Phoenix Mercury @ Minnesota Lynx

SECOND ROUND

13-9, 7-4 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Mercury PHX	24	22	14	19	79
Lynx MIN	23	14	23	20	80

Minnesota LynxLynxMIN

14-8, 7-4 Home

Shot Made

Shot Missed

Kia Vaughn makes 19-foot jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Damiris Dantas makes 4-foot two point shot (Napheesa Collier assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
Damiris Dantas makes 25-foot three point jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
Sylvia Fowles misses 7-foot two point shot
Kia Vaughn misses 8-foot hook shot
Odyssey Sims misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brianna Turner makes two point shot
Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Damiris Dantas assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot (Brianna Turner assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shey Peddy assists)
Damiris Dantas misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shey Peddy makes 24-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Crystal Dangerfield misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
Brianna Turner makes 2-foot layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Crystal Dangerfield makes free throw 1 of 2
Crystal Dangerfield makes free throw 2 of 2
Kia Vaughn makes 19-foot jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Damiris Dantas misses three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving layup
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes finger roll layup (Shey Peddy assists)
Crystal Dangerfield misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Napheesa Collier makes two point shot
Kia Vaughn misses 10-foot jumper
Bridget Carleton misses 25-foot three point jumper
Crystal Dangerfield misses two point shot
Napheesa Collier misses driving layup
Shey Peddy misses 25-foot three point jumper
Damiris Dantas makes 24-foot three point jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)
Kia Vaughn misses 26-foot three point jumper
Rachel Banham makes 24-foot three point jumper (Bridget Carleton assists)
Rachel Banham makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
Sophie Cunningham makes 26-foot three pointer (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Rachel Banham makes driving layup
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 27-foot three point jumper
Damiris Dantas makes layup (Napheesa Collier assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 43-foot three point pullup jump shot
Odyssey Sims makes layup
Diana Taurasi misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
Sylvia Fowles misses layup
Sophie Cunningham makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
Damiris Dantas makes 24-foot three point jumper (Odyssey Sims assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three pointer
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough blocks Odyssey Sims 's 14-foot pullup jump shot
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses free throw 1 of 2
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes free throw 2 of 2
Sylvia Fowles misses 2-foot two point shot
Sylvia Fowles misses 12-foot jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving floating jump shot
Rachel Banham makes driving layup
Diana Taurasi misses 27-foot three point jumper
Sophie Cunningham misses 26-foot three point jumper
Crystal Dangerfield misses driving floating jump shot
Napheesa Collier makes 3-foot layup (Bridget Carleton assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper
Crystal Dangerfield misses 12-foot two point shot
Shey Peddy misses 24-foot three point jumper
Odyssey Sims makes finger roll layup
Kia Vaughn makes 12-foot two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi misses driving layup
Napheesa Collier makes technical free throw
Kia Vaughn makes 17-foot jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Napheesa Collier misses 9-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi makes 32-foot three point jumper (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)
Sylvia Fowles misses layup
Kia Vaughn misses 21-foot jumper
Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 1 of 2
Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 2 of 2
Brianna Turner makes 13-foot two point shot (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)
Crystal Dangerfield misses 25-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes 24-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 32-foot three point jumper
Brianna Turner makes two point shot
Shey Peddy misses 24-foot three point jumper
Damiris Dantas misses 25-foot three point jumper
Damiris Dantas makes layup (Sylvia Fowles assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 17-foot jumper (Brianna Turner assists)
Damiris Dantas makes 9-foot pullup jump shot (Odyssey Sims assists)
Napheesa Collier misses 4-foot jumper
Sylvia Fowles misses two point shot
Kia Vaughn makes 12-foot jumper (Brianna Turner assists)
Napheesa Collier misses 24-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Damiris Dantas assists)
Crystal Dangerfield misses three point jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot
Damiris Dantas makes driving layup (Napheesa Collier assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving layup
Crystal Dangerfield makes two point shot
Odyssey Sims makes 3-foot two point shot
Kia Vaughn misses 12-foot jumper
Damiris Dantas misses layup
Brianna Turner makes alley oop layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Bridget Carleton makes 27-foot three point jumper (Odyssey Sims assists)
Kia Vaughn misses 19-foot jumper
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes 25-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Damiris Dantas misses 20-foot jumper
Odyssey Sims makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 25-foot three point jumper
Crystal Dangerfield makes 21-foot pullup jump shot
Crystal Dangerfield makes free throw 1 of 2
Crystal Dangerfield makes free throw 2 of 2
Alanna Smith makes 24-foot three point jumper (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)
Odyssey Sims makes 21-foot pullup jump shot
Napheesa Collier blocks Diana Taurasi 's 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Damiris Dantas misses 25-foot three point jumper
Crystal Dangerfield misses 13-foot step back jumpshot
Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Rachel Banham makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot (Odyssey Sims assists)
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2
Odyssey Sims makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot
Diana Taurasi misses driving layup
Rachel Banham misses driving layup
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
Odyssey Sims misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup
Crystal Dangerfield makes 24-foot step back jumpshot
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving layup
Damiris Dantas makes 25-foot three point jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)
Brianna Turner makes 2-foot layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Crystal Dangerfield makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
Brianna Turner misses free throw 1 of 2
Brianna Turner makes free throw 2 of 2
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving layup
Crystal Dangerfield makes 5-foot two point shot
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Rachel Banham misses driving layup
Kia Vaughn misses two point shot
Napheesa Collier makes free throw 1 of 2
Napheesa Collier makes free throw 2 of 2
Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 1
Damiris Dantas misses 5-foot two point shot
Bridget Carleton misses 18-foot jumper
Kia Vaughn misses two point shot
Crystal Dangerfield makes 3-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi makes 24-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 1
Damiris Dantas misses 22-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point jumper
Odyssey Sims makes 19-foot step back jumpshot
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving layup
Odyssey Sims misses 7-foot pullup jump shot
Diana Taurasi misses two point shot
Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point jumper
Crystal Dangerfield misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
Crystal Dangerfield misses two point shot
Damiris Dantas misses free throw 1 of 2
Damiris Dantas misses free throw 2 of 2
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot

Shot Made

Shot Missed

TIME		PHX	MIN
10:00	Brianna Turner vs. Sylvia Fowles (Odyssey Sims gains possession)	0	0
9:43	Damiris Dantas bad pass (Shey Peddy steals)	0	0
9:28	Kia Vaughn makes 19-foot jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)	2	0
9:13	Damiris Dantas makes 4-foot two point shot (Napheesa Collier assists)	2	2
8:57	Diana Taurasi makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot	4	2
8:49	Damiris Dantas makes 25-foot three point jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)	4	5
8:24	Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 14-foot pullup jump shot	4	5
8:24	Minnesota defensive team rebound	4	5
8:00	Sylvia Fowles misses 7-foot two point shot	4	5
7:58	Kia Vaughn defensive rebound	4	5
7:48	Kia Vaughn misses 8-foot hook shot	4	5
7:45	Damiris Dantas defensive rebound	4	5
7:34	Odyssey Sims misses 25-foot three point jumper	4	5
7:30	Brianna Turner defensive rebound	4	5
7:27	Brianna Turner makes two point shot	6	5
7:01	Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Damiris Dantas assists)	6	7
6:49	Diana Taurasi makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot (Brianna Turner assists)	9	7
6:24	Odyssey Sims lost ball turnover (Shey Peddy steals)	9	7
6:19	Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shey Peddy assists)	12	7
6:05	Damiris Dantas misses 25-foot three point jumper	12	7
6:01	Skylar Diggins-Smith defensive rebound	12	7
5:55	Shey Peddy makes 24-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)	15	7
5:49	Minnesota Full timeout	15	7
5:36	Crystal Dangerfield misses 12-foot pullup jump shot	15	7
5:33	Brianna Turner defensive rebound	15	7
5:23	Brianna Turner makes 2-foot layup (Diana Taurasi assists)	17	7
5:09	Bridget Carleton enters the game for Sylvia Fowles	17	7
5:01	Shey Peddy shooting foul	17	7
5:01	Crystal Dangerfield makes free throw 1 of 2	17	8
5:01	Crystal Dangerfield makes free throw 2 of 2	17	9
4:45	Kia Vaughn makes 19-foot jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)	19	9
4:34	Damiris Dantas misses three point jumper	19	9
4:31	Skylar Diggins-Smith defensive rebound	19	9
4:18	Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving layup	19	9
4:17	Damiris Dantas defensive rebound	19	9
4:07	Odyssey Sims bad pass (Shey Peddy steals)	19	9
4:01	Skylar Diggins-Smith makes finger roll layup (Shey Peddy assists)	21	9
3:54	Skylar Diggins-Smith personal foul	21	9
3:54	Rachel Banham enters the game for Odyssey Sims	21	9
3:48	Crystal Dangerfield misses 17-foot pullup jump shot	21	9
3:42	Napheesa Collier offensive rebound	21	9
3:42	Napheesa Collier makes two point shot	21	11
3:30	Kia Vaughn misses 10-foot jumper	21	11
3:28	Damiris Dantas defensive rebound	21	11
3:07	Bridget Carleton misses 25-foot three point jumper	21	11
3:07	Minnesota offensive team rebound	21	11
3:07	Kia Vaughn personal foul	21	11
3:07	Sophie Cunningham enters the game for Diana Taurasi	21	11
3:00	Crystal Dangerfield misses two point shot	21	11
2:58	Damiris Dantas offensive rebound	21	11
2:52	Napheesa Collier misses driving layup	21	11
2:50	Brianna Turner defensive rebound	21	11
2:44	Shey Peddy misses 25-foot three point jumper	21	11
2:41	Crystal Dangerfield defensive rebound	21	11
2:35	Damiris Dantas makes 24-foot three point jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)	21	14
2:18	Kia Vaughn misses 26-foot three point jumper	21	14
2:15	Bridget Carleton defensive rebound	21	14
1:58	Rachel Banham makes 24-foot three point jumper (Bridget Carleton assists)	21	17
1:48	Sophie Cunningham offensive foul	21	17
1:48	Sophie Cunningham turnover	21	17
1:48	Alanna Smith enters the game for Kia Vaughn	21	17
1:48	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough enters the game for Shey Peddy	21	17
1:38	Rachel Banham makes 19-foot pullup jump shot	21	19
1:30	Phoenix Full timeout	21	19
1:27	Sophie Cunningham bad pass (Crystal Dangerfield steals)	21	19
1:20	Crystal Dangerfield bad pass (Brianna Turner steals)	21	19
59.2	Sophie Cunningham makes 26-foot three pointer (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)	24	19
37.3	Rachel Banham makes driving layup	24	21
22.0	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 27-foot three point jumper	24	21
19.6	Damiris Dantas defensive rebound	24	21
3.2	Damiris Dantas makes layup (Napheesa Collier assists)	24	23
0.0	Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 43-foot three point pullup jump shot	24	23
0.0	Phoenix offensive team rebound	24	23
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	24	23

Matchups

PHX

MIN wins series

1-0

MIN

Game 1•@ MIN

Final

Game Information

Bradenton, FL

Referee:Tim Greene

Referee:Che Flores

Referee:Eric Brewton

Women's National Basketball Assoc.

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	34	10	.773	-	W1
Las Vegas	30	14	.682	4	W16
Phoenix	27	17	.614	7	L3
Seattle	23	21	.523	11	W1
Golden State	23	21	.523	11	L3
Los Angeles	21	23	.477	13	L1
Dallas	10	34	.227	24	W1

WNBA News

Caitlin Clark joins 'Sunday Night Basketball' for 2 NBA games

The Fever's Caitlin Clark will appear two nights on NBC's 'Sunday Night Basketball' for pregame coverage of the Lakers-Knicks on Feb. 1 and then will return for another pregame show on March 29 when the Knicks visit the Thunder.

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Breanna Stewart explains motivation for protest sign

Breanna Stewart lays out why she held up an "Abolish ICE" sign during Unrivaled player introductions on Sunday.

Minnesota teams, NBPA join calls for peace in wake of shootings

The Vikings, Wild, Timberwolves and Lynx as well as the NBPA spoke out Sunday about the fatal shootings by federal agents in the state, calling for a de-escalation of tensions and peace.

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