumper (Jewell Loyd assists)
Sue Bird makes 16-foot jumper (Alysha Clark assists)
Breanna Stewart makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jewell Loyd assists)
Jewell Loyd makes 28-foot three point jumper (Sue Bird assists)
Epiphanny Prince misses 26-foot three point jumper
Sue Bird makes three point jumper (Breanna Stewart assists)
Sue Bird misses 25-foot three point jumper
Alysha Clark makes layup (Sue Bird assists)
Jordin Canada makes driving layup
Ezi Magbegor makes layup (Epiphanny Prince assists)
Morgan Tuck misses 23-foot three point jumper
Epiphanny Prince misses 8-foot pullup jump shot
Mercedes Russell makes 9-foot two point shot (Jordin Canada assists)
Mikiah Herbert Harrigan blocks Morgan Tuck 's 8-foot jumper
Sue Bird makes 25-foot three point jumper
Jewell Loyd misses 24-foot three point jumper
Sami Whitcomb misses 21-foot jumper
Sami Whitcomb makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jordin Canada assists)
Sami Whitcomb misses 26-foot three point jumper
Natasha Howard makes tip shot
Mercedes Russell makes two point shot (Jordin Canada assists)
Ezi Magbegor makes layup (Morgan Tuck assists)
Morgan Tuck makes 5-foot layup (Sami Whitcomb assists)
Napheesa Collier makes two point shot (Sylvia Fowles assists)
Sylvia Fowles misses driving layup
Lexie Brown misses 20-foot jumper
Napheesa Collier misses 9-foot two point shot
Napheesa Collier misses 16-foot jumper
Napheesa Collier misses 6-foot hook shot
Sylvia Fowles makes two point shot
Shenise Johnson misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Lexie Brown makes 20-foot jumper
Napheesa Collier makes 5-foot two point shot (Sylvia Fowles assists)
Lexie Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper
Alysha Clark blocks Karima Christmas-Kelly 's 10-foot jumper
Karima Christmas-Kelly misses 27-foot three point jumper
Napheesa Collier misses jumper
Crystal Dangerfield misses layup
Napheesa Collier makes 6-foot layup (Damiris Dantas assists)
Damiris Dantas misses 10-foot jumper
Napheesa Collier misses driving floating jump shot
Lexie Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shenise Johnson misses 8-foot jumper
Sylvia Fowles misses 5-foot jumper
Napheesa Collier makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
Breanna Stewart blocks Damiris Dantas 's 6-foot layup
Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Shenise Johnson assists)
Shenise Johnson makes layup
Damiris Dantas misses 25-foot three point jumper
Bridget Carleton misses 23-foot three point jumper
Lexie Brown makes 25-foot three point jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)
Bridget Carleton misses 27-foot three point jumper
Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Napheesa Collier assists)
Napheesa Collier misses 24-foot three point jumper
Damiris Dantas makes two point shot (Lexie Brown assists)
Damiris Dantas misses 23-foot three point jumper
Damiris Dantas makes 5-foot two point shot (Napheesa Collier assists)
Damiris Dantas makes 25-foot three point jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)
Breanna Stewart blocks Damiris Dantas 's 14-foot layup
Rachel Banham makes 25-foot three point jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)
Damiris Dantas misses 12-foot jumper
Rachel Banham misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Damiris Dantas misses 24-foot three point jumper
Damiris Dantas makes 16-foot jumper
Crystal Dangerfield misses 24-foot three point jumper
Crystal Dangerfield misses two point shot
Damiris Dantas makes 4-foot jumper (Crystal Dangerfield assists)
Shenise Johnson misses three point jumper
Napheesa Collier misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shenise Johnson makes 9-foot pullup jump shot
Napheesa Collier misses layup
Mikiah Herbert Harrigan misses layup
Damiris Dantas misses 7-foot jumper
Lexie Brown misses 22-foot jumper
Damiris Dantas makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shenise Johnson assists)
Mikiah Herbert Harrigan misses layup
Sylvia Fowles misses 3-foot tip shot
Sylvia Fowles makes tip shot
Rachel Banham makes 23-foot three point jumper
Mikiah Herbert Harrigan misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
Ezi Magbegor blocks Kayla Alexander 's 4-foot layup
Kayla Alexander misses layup
Ezi Magbegor blocks Megan Huff 's 8-foot jumper
Mikiah Herbert Harrigan misses 18-foot jumper
Bridget Carleton makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Megan Huff assists)

LYNX

STORM

TIME		MIN	SEA
10:00	Sylvia Fowles vs. Breanna Stewart (Lexie Brown gains possession)	0	0
9:47	Napheesa Collier makes two point shot (Sylvia Fowles assists)	2	0
9:21	Natasha Howard makes 23-foot three pointer (Jewell Loyd assists)	2	3
9:05	Sylvia Fowles misses driving layup	2	3
9:01	Sue Bird defensive rebound	2	3
8:56	Breanna Stewart misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot	2	3
8:51	Napheesa Collier defensive rebound	2	3
8:47	Lexie Brown misses 20-foot jumper	2	3
8:43	Breanna Stewart defensive rebound	2	3
8:35	Breanna Stewart misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot	2	3
8:31	Sylvia Fowles defensive rebound	2	3
8:13	Napheesa Collier misses 9-foot two point shot	2	3
8:10	Alysha Clark defensive rebound	2	3
8:00	Natasha Howard makes 4-foot two point shot (Jewell Loyd assists)	2	5
7:36	Napheesa Collier misses 16-foot jumper	2	5
7:33	Damiris Dantas offensive rebound	2	5
7:28	Napheesa Collier misses 6-foot hook shot	2	5
7:23	Lexie Brown offensive rebound	2	5
7:14	Sylvia Fowles makes two point shot	4	5
6:53	Jewell Loyd misses 20-foot pullup jump shot	4	5
6:50	Lexie Brown defensive rebound	4	5
6:42	Shenise Johnson misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot	4	5
6:41	Seattle defensive team rebound	4	5
6:29	Breanna Stewart makes 5-foot layup (Jewell Loyd assists)	4	7
6:07	Damiris Dantas bad pass (Alysha Clark steals)	4	7
6:02	Jewell Loyd misses 13-foot jumper	4	7
6:00	Sylvia Fowles defensive rebound	4	7
5:56	Lexie Brown makes 20-foot jumper	6	7
5:41	Breanna Stewart bad pass (Sylvia Fowles steals)	6	7
5:33	Natasha Howard shooting foul	6	7
5:33	Sylvia Fowles misses free throw 1 of 2	6	7
5:33	Minnesota offensive team rebound	6	7
5:33	Mercedes Russell enters the game for Natasha Howard	6	7
5:33	Karima Christmas-Kelly enters the game for Damiris Dantas	6	7
5:33	Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 2 of 2	7	7
5:11	Mercedes Russell misses layup	7	7
5:09	Napheesa Collier defensive rebound	7	7
4:52	Napheesa Collier makes 5-foot two point shot (Sylvia Fowles assists)	9	7
4:35	Mercedes Russell misses layup	9	7
4:29	Breanna Stewart offensive rebound	9	7
4:29	Breanna Stewart makes tip shot	9	9
4:18	Lexie Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper	9	9
4:16	Breanna Stewart defensive rebound	9	9
4:16	Breanna Stewart bad pass	9	9
4:16	Official timeout	9	9
4:16	Jordin Canada enters the game for Jewell Loyd	9	9
4:16	Crystal Dangerfield enters the game for Lexie Brown	9	9
4:16	Rachel Banham enters the game for Sylvia Fowles	9	9
4:16	Damiris Dantas enters the game for Shenise Johnson	9	9
3:58	Damiris Dantas offensive foul	9	9
3:58	Damiris Dantas turnover	9	9
3:45	Jordin Canada makes 19-foot jumper	9	11
3:35	Alysha Clark blocks Karima Christmas-Kelly 's 10-foot jumper	9	11
3:35	Minnesota offensive team rebound	9	11
3:27	Karima Christmas-Kelly misses 27-foot three point jumper	9	11
3:23	Sue Bird defensive rebound	9	11
3:11	Sue Bird makes 23-foot three pointer (Breanna Stewart assists)	9	14
2:46	Napheesa Collier misses jumper	9	14
2:42	Napheesa Collier offensive rebound	9	14
2:36	Crystal Dangerfield misses layup	9	14
2:34	Damiris Dantas offensive rebound	9	14
2:31	Napheesa Collier makes 6-foot layup (Damiris Dantas assists)	11	14
2:17	Mercedes Russell makes layup (Jordin Canada assists)	11	16
1:49	Damiris Dantas misses 10-foot jumper	11	16
1:45	Breanna Stewart defensive rebound	11	16
1:40	Sue Bird misses 24-foot three point jumper	11	16
1:37	Damiris Dantas defensive rebound	11	16
1:23	Alysha Clark personal foul	11	16
1:23	Morgan Tuck enters the game for Sue Bird	11	16
1:23	Jewell Loyd enters the game for Alysha Clark	11	16
1:20	foul	11	16
1:20	Morgan Tuck personal foul	11	16
1:20	Ezi Magbegor enters the game for Breanna Stewart	11	16
1:20	Karima Christmas-Kelly makes free throw 1 of 2	12	16
1:20	Karima Christmas-Kelly makes free throw 2 of 2	13	16
1:02	Jordin Canada makes jumper (Jewell Loyd assists)	11	18
43.6	Damiris Dantas traveling	11	19
34.9	Ezi Magbegor misses 9-foot jumper	11	19
34.9	Karima Christmas-Kelly defensive rebound	11	19
23.7	Karima Christmas-Kelly lost ball turnover (Morgan Tuck steals)	11	18
19.3	Ezi Magbegor makes layup (Morgan Tuck assists)	11	20
12.1	Minnesota Full timeout	11	21
3.1	Damiris Dantas bad pass	13	21
0.0	Jordin Canada misses 22-foot two point shot	13	21
0.0	Minnesota defensive team rebound	13	21
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	13	20

Regular Season Series

SEA leads 1-0

Lynx
66
Storm
90

Game 1

29/7

Storm
103
Lynx
88

Game 2

6/9

IMG Academy

3:00 AM, 29 July 2020

Bradenton, FL

Referees:
Jeff Smith
Michael Price
Amy Bonner

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	2	0	1.000	-	W2
Phoenix	2	1	.667	0.5	W2
Las Vegas	2	1	.667	0.5	L1
Seattle	2	3	.400	1.5	W1
Dallas	1	2	.333	1.5	L2
Los Angeles	1	2	.333	1.5	W1

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