Phoenix Mercury @ Minnesota Lynx
WNBA Commissioner's Cup
1-0, 1-0 Away
77
1-0, 1-0 Away
0-1, 0-1 Home
75
0-1, 0-1 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Sylvia Fowles makes 17-foot jumper (Damiris Dantas assists)
- Crystal Dangerfield makes two point shot
- Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 4-foot jumper
- Diana Taurasi misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
- Aerial Powers misses 21-foot jumper
- Kia Nurse misses two point shot
- Crystal Dangerfield misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Skylar Diggins-Smith makes two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
- Kayla McBride makes 23-foot jumper (Crystal Dangerfield assists)
- Sylvia Fowles misses 13-foot jumper
- Kia Nurse makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kia Nurse misses free throw 2 of 2
- Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Sylvia Fowles misses layup
- Diana Taurasi makes layup (Brittney Griner assists)
- Crystal Dangerfield misses two point shot
- Skylar Diggins-Smith makes layup
- Kayla McBride misses 20-foot jumper
- Diana Taurasi misses 12-foot jumper
- Bridget Carleton misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 8-foot jumper
- Sophie Cunningham misses layup
- Natalie Achonwa misses 15-foot jumper
- Rachel Banham misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Brittney Griner makes 5-foot layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
- Kia Nurse misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Kayla McBride makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Brianna Turner misses layup
- Bridget Carleton misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
- Brianna Turner makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
- Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Sylvia Fowles misses 18-foot jumper
- Sophie Cunningham misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Sylvia Fowles misses free throw 1 of 2
- Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 2 of 2
- Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
- Diana Taurasi misses free throw 2 of 2
- Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Crystal Dangerfield misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
- Brittney Griner makes 18-foot jumper (Cierra Burdick assists)
- Crystal Dangerfield misses two point shot
- Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 8-foot two point shot
- Brittney Griner makes 18-foot jumper (Cierra Burdick assists)
- Cierra Burdick makes layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
- Sylvia Fowles misses layup
- Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 20-foot jumper (Shey Peddy assists)
- Aerial Powers makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
- Brittney Griner misses 10-foot step back jumpshot
- Damiris Dantas misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Shey Peddy misses three point jumper
- Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Damiris Dantas assists)
- Cierra Burdick misses 8-foot jumper
- Kayla McBride makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kayla McBride makes free throw 2 of 2
- Aerial Powers misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Skylar Diggins-Smith makes layup (Brittney Griner assists)
- Kayla McBride misses pullup jump shot
- Kia Nurse makes two point shot
- Crystal Dangerfield makes pullup jump shot
- Shey Peddy makes 24-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
- Crystal Dangerfield misses two point shot
- Kia Nurse makes driving layup
- Kayla McBride makes driving layup (Crystal Dangerfield assists)
- Damiris Dantas misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Kia Nurse misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Natalie Achonwa misses 21-foot jumper
- Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving layup
- Aerial Powers misses jumper
- Aerial Powers makes driving layup (Damiris Dantas assists)
- Aerial Powers misses jumper
- Damiris Dantas makes two point shot
- Brittney Griner makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
- Kayla McBride misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Kayla McBride misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
- Brittney Griner misses layup
- Brittney Griner makes tip shot
- Brittney Griner makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
- Damiris Dantas makes 26-foot three point jumper (Aerial Powers assists)
- Kia Nurse misses driving layup
- Aerial Powers makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
- Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2
- Damiris Dantas misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Crystal Dangerfield makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aerial Powers assists)
- Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup
- Aerial Powers makes free throw 1 of 2
- Aerial Powers makes free throw 2 of 2
- Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Sylvia Fowles makes 15-foot jumper (Crystal Dangerfield assists)
- Brittney Griner misses layup
- Crystal Dangerfield makes layup (Sylvia Fowles assists)
- Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Aerial Powers makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
- Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 15-foot two point shot
- Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
- Skylar Diggins-Smith misses free throw 2 of 2
- Kia Nurse makes two point shot
- Aerial Powers makes driving layup
- Aerial Powers makes free throw 1 of 1
- Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Kayla McBride misses 13-foot jumper
- Crystal Dangerfield makes 2-foot layup (Kayla McBride assists)
- Crystal Dangerfield misses free throw 1 of 1
- Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 27-foot three point jumper (Shey Peddy assists)
- Damiris Dantas makes 6-foot two point shot (Natalie Achonwa assists)
- Shey Peddy misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Kia Nurse misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Brianna Turner misses free throw 1 of 2
- Brianna Turner makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kayla McBride makes 19-foot jumper (Sylvia Fowles assists)
- Brittney Griner misses layup
- Bridget Carleton misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Brittney Griner misses two point shot
- Natalie Achonwa makes free throw 1 of 2
- Natalie Achonwa makes free throw 2 of 2
- Brianna Turner makes alley oop layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
- Sylvia Fowles misses 18-foot jumper
- Kia Nurse makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kia Nurse misses free throw 2 of 2
- Brittney Griner makes layup (Brianna Turner assists)
- Aerial Powers makes driving layup (Damiris Dantas assists)
- Diana Taurasi misses 10-foot jumper
- Aerial Powers misses layup
- Rachel Banham makes 27-foot three point jumper (Aerial Powers assists)
- Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
- Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2
- Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup
- Brianna Turner makes layup (Kia Nurse assists)
- Damiris Dantas misses three point jumper
- Diana Taurasi misses driving layup
- Brianna Turner makes tip shot
- Kayla McBride makes 18-foot jumper (Crystal Dangerfield assists)
- Skylar Diggins-Smith misses three point jumper
- Crystal Dangerfield makes 17-foot jumper (Kayla McBride assists)
- Brianna Turner makes driving layup (Kia Nurse assists)
- Sylvia Fowles misses layup
- Sylvia Fowles makes jumper
- Kayla McBride makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kayla McBride makes free throw 2 of 2
- Diana Taurasi misses 8-foot two point shot
- Diana Taurasi misses 12-foot two point shot
- Crystal Dangerfield misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Brianna Turner makes alley oop layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
- Crystal Dangerfield makes 10-foot two point shot
- Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
- Diana Taurasi misses free throw 2 of 2
- Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Crystal Dangerfield makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Kia Nurse misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Crystal Dangerfield misses 14-foot two point shot
- Kia Nurse makes layup (Brittney Griner assists)
- Kia Nurse misses free throw 1 of 1
- Aerial Powers makes layup
- Skylar Diggins-Smith misses jumper
- Diana Taurasi misses 21-foot jumper
- Kayla McBride makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kayla McBride makes free throw 2 of 2
- Brittney Griner makes layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
- Aerial Powers misses layup
- Sylvia Fowles makes two point shot
- Brittney Griner misses free throw 1 of 2
- Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
- Diana Taurasi makes 28-foot three point jumper
Shot Made
Shot Missed
| TIME | PLAY | PHX | MIN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | | Brittney Griner vs. Sylvia Fowles (Aerial Powers gains possession) | 0 | 0 |
| 9:48 | | Sylvia Fowles makes 17-foot jumper (Damiris Dantas assists) | 0 | 2 |
| 9:25 | | Brittney Griner bad pass (Crystal Dangerfield steals) | 0 | 2 |
| 9:16 | | Crystal Dangerfield makes two point shot | 0 | 4 |
| 9:05 | | Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 4-foot jumper | 0 | 4 |
| 9:02 | | Damiris Dantas defensive rebound | 0 | 4 |
| 8:48 | | Brittney Griner blocks Sylvia Fowles's layup | 0 | 4 |
| 8:48 | | Phoenix defensive team rebound | 0 | 4 |
| 8:34 | | Sylvia Fowles blocks Brianna Turner 's 3-foot layup | 0 | 4 |
| 8:31 | | Sylvia Fowles defensive rebound | 0 | 4 |
| 8:25 | | Brittney Griner blocks Aerial Powers's layup | 0 | 4 |
| 8:21 | | Diana Taurasi defensive rebound | 0 | 4 |
| 8:16 | | Diana Taurasi misses 20-foot pullup jump shot | 0 | 4 |
| 8:13 | | Aerial Powers defensive rebound | 0 | 4 |
| 7:52 | | Aerial Powers misses 21-foot jumper | 0 | 4 |
| 7:49 | | Diana Taurasi defensive rebound | 0 | 4 |
| 7:44 | | Kia Nurse misses two point shot | 0 | 4 |
| 7:42 | | Aerial Powers defensive rebound | 0 | 4 |
| 7:28 | | Crystal Dangerfield misses 25-foot three point jumper | 0 | 4 |
| 7:24 | | Diana Taurasi defensive rebound | 0 | 4 |
| 7:22 | | Skylar Diggins-Smith makes two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists) | 2 | 4 |
| 6:59 | | Kayla McBride makes 23-foot jumper (Crystal Dangerfield assists) | 2 | 6 |
| 6:47 | | Diana Taurasi bad pass (Sylvia Fowles steals) | 2 | 6 |
| 6:29 | | Sylvia Fowles misses 13-foot jumper | 2 | 6 |
| 6:26 | | Brianna Turner defensive rebound | 2 | 6 |
| 6:23 | | Aerial Powers shooting foul | 2 | 6 |
| 6:23 | | Kia Nurse makes free throw 1 of 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6:23 | | Natalie Achonwa enters the game for Aerial Powers | 3 | 6 |
| 6:23 | | Bridget Carleton enters the game for Damiris Dantas | 3 | 6 |
| 6:23 | | Kia Nurse misses free throw 2 of 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6:21 | | Phoenix offensive team rebound | 3 | 6 |
| 6:14 | | Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper | 3 | 6 |
| 6:14 | | Minnesota defensive team rebound | 3 | 6 |
| 5:56 | | Sylvia Fowles misses layup | 3 | 6 |
| 5:56 | | Diana Taurasi defensive rebound | 3 | 6 |
| 5:54 | | Natalie Achonwa personal foul | 3 | 6 |
| 5:46 | | Diana Taurasi makes layup (Brittney Griner assists) | 5 | 6 |
| 5:26 | | Crystal Dangerfield misses two point shot | 5 | 6 |
| 5:22 | | Skylar Diggins-Smith defensive rebound | 5 | 6 |
| 5:19 | | Skylar Diggins-Smith makes layup | 7 | 6 |
| 5:02 | | Kayla McBride misses 20-foot jumper | 7 | 6 |
| 5:02 | | Diana Taurasi defensive rebound | 7 | 6 |
| 4:52 | | Diana Taurasi misses 12-foot jumper | 7 | 6 |
| 4:51 | | Minnesota defensive team rebound | 7 | 6 |
| 4:51 | Official timeout | 7 | 6 | |
| 4:51 | | Rachel Banham enters the game for Crystal Dangerfield | 7 | 6 |
| 4:51 | | Jessica Shepard enters the game for Sylvia Fowles | 7 | 6 |
| 4:51 | | Sophie Cunningham enters the game for Diana Taurasi | 7 | 6 |
| 4:40 | | Bridget Carleton misses 25-foot three point jumper | 7 | 6 |
| 4:35 | | Kia Nurse defensive rebound | 7 | 6 |
| 4:24 | | Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 8-foot jumper | 7 | 6 |
| 4:21 | | Brianna Turner offensive rebound | 7 | 6 |
| 4:18 | | Sophie Cunningham misses layup | 7 | 6 |
| 4:16 | | Kayla McBride defensive rebound | 7 | 6 |
| 4:10 | | Natalie Achonwa misses 15-foot jumper | 7 | 6 |
| 4:08 | | Minnesota offensive team rebound | 7 | 6 |
| 4:04 | | Rachel Banham misses 25-foot three point jumper | 7 | 6 |
| 4:01 | | Skylar Diggins-Smith defensive rebound | 7 | 6 |
| 3:52 | | Brittney Griner makes 5-foot layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists) | 9 | 6 |
| 3:42 | | Natalie Achonwa offensive foul | 9 | 6 |
| 3:42 | | Natalie Achonwa turnover | 9 | 6 |
| 3:42 | | Sylvia Fowles enters the game for Natalie Achonwa | 9 | 6 |
| 3:42 | | Diana Taurasi enters the game for Skylar Diggins-Smith | 9 | 6 |
| 3:32 | | Kia Nurse misses 27-foot three point jumper | 9 | 6 |
| 3:29 | | Jessica Shepard defensive rebound | 9 | 6 |
| 3:25 | | Kayla McBride makes 25-foot three point jumper | 9 | 9 |
| 3:06 | | Brianna Turner misses layup | 9 | 9 |
| 3:06 | | Sylvia Fowles defensive rebound | 9 | 9 |
| 2:48 | | Bridget Carleton misses 12-foot pullup jump shot | 9 | 9 |
| 2:45 | | Brittney Griner defensive rebound | 9 | 9 |
| 2:40 | | Brianna Turner makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists) | 11 | 9 |
| 2:29 | | Sylvia Fowles offensive foul | 11 | 9 |
| 2:29 | | Sylvia Fowles turnover | 11 | 9 |
| 2:29 | | Shey Peddy enters the game for Kia Nurse | 11 | 9 |
| 2:29 | | Alanna Smith enters the game for Brianna Turner | 11 | 9 |
| 2:19 | | Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper | 11 | 9 |
| 2:17 | | Minnesota defensive team rebound | 11 | 9 |
| 2:17 | | Alanna Smith loose ball foul | 11 | 9 |
| 2:05 | | Sylvia Fowles misses 18-foot jumper | 11 | 9 |
| 2:01 | | Brittney Griner defensive rebound | 11 | 9 |
| 1:49 | | Sophie Cunningham misses 25-foot three point jumper | 11 | 9 |
| 1:47 | | Minnesota defensive team rebound | 11 | 9 |
| 1:47 | | Alanna Smith loose ball foul | 11 | 9 |
| 1:47 | | Cierra Burdick enters the game for Alanna Smith | 11 | 9 |
| 1:34 | | Sylvia Fowles traveling | 11 | 9 |
| 1:26 | | Cierra Burdick out of bounds bad pass turnover | 11 | 9 |
| 1:16 | | Brittney Griner personal foul | 11 | 9 |
| 1:16 | | Sylvia Fowles misses free throw 1 of 2 | 11 | 9 |
| 1:16 | | Minnesota offensive team rebound | 11 | 9 |
| 1:16 | | Crystal Dangerfield enters the game for Rachel Banham | 11 | 9 |
| 1:16 | | Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 2 of 2 | 11 | 10 |
| 1:02 | | Bridget Carleton personal foul | 11 | 10 |
| 59.9 | | Kayla McBride personal foul | 11 | 10 |
| 59.9 | | Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2 | 12 | 10 |
| 59.9 | | Diana Taurasi misses free throw 2 of 2 | 12 | 10 |
| 57.8 | | Brittney Griner offensive rebound | 12 | 10 |
| 56.1 | | Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper | 12 | 10 |
| 54.2 | | Sylvia Fowles defensive rebound | 12 | 10 |
| 45.6 | | Crystal Dangerfield misses 15-foot pullup jump shot | 12 | 10 |
| 43.1 | | Phoenix defensive team rebound | 12 | 10 |
| 25.9 | | Brittney Griner makes 18-foot jumper (Cierra Burdick assists) | 14 | 10 |
| 1.7 | | Crystal Dangerfield misses two point shot | 14 | 10 |
| 1.7 | | Brittney Griner defensive rebound | 14 | 10 |
| 0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 14 | 10 | |
Matchups
Game Information
Minneapolis, MN
Referee:Jeff Smith
Referee:Roy Gulbeyan
Referee:Danielle Scott
2024-25 Standings
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 |
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