Storm 74-68 Mercury (8 Aug, 2020) Play-by-Play

Phoenix Mercury

4-3, 2-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	16	7	19	26	68
SEA	19	23	20	12	74

Seattle Storm

6-1, 4-0 home

Breanna Stewart misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Natasha Howard misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Natasha Howard misses layup
Brittney Griner blocks Natasha Howard 's 3-foot layup
Jordin Canada misses driving layup
Alysha Clark misses 24-foot three point jumper
Breanna Stewart misses 8-foot two point shot
Alysha Clark makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jordin Canada assists)
Alysha Clark makes layup (Jordin Canada assists)
Natasha Howard makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jordin Canada assists)
Jordin Canada makes layup
Natasha Howard misses 20-foot jumper
Jewell Loyd makes layup (Jordin Canada assists)
Brittney Griner blocks Natasha Howard 's 5-foot jumper
Natasha Howard makes 17-foot jumper (Breanna Stewart assists)
Breanna Stewart makes 3-foot layup (Jordin Canada assists)
Sami Whitcomb misses layup
Sami Whitcomb makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jordin Canada assists)
Jordin Canada misses driving layup
Jordin Canada misses 6-foot two point shot
Jewell Loyd makes 26-foot three point jumper (Alysha Clark assists)
Jewell Loyd makes 24-foot three pointer
Sami Whitcomb makes layup
Jewell Loyd misses 25-foot three point jumper
Alysha Clark misses 24-foot three point jumper
Alysha Clark misses layup
Brittney Griner blocks Jewell Loyd 's 6-foot driving layup
Sami Whitcomb misses 14-foot two point shot
Mercedes Russell makes 11-foot two point shot (Sami Whitcomb assists)
Jewell Loyd makes three point jumper (Alysha Clark assists)
Alysha Clark misses 24-foot three point jumper
Alysha Clark misses 8-foot two point shot
Natasha Howard misses 11-foot two point shot
Alysha Clark makes 13-foot pullup jump shot (Natasha Howard assists)
Alysha Clark makes 24-foot three point jumper (Breanna Stewart assists)
Breanna Stewart misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Sami Whitcomb makes driving layup
Natasha Howard misses 25-foot three point jumper
Natasha Howard misses layup
Jordin Canada makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
Jewell Loyd misses layup
Breanna Stewart misses 28-foot three point jumper
Jordin Canada misses 16-foot jumper
Jewell Loyd misses two point shot
Jordin Canada makes layup (Alysha Clark assists)
Jordin Canada misses 27-foot three point jumper
Sami Whitcomb makes layup (Breanna Stewart assists)
Breanna Stewart misses 14-foot jumper
Breanna Stewart makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jordin Canada assists)
Breanna Stewart makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jordin Canada assists)
Breanna Stewart makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jordin Canada assists)
Breanna Stewart misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Jewell Loyd makes 28-foot step back jumpshot
Jewell Loyd misses driving layup
Sami Whitcomb misses 26-foot three point jumper
Nia Coffey blocks Crystal Langhorne 's 11-foot jumper
Breanna Stewart misses 17-foot two point shot
Mercedes Russell misses 11-foot two point shot
Mercedes Russell makes 11-foot two point shot (Jordin Canada assists)
Jewell Loyd misses 19-foot jumper
Jewell Loyd misses 11-foot two point shot
Jewell Loyd makes 26-foot three point jumper (Alysha Clark assists)
Breanna Stewart misses 29-foot three point jumper
Jewell Loyd misses 28-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner blocks Natasha Howard 's 10-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
Brittney Griner makes 17-foot jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Brittney Griner misses 16-foot jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner misses 13-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup
Brittney Griner makes 19-foot jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
Brianna Turner misses two point shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 29-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes 17-foot jumper (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)
Alanna Smith makes layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Brittney Griner misses layup
Diana Taurasi misses 28-foot three point jumper
Kia Vaughn misses layup
Brittney Griner misses 18-foot jumper
Ezi Magbegor blocks Kia Vaughn 's 9-foot layup
Kia Vaughn makes 20-foot jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Sophie Cunningham misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Sophie Cunningham misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 22-foot jumper
Brittney Griner misses 13-foot two point shot
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 13-foot two point shot
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses two point shot
Alysha Clark blocks Sophie Cunningham 's 8-foot driving layup
Brittney Griner misses 15-foot jumper
Alanna Smith makes jumper (Brittney Griner assists)
Alanna Smith misses 27-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner misses layup
Diana Taurasi misses driving layup
Sophie Cunningham misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner misses layup
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses layup
Brittney Griner makes layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Brittney Griner misses 6-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 24-foot three pointer
Ezi Magbegor blocks Brittney Griner 's 3-foot hook shot
Diana Taurasi makes driving layup
Diana Taurasi makes 7-foot two point shot (Kia Vaughn assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 7-foot two point shot
Kia Vaughn misses 20-foot jumper
Nia Coffey misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kia Vaughn misses 11-foot jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup
Nia Coffey misses 17-foot jumper
Brittney Griner makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 24-foot three point jumper
Nia Coffey misses 23-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 27-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses jumper
Brittney Griner makes finger roll layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Nia Coffey makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brittney Griner assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes two point shot
Sophie Cunningham misses 3-foot two point shot
Nia Coffey makes layup (Sophie Cunningham assists)
Sophie Cunningham makes layup (Alanna Smith assists)
Brittney Griner makes 9-foot two point shot (Sophie Cunningham assists)

MERCURY

STORM

TIME		PHX	SEA
10:00	Brittney Griner vs. Breanna Stewart (Skylar Diggins-Smith gains possession)	0	0
9:36	Diana Taurasi misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot	0	0
9:32	Natasha Howard defensive rebound	0	0
9:15	Breanna Stewart misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot	0	0
9:12	Skylar Diggins-Smith defensive rebound	0	0
9:05	Brianna Turner out of bounds bad pass turnover	0	0
8:52	Natasha Howard misses 15-foot pullup jump shot	0	0
8:48	Diana Taurasi defensive rebound	0	0
8:42	Brittney Griner makes 17-foot jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)	2	0
8:21	Natasha Howard misses layup	2	0
8:18	Natasha Howard offensive rebound	2	0
8:17	Brittney Griner blocks Natasha Howard 's 3-foot layup	2	0
8:13	Skylar Diggins-Smith defensive rebound	2	0
8:10	Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)	5	0
7:55	Jordin Canada misses driving layup	5	0
7:48	Brittney Griner defensive rebound	5	0
7:43	Brittney Griner misses 16-foot jumper	5	0
7:40	Breanna Stewart defensive rebound	5	0
7:35	Diana Taurasi personal foul	5	0
7:31	Alysha Clark misses 24-foot three point jumper	5	0
7:25	Skylar Diggins-Smith defensive rebound	5	0
7:19	Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper	5	0
7:17	Phoenix offensive team rebound	5	0
7:17	Natasha Howard loose ball foul	5	0
7:08	Brittney Griner misses 13-foot jumper	5	0
7:06	Breanna Stewart defensive rebound	5	0
7:00	Jordin Canada out of bounds bad pass turnover	5	0
6:46	Diana Taurasi misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot	5	0
6:43	Alysha Clark defensive rebound	5	0
6:36	Breanna Stewart misses 8-foot two point shot	5	0
6:32	Diana Taurasi defensive rebound	5	0
6:25	Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 19-foot pullup jump shot	7	0
6:15	Alysha Clark makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jordin Canada assists)	7	3
6:03	Brittney Griner out of bounds bad pass turnover	7	3
5:49	Alysha Clark makes layup (Jordin Canada assists)	7	5
5:40	Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup	9	5
5:40	Jordin Canada shooting foul	9	5
5:40	Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 1	10	5
5:25	Natasha Howard makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jordin Canada assists)	10	8
5:08	Brittney Griner makes 19-foot jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)	12	8
4:48	Jordin Canada makes layup	12	10
4:24	Official timeout	12	10
4:24	Sami Whitcomb enters the game for Alysha Clark	12	10
4:24	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough enters the game for Sophie Cunningham	12	10
4:24	Nia Coffey enters the game for Diana Taurasi	12	10
4:20	Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 12-foot pullup jump shot	12	10
4:15	Natasha Howard defensive rebound	12	10
4:10	Breanna Stewart back court turnover	12	10
3:53	Brianna Turner misses two point shot	12	10
3:51	Natasha Howard defensive rebound	12	10
3:29	Natasha Howard misses 20-foot jumper	12	10
3:29	Jewell Loyd offensive rebound	12	10
3:29	shot clock turnover	12	10
3:29	Alanna Smith enters the game for Brianna Turner	12	10
3:15	Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper	12	10
3:10	Nia Coffey offensive rebound	12	10
2:58	Skylar Diggins-Smith lost ball turnover (Jordin Canada steals)	12	10
2:53	Jewell Loyd makes layup (Jordin Canada assists)	12	12
2:40	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 29-foot three point jumper	12	12
2:35	Natasha Howard defensive rebound	12	12
2:28	Brittney Griner blocks Natasha Howard 's 5-foot jumper	12	12
2:24	Skylar Diggins-Smith defensive rebound	12	12
2:15	Brittney Griner makes 17-foot jumper (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)	14	12
1:46	Natasha Howard makes 17-foot jumper (Breanna Stewart assists)	14	14
1:35	Alanna Smith makes layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)	16	14
1:25	Breanna Stewart makes 3-foot layup (Jordin Canada assists)	16	16
1:08	Skylar Diggins-Smith lost ball turnover (Sami Whitcomb steals)	16	16
1:06	Sami Whitcomb misses layup	16	16
1:03	Nia Coffey defensive rebound	16	16
58.8	Brittney Griner misses layup	16	16
56.7	Breanna Stewart defensive rebound	16	16
50.1	Alanna Smith personal foul	16	16
50.1	Diana Taurasi enters the game for Skylar Diggins-Smith	16	16
50.1	Kia Vaughn enters the game for Brittney Griner	16	16
50.1	Alysha Clark enters the game for Natasha Howard	16	16
50.1	Mercedes Russell enters the game for Jewell Loyd	16	16
50.1	Ezi Magbegor enters the game for Breanna Stewart	16	16
41.6	Sami Whitcomb makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jordin Canada assists)	16	19
23.0	Diana Taurasi misses 28-foot three point jumper	16	19
19.8	Mercedes Russell defensive rebound	16	19
0.2	Jordin Canada misses driving layup	16	19
0.2	Jordin Canada offensive rebound	16	19
0.0	Jordin Canada misses 6-foot two point shot	16	19
0.0	Seattle offensive team rebound	16	19
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	16	19

Regular Season Series

SEA leads 1-0

Mercury
68
Storm
74

Game 1

8/8

Storm
83
Mercury
60

Game 2

12/9

IMG Academy

8:00 PM, 8 August 2020

Bradenton, FL

Referees:
Michael Price
Amy Bonner
Maj Forsberg

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Los Angeles	1	0	1.000	-	W1
Minnesota	1	0	1.000	-	W1
Dallas	1	0	1.000	-	W1
Las Vegas	0	0	.000	0.5	-
Phoenix	0	0	.000	0.5	-
Seattle	0	1	.000	1	L1

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