Storm 90-78 Lynx (21 May, 2021) Play-by-Play

Seattle Storm

2-1, 1-0 away

	1	2	3	4	T
SEA	16	17	20	37	90
MIN	26	22	15	15	78

Minnesota Lynx

0-3, 0-2 home

Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Aerial Powers assists)
Damiris Dantas makes 15-foot two point shot (Kayla McBride assists)
Damiris Dantas makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kayla McBride assists)
Aerial Powers misses driving layup
Kayla McBride misses 24-foot three point jumper
Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Aerial Powers assists)
Sylvia Fowles makes driving layup
Aerial Powers makes 15-foot jumper
Crystal Dangerfield makes pullup jump shot (Jessica Shepard assists)
Candice Dupree blocks Jessica Shepard 's 2-foot layup
Jessica Shepard makes two point shot
Crystal Dangerfield makes two point shot
Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Jessica Shepard assists)
Sylvia Fowles makes 14-foot jumper (Crystal Dangerfield assists)
Rachel Banham misses 10-foot jumper
Jessica Shepard misses 24-foot three point jumper
Aerial Powers misses layup
Jewell Loyd blocks Sylvia Fowles 's 2-foot layup
Crystal Dangerfield makes driving layup (Aerial Powers assists)
Rachel Banham misses 13-foot jumper
Sylvia Fowles makes 15-foot jumper (Aerial Powers assists)
Crystal Dangerfield misses 1-foot two point shot
Crystal Dangerfield makes 3-foot two point shot
Bridget Carleton makes 1-foot layup (Damiris Dantas assists)
Kayla McBride misses 24-foot three point jumper
Damiris Dantas misses 24-foot three point jumper
Crystal Dangerfield makes 27-foot three point jumper (Damiris Dantas assists)
Ezi Magbegor blocks Natalie Achonwa's driving layup
Kayla McBride makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aerial Powers assists)
Stephanie Talbot blocks Bridget Carleton 's 3-foot layup
Aerial Powers misses 14-foot jumper
Sylvia Fowles misses 9-foot two point shot
Crystal Dangerfield makes 6-foot two point shot
Jessica Shepard misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kayla McBride misses 17-foot jumper
Sylvia Fowles misses layup
Sylvia Fowles misses layup
Bridget Carleton misses 26-foot three point jumper
Crystal Dangerfield misses 26-foot three point jumper
Aerial Powers makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
Aerial Powers misses layup
Aerial Powers misses layup
Crystal Dangerfield makes 6-foot two point shot
Crystal Dangerfield misses 12-foot jumper
Jessica Shepard misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kayla McBride makes 27-foot three point jumper (Crystal Dangerfield assists)
Damiris Dantas misses 7-foot two point shot
Crystal Dangerfield makes layup (Jessica Shepard assists)
Kayla McBride misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Jessica Shepard makes layup (Crystal Dangerfield assists)
Crystal Dangerfield makes 24-foot three point jumper (Bridget Carleton assists)
Jessica Shepard misses 24-foot three point jumper
Bridget Carleton makes driving layup (Crystal Dangerfield assists)
Crystal Dangerfield makes driving layup (Aerial Powers assists)
Kennedy Burke blocks Sylvia Fowles 's 4-foot driving layup
Sylvia Fowles makes 2-foot two point shot (Crystal Dangerfield assists)
Bridget Carleton makes layup (Crystal Dangerfield assists)
Damiris Dantas misses jumper
Sue Bird blocks Rachel Banham 's 8-foot jumper
Bridget Carleton misses layup
Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Jessica Shepard assists)
Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Jessica Shepard assists)
Crystal Dangerfield misses two point shot
Kayla McBride misses 24-foot three point jumper
Damiris Dantas misses 24-foot three point jumper
Crystal Dangerfield misses layup
Crystal Dangerfield misses layup
Aerial Powers misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
Sue Bird misses 23-foot three point jumper
Stephanie Talbot misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Jewell Loyd makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sue Bird assists)
Stephanie Talbot misses 24-foot three point jumper
Breanna Stewart misses 24-foot three point jumper
Candice Dupree makes 19-foot jumper (Sue Bird assists)
Breanna Stewart misses 4-foot two point shot
Sue Bird makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jewell Loyd assists)
Jewell Loyd makes 25-foot three point jumper (Breanna Stewart assists)
Breanna Stewart misses 9-foot jumper
Jordin Canada misses driving layup
Jewell Loyd makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jordin Canada assists)
Candice Dupree makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Jewell Loyd assists)
Jewell Loyd misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
Kennedy Burke misses two point shot
Kennedy Burke misses 3-foot two point shot
Jewell Loyd misses 25-foot three point jumper
Mercedes Russell misses 10-foot two point shot
Sue Bird makes two point shot
Sue Bird misses three point jumper
Jordin Canada makes 10-foot jumper
Breanna Stewart misses 7-foot two point shot
Stephanie Talbot misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Breanna Stewart makes driving layup
Breanna Stewart misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
Jewell Loyd misses 15-foot two point shot
Candice Dupree misses 20-foot jumper
Candice Dupree makes 19-foot jumper (Stephanie Talbot assists)
Candice Dupree misses 19-foot jumper
Jewell Loyd makes 7-foot two point shot (Candice Dupree assists)
Sue Bird makes 24-foot three point jumper (Candice Dupree assists)
Breanna Stewart makes layup (Kennedy Burke assists)
Sue Bird misses 24-foot three point jumper
Sue Bird makes 18-foot jumper
Breanna Stewart makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sue Bird assists)
Ezi Magbegor misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jewell Loyd makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sue Bird assists)
Ezi Magbegor makes layup (Stephanie Talbot assists)
Ezi Magbegor misses layup
Breanna Stewart misses two point shot
Breanna Stewart misses 27-foot three point jumper
Breanna Stewart misses driving layup
Sue Bird makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jewell Loyd assists)
Jewell Loyd misses 25-foot three point jumper
Candice Dupree makes 22-foot jumper (Breanna Stewart assists)
Jewell Loyd makes driving layup
Breanna Stewart makes layup (Jewell Loyd assists)
Sylvia Fowles blocks Jewell Loyd 's 4-foot two point shot
Kennedy Burke misses 27-foot three point jumper
Breanna Stewart misses 18-foot jumper
Kennedy Burke makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jordin Canada assists)
Candice Dupree makes 2-foot layup (Sue Bird assists)
Sue Bird misses 24-foot three point jumper
Sue Bird makes 27-foot three point jumper (Candice Dupree assists)
Sue Bird makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Jordin Canada assists)
Jordin Canada misses driving layup
Breanna Stewart makes 1-foot layup (Sue Bird assists)
Jordin Canada makes driving layup
Jewell Loyd makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sue Bird assists)
Mercedes Russell makes layup (Sue Bird assists)
Jewell Loyd makes layup
Jewell Loyd misses 14-foot two point shot
Sue Bird makes 24-foot three point jumper

STORM

LYNX

TIME		SEA	MIN
10:00	Breanna Stewart vs. Sylvia Fowles (Sue Bird gains possession)	0	0
9:46	Sue Bird misses 23-foot three point jumper	0	0
9:40	Aerial Powers defensive rebound	0	0
9:34	Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Aerial Powers assists)	0	2
9:34	Ezi Magbegor shooting foul	0	2
9:34	Sylvia Fowles misses free throw 1 of 1	0	2
9:29	Ezi Magbegor defensive rebound	0	2
9:14	Stephanie Talbot misses 18-foot pullup jump shot	0	2
9:10	Bridget Carleton defensive rebound	0	2
8:59	Aerial Powers lost ball turnover (Stephanie Talbot steals)	0	2
8:54	Sue Bird bad pass (Sylvia Fowles steals)	0	2
8:51	Sylvia Fowles bad pass (Sue Bird steals)	0	2
8:46	Jewell Loyd makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sue Bird assists)	3	2
8:22	Damiris Dantas makes 15-foot two point shot (Kayla McBride assists)	3	4
8:10	Jewell Loyd bad pass (Kayla McBride steals)	3	4
7:59	Damiris Dantas makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kayla McBride assists)	3	7
7:40	Ezi Magbegor bad pass (Kayla McBride steals)	3	7
7:27	Aerial Powers misses driving layup	3	7
7:24	Ezi Magbegor defensive rebound	3	7
7:24	Kayla McBride personal foul	3	7
7:18	Stephanie Talbot misses 24-foot three point jumper	3	7
7:15	Damiris Dantas defensive rebound	3	7
7:12	Ezi Magbegor personal foul	3	7
7:12	Candice Dupree enters the game for Ezi Magbegor	3	7
6:57	Stephanie Talbot shooting foul	3	7
6:57	Sylvia Fowles misses free throw 1 of 2	3	7
6:57	Minnesota offensive team rebound	3	7
6:57	Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 2 of 2	3	8
6:44	Candice Dupree bad pass	3	8
6:24	Kayla McBride misses 24-foot three point jumper	3	8
6:20	Sue Bird defensive rebound	3	8
6:13	Breanna Stewart misses 24-foot three point jumper	3	8
6:09	Damiris Dantas defensive rebound	3	8
6:00	Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Aerial Powers assists)	3	10
5:44	Bridget Carleton personal foul	3	10
5:36	Candice Dupree makes 19-foot jumper (Sue Bird assists)	5	10
5:13	Sylvia Fowles makes driving layup	5	12
5:03	Breanna Stewart misses 4-foot two point shot	5	12
5:00	Bridget Carleton defensive rebound	5	12
4:50	Kayla McBride bad pass (Jewell Loyd steals)	5	12
4:45	Sue Bird makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jewell Loyd assists)	8	12
4:30	Aerial Powers makes 15-foot jumper	8	14
4:16	Jewell Loyd makes 25-foot three point jumper (Breanna Stewart assists)	11	14
3:53	Aerial Powers bad pass (Stephanie Talbot steals)	11	14
3:48	Stephanie Talbot out of bounds bad pass turnover	11	14
3:48	Official timeout	11	14
3:48	Crystal Dangerfield enters the game for Aerial Powers	11	14
3:48	Jessica Shepard enters the game for Sylvia Fowles	11	14
3:48	Kennedy Burke enters the game for Stephanie Talbot	11	14
3:27	Crystal Dangerfield makes pullup jump shot (Jessica Shepard assists)	11	16
3:09	Breanna Stewart misses 9-foot jumper	11	16
3:07	Damiris Dantas defensive rebound	11	16
2:59	Candice Dupree blocks Jessica Shepard 's 2-foot layup	11	16
2:55	Jessica Shepard offensive rebound	11	16
2:54	Jessica Shepard makes two point shot	11	18
2:49	Jordin Canada enters the game for Sue Bird	11	18
2:39	Jordin Canada misses driving layup	11	18
2:35	Jessica Shepard defensive rebound	11	18
2:29	Kennedy Burke shooting foul	11	18
2:29	Damiris Dantas makes free throw 1 of 2	11	19
2:29	Rachel Banham enters the game for Bridget Carleton	11	19
2:29	Damiris Dantas makes free throw 2 of 2	11	20
2:16	Jewell Loyd makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jordin Canada assists)	14	20
1:56	Sylvia Fowles enters the game for Damiris Dantas	14	20
1:48	Crystal Dangerfield makes two point shot	14	22
1:34	Candice Dupree makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Jewell Loyd assists)	16	22
1:15	Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Jessica Shepard assists)	16	24
59.2	Jordin Canada lost ball turnover (Sylvia Fowles steals)	16	24
47.7	Sylvia Fowles makes 14-foot jumper (Crystal Dangerfield assists)	16	26
41.2	Jessica Shepard personal foul	16	26
41.2	Mercedes Russell enters the game for Breanna Stewart	16	26
35.7	Jewell Loyd misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot	16	26
28.8	Crystal Dangerfield defensive rebound	16	26
22.5	Rachel Banham misses 10-foot jumper	16	26
19.0	Mercedes Russell defensive rebound	16	26
6.2	Mercedes Russell offensive charge	16	26
6.2	Mercedes Russell turnover	16	26
0.0	Jessica Shepard misses 24-foot three point jumper	16	26
0.0	Minnesota offensive team rebound	16	26
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	16	26

Regular Season Series

SEA wins 2-1

Storm
90
Lynx
78

Game 1

21/5

Lynx
72
Storm
82

Game 2

29/5

Storm
70
Lynx
76

Game 3

25/8

Target Center

1:00 AM, 21 May 2021

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 1,934

Referees:
Angelica Suffren
Billy Smith
Jenna Reneau

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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