Storm 83-60 Mercury (12 Sep, 2020) Play-by-Play

Seattle Storm

18-3, 8-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
SEA	22	28	19	14	83
PHX	14	12	11	23	60

Phoenix Mercury

13-9, 6-5 home

Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kia Vaughn misses 15-foot jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes 20-foot jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 11-foot jumper (Kia Vaughn assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 28-foot three point jumper
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 23-foot three point jumper
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 20-foot jumper
Brianna Turner makes layup (Shey Peddy assists)
Sophie Cunningham misses 19-foot jumper
Sophie Cunningham misses 26-foot three point jumper
Sophie Cunningham makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shey Peddy assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kia Vaughn makes two point shot
Shey Peddy misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kia Vaughn misses jumper
Epiphanny Prince blocks Kia Vaughn 's 4-foot driving layup
Brianna Turner misses 10-foot jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses pullup jump shot
Kia Vaughn misses 18-foot jumper
Alisia Jenkins misses layup
Natasha Howard blocks Alisia Jenkins 's 5-foot layup
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 19-foot jumper
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 6-foot two point shot
Brianna Turner misses tip shot
Shey Peddy misses 23-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper
Alisia Jenkins misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kia Vaughn assists)
Sophie Cunningham misses 23-foot three point jumper
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 24-foot three point jumper
Brianna Turner misses 18-foot jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kia Vaughn misses 16-foot jumper
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses jumper
Alisia Jenkins misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses jumper
Brianna Turner misses layup
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses tip shot
Sophie Cunningham misses 24-foot three point jumper
Alisia Jenkins makes jumper (Shey Peddy assists)
Alisia Jenkins misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes 23-foot three point jumper (Shey Peddy assists)
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 19-foot jumper
Alisia Jenkins misses 14-foot jumper
Shey Peddy misses 30-foot three point jumper
Sophie Cunningham misses 10-foot jumper
Sophie Cunningham misses 25-foot three point jumper
Sophie Cunningham makes layup (Shey Peddy assists)
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes 22-foot jumper (Sophie Cunningham assists)
Sophie Cunningham makes 10-foot two point shot (Shey Peddy assists)
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes layup
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes driving layup (Brianna Turner assists)
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 13-foot jumper
Shey Peddy misses 27-foot three point jumper
Sophie Cunningham misses 25-foot three point jumper
Alisia Jenkins makes 17-foot jumper (Sophie Cunningham assists)
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 26-foot three point jumper
Sophie Cunningham misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shey Peddy misses 12-foot jumper
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 21-foot jumper
Jordin Canada makes step back jumpshot
Natasha Howard misses 5-foot jumper
Mercedes Russell misses layup
Alysha Clark makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jewell Loyd assists)
Jewell Loyd misses 25-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith blocks Jordin Canada's driving layup
Mercedes Russell makes layup (Jordin Canada assists)
Mercedes Russell misses two point shot
Mercedes Russell misses layup
Alysha Clark misses 15-foot jumper
Jewell Loyd makes layup
Jewell Loyd misses jumper
Brianna Turner blocks Natasha Howard 's 8-foot jumper
Jordin Canada makes driving layup
Crystal Langhorne makes layup (Sami Whitcomb assists)
Ezi Magbegor makes layup (Jewell Loyd assists)
Crystal Langhorne misses 28-foot three point jumper
Epiphanny Prince makes 21-foot jumper
Sami Whitcomb misses 29-foot three point jumper
Brianna Turner blocks Epiphanny Prince 's 5-foot layup
Ezi Magbegor makes 4-foot two point shot (Sami Whitcomb assists)
Ezi Magbegor makes 21-foot jumper (Epiphanny Prince assists)
Ezi Magbegor misses layup
Natasha Howard makes layup (Jordin Canada assists)
Natasha Howard makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jewell Loyd assists)
Jordin Canada makes layup
Jordin Canada makes layup
Mercedes Russell misses 8-foot two point shot
Mercedes Russell makes 3-foot layup (Sami Whitcomb assists)
Natasha Howard makes layup (Jordin Canada assists)
Natasha Howard makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jewell Loyd assists)
Brianna Turner blocks Sami Whitcomb 's 7-foot layup
Jewell Loyd makes layup (Jordin Canada assists)
Jordin Canada misses 16-foot jumper
Alysha Clark makes 23-foot three point jumper (Natasha Howard assists)
Natasha Howard misses layup
Alysha Clark makes 23-foot three point jumper (Natasha Howard assists)
Natasha Howard misses layup
Jewell Loyd misses 17-foot jumper
Natasha Howard makes 4-foot jumper (Jewell Loyd assists)
Mercedes Russell makes layup (Natasha Howard assists)
Jordin Canada makes layup
Jordin Canada misses layup
Jewell Loyd misses layup
Natasha Howard misses tip shot
Mercedes Russell makes layup (Crystal Langhorne assists)
Jewell Loyd misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jewell Loyd makes 14-foot jumper
Crystal Langhorne makes 16-foot two point shot (Sami Whitcomb assists)
Sami Whitcomb misses layup
Sami Whitcomb misses 23-foot three point jumper
Ezi Magbegor makes 4-foot layup (Epiphanny Prince assists)
Crystal Langhorne misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ezi Magbegor misses jumper
Morgan Tuck misses 23-foot three point jumper
Epiphanny Prince misses 19-foot jumper
Sami Whitcomb misses 26-foot three point jumper
Sami Whitcomb misses 25-foot three point jumper
Epiphanny Prince misses 23-foot jumper
Ezi Magbegor makes 5-foot jumper (Epiphanny Prince assists)
Crystal Langhorne makes 3-foot layup (Ezi Magbegor assists)
Morgan Tuck misses layup
Ezi Magbegor misses 6-foot two point shot
Epiphanny Prince misses 26-foot three point jumper
Sami Whitcomb makes 26-foot three point jumper (Crystal Langhorne assists)
Crystal Langhorne makes 28-foot three pointer

STORM

MERCURY

TIME		SEA	PHX
10:00	Mercedes Russell vs. Brianna Turner (Jordin Canada gains possession)	0	0
9:38	Jordin Canada makes step back jumpshot	2	0
9:20	Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point jumper	2	0
9:20	Phoenix offensive team rebound	2	0
9:06	shot clock turnover	2	0
8:49	Natasha Howard misses 5-foot jumper	2	0
8:47	Diana Taurasi defensive rebound	2	0
8:46	Diana Taurasi bad pass (Jewell Loyd steals)	2	0
8:36	Mercedes Russell misses layup	2	0
8:35	Natasha Howard offensive rebound	2	0
8:30	Alysha Clark makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jewell Loyd assists)	5	0
8:15	Kia Vaughn misses 15-foot jumper	5	0
8:11	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough offensive rebound	5	0
8:09	Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper	5	0
8:07	Phoenix offensive team rebound	5	0
8:04	Brianna Turner out of bounds bad pass turnover	5	0
7:50	Jewell Loyd misses 25-foot three point jumper	5	0
7:48	Skylar Diggins-Smith defensive rebound	5	0
7:45	Skylar Diggins-Smith out of bounds lost ball turnover	5	0
7:34	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough personal foul	5	0
7:30	Skylar Diggins-Smith blocks Jordin Canada's driving layup	5	0
7:30	Seattle offensive team rebound	5	0
7:27	Jewell Loyd bad pass (Kia Vaughn steals)	5	0
7:16	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes 20-foot jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)	5	2
6:59	Natasha Howard offensive foul	5	2
6:59	Natasha Howard turnover	5	2
6:42	Diana Taurasi makes 11-foot jumper (Kia Vaughn assists)	5	4
6:42	Jordin Canada shooting foul	5	4
6:42	Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 1	5	5
6:23	Mercedes Russell makes layup (Jordin Canada assists)	7	5
6:09	Kia Vaughn traveling	7	5
5:59	Kia Vaughn shooting foul	7	5
5:59	Jewell Loyd makes free throw 1 of 2	8	5
5:59	Jewell Loyd makes free throw 2 of 2	9	5
5:48	Diana Taurasi misses 28-foot three point jumper	9	5
5:44	Alysha Clark defensive rebound	9	5
5:37	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough shooting foul	9	5
5:37	Jordin Canada makes free throw 1 of 2	10	5
5:37	Jordin Canada makes free throw 2 of 2	11	5
5:23	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 23-foot three point jumper	11	5
5:20	Alysha Clark defensive rebound	11	5
5:11	Mercedes Russell misses two point shot	11	5
5:09	Mercedes Russell offensive rebound	11	5
5:09	Mercedes Russell misses layup	11	5
5:06	Diana Taurasi defensive rebound	11	5
4:49	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 20-foot jumper	11	5
4:47	Mercedes Russell defensive rebound	11	5
4:29	Alysha Clark misses 15-foot jumper	11	5
4:27	Jordin Canada offensive rebound	11	5
4:24	Mercedes Russell traveling	11	5
4:24	Official timeout	11	5
4:24	Shey Peddy enters the game for Kia Vaughn	11	5
4:24	Sophie Cunningham enters the game for Diana Taurasi	11	5
4:14	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough out of bounds bad pass turnover	11	5
4:14	Sami Whitcomb enters the game for Alysha Clark	11	5
3:59	Jewell Loyd makes layup	13	5
3:39	Brianna Turner makes layup (Shey Peddy assists)	13	7
3:16	Jewell Loyd misses jumper	13	7
3:16	Phoenix defensive team rebound	13	7
3:16	Ezi Magbegor enters the game for Mercedes Russell	13	7
2:52	Sophie Cunningham misses 19-foot jumper	13	7
2:50	Sami Whitcomb defensive rebound	13	7
2:38	Brianna Turner blocks Natasha Howard 's 8-foot jumper	13	7
2:35	Sophie Cunningham defensive rebound	13	7
2:21	Sophie Cunningham misses 26-foot three point jumper	13	7
2:16	Natasha Howard defensive rebound	13	7
2:12	Jordin Canada makes driving layup	15	7
2:12	Sophie Cunningham shooting foul	15	7
2:12	Kia Vaughn enters the game for Brianna Turner	15	7
2:12	Jordin Canada makes free throw 1 of 1	16	7
1:56	Ezi Magbegor personal foul	16	7
1:56	Crystal Langhorne enters the game for Natasha Howard	16	7
1:56	Epiphanny Prince enters the game for Jordin Canada	16	7
1:48	Sophie Cunningham makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shey Peddy assists)	16	10
1:32	Crystal Langhorne makes layup (Sami Whitcomb assists)	18	10
1:24	Epiphanny Prince shooting foul	18	10
1:24	Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 2	18	11
1:24	Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 2 of 2	18	12
1:02	Ezi Magbegor makes layup (Jewell Loyd assists)	20	12
45.0	Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper	20	12
44.6	Kia Vaughn offensive rebound	20	12
44.6	Kia Vaughn makes two point shot	20	14
31.7	Skylar Diggins-Smith shooting foul	20	14
31.7	Jewell Loyd makes free throw 1 of 2	21	14
31.7	Diana Taurasi enters the game for Skylar Diggins-Smith	21	14
31.7	Alysha Clark enters the game for Sami Whitcomb	21	14
31.7	Jewell Loyd makes free throw 2 of 2	22	14
18.5	Shey Peddy misses 25-foot three point jumper	22	14
14.3	Alysha Clark defensive rebound	22	14
0.0	Crystal Langhorne misses 28-foot three point jumper	22	14
0.0	Seattle offensive team rebound	22	14
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	22	14

Regular Season Series

SEA wins 2-0

Mercury
68
Storm
74

Game 1

8/8

Storm
83
Mercury
60

Game 2

12/9

IMG Academy

3:00 AM, 12 September 2020

Bradenton, FL

Referees:
Billy Smith
Eric Brewton
Ashley Gilpin

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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