Mercury 89-85 Wings (30 May, 2021) Play-by-Play

Phoenix Mercury

3-3, 3-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	26	18	23	22	89
DAL	17	20	23	25	85

Dallas Wings

1-4, 0-2 home

Charli Collier misses 14-foot jumper
Moriah Jefferson misses 17-foot jumper
Arike Ogunbowale misses 27-foot three point jumper
Marina Mabrey misses 20-foot jumper
Brianna Turner blocks Kayla Thornton 's 3-foot layup
Arike Ogunbowale misses 23-foot three point jumper
Arike Ogunbowale misses driving layup
Charli Collier misses 20-foot jumper
Arike Ogunbowale misses driving layup
Marina Mabrey makes 24-foot three point jumper (Isabelle Harrison assists)
Isabelle Harrison misses 19-foot jumper
Marina Mabrey makes pullup jump shot (Isabelle Harrison assists)
Kayla Thornton misses 8-foot two point shot
Tyasha Harris makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kayla Thornton assists)
Tyasha Harris makes 1-foot two point shot
Tyasha Harris misses 10-foot jumper
Marina Mabrey makes 19-foot jumper
Arike Ogunbowale makes 24-foot step back jumpshot
Kayla Thornton misses alley oop layup
Isabelle Harrison misses 12-foot jumper
Arike Ogunbowale makes 25-foot three pointer (Isabelle Harrison assists)
Kristine Anigwe makes 2-foot layup (Marina Mabrey assists)
Arike Ogunbowale makes two point shot
Isabelle Harrison misses 11-foot step back jumpshot
Marina Mabrey misses two point shot
Tyasha Harris misses 23-foot three point jumper
Charli Collier makes 5-foot two point shot (Moriah Jefferson assists)
Charli Collier makes 15-foot jump bank shot (Tyasha Harris assists)
Charli Collier makes 19-foot jumper (Arike Ogunbowale assists)
Moriah Jefferson misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
Arike Ogunbowale misses 20-foot two point shot
Brianna Turner blocks Isabelle Harrison's layup
Arike Ogunbowale makes 6-foot two point shot
Tyasha Harris makes 4-foot jumper (Dana Evans assists)
Marina Mabrey misses 24-foot three point jumper
Arike Ogunbowale misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Marina Mabrey makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
Marina Mabrey misses driving layup
Kayla Thornton makes layup (Marina Mabrey assists)
Marina Mabrey makes 24-foot three point jumper (Moriah Jefferson assists)
Arike Ogunbowale misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
Arike Ogunbowale makes 7-foot two point shot
Moriah Jefferson makes 24-foot three point jumper
Kristine Anigwe makes layup (Kayla Thornton assists)
Moriah Jefferson misses layup
Brianna Turner blocks Kayla Thornton's layup
Megan Walker blocks Arike Ogunbowale 's 4-foot layup
Moriah Jefferson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner blocks Kristine Anigwe's layup
Arike Ogunbowale misses driving layup
Tyasha Harris makes driving layup
Marina Mabrey misses driving layup
Charli Collier misses jumper
Arike Ogunbowale makes driving layup
Arike Ogunbowale misses driving layup
Arike Ogunbowale misses 24-foot three point jumper
Marina Mabrey makes 24-foot running pullup jump shot
Brianna Turner blocks Kristine Anigwe 's 2-foot jumper
Tyasha Harris misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tyasha Harris misses 23-foot three point jumper
Marina Mabrey misses 11-foot two point shot
Tyasha Harris misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Marina Mabrey makes 18-foot jumper
Kayla Thornton makes two point shot (Moriah Jefferson assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith blocks Kristine Anigwe 's 2-foot layup
Arike Ogunbowale misses 24-foot three point jumper
Arike Ogunbowale makes driving layup
Marina Mabrey misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
Isabelle Harrison misses 13-foot jumper
Marina Mabrey misses 26-foot three point jumper
Arike Ogunbowale misses 14-foot jumper
Arike Ogunbowale misses 23-foot three point jumper
Marina Mabrey misses driving layup
Marina Mabrey misses 23-foot three point jumper
Marina Mabrey makes 26-foot three point jumper (Arike Ogunbowale assists)
Arike Ogunbowale misses 24-foot three point shot
Arike Ogunbowale makes 23-foot three point jumper
Arike Ogunbowale makes layup
Arike Ogunbowale misses 24-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner misses driving layup
Brittney Griner makes driving layup
Megan Walker misses 24-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner misses 18-foot jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes two point shot
Kia Nurse makes 3-foot two point shot (Brittney Griner assists)
Kia Nurse makes 24-foot three point jumper
Kia Nurse misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes three point jumper (Brittney Griner assists)
Kia Nurse makes 26-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Brittney Griner makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot (Kia Nurse assists)
Brianna Turner makes two point shot (Kia Nurse assists)
Megan Walker misses 24-foot three point jumper
Sophie Cunningham makes 24-foot three point jumper (Shey Peddy assists)
Kia Vaughn makes 14-foot jumper (Shey Peddy assists)
Shey Peddy misses 24-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 8-foot two point shot
Kia Nurse misses 24-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner misses jumper
Brittney Griner makes layup (Kia Vaughn assists)
Kia Nurse misses 24-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes layup
Brittney Griner makes 11-foot jumper (Kia Nurse assists)
Brianna Turner misses layup
Brittney Griner makes 7-foot two point shot (Sophie Cunningham assists)
Sophie Cunningham misses layup
Megan Walker makes layup (Kia Vaughn assists)
Megan Walker misses 13-foot two point shot
Brittney Griner makes alley oop layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Megan Walker misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kia Nurse makes 26-foot three point jumper (Brianna Turner assists)
Megan Walker makes 19-foot jumper (Brittney Griner assists)
Brittney Griner makes 16-foot jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Brianna Turner misses two point shot
Kia Nurse makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brianna Turner assists)
Brianna Turner misses layup
Megan Walker misses layup
Kia Nurse misses 24-foot three point jumper
Sophie Cunningham misses 23-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes two point shot
Tyasha Harris blocks Sophie Cunningham 's 2-foot layup
Sophie Cunningham makes layup
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses two point shot
Shey Peddy misses 25-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kia Nurse misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kia Nurse misses 26-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes driving layup
Brittney Griner makes dunk (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Brittney Griner misses layup
Kia Nurse makes two point shot (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Brianna Turner misses driving layup
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Megan Walker assists)
Kia Vaughn makes jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses layup
Brittney Griner makes two point shot
Kia Nurse makes 23-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Kia Vaughn makes 12-foot jumper (Brittney Griner assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving layup

MERCURY

WINGS

TIME		PHX	DAL
10:00	Brittney Griner vs. Charli Collier (Kia Nurse gains possession)	0	0
9:40	Brittney Griner misses driving layup	0	0
9:38	Brittney Griner offensive rebound	0	0
9:36	Brittney Griner makes driving layup	2	0
9:10	Charli Collier misses 14-foot jumper	2	0
9:10	Brittney Griner defensive rebound	2	0
8:54	Megan Walker misses 24-foot three point jumper	2	0
8:53	Dallas defensive team rebound	2	0
8:40	Marina Mabrey out of bounds lost ball turnover	2	0
8:18	Brittney Griner misses 18-foot jumper	2	0
8:15	Skylar Diggins-Smith offensive rebound	2	0
8:14	Skylar Diggins-Smith makes two point shot	4	0
7:56	Moriah Jefferson misses 17-foot jumper	4	0
7:54	Moriah Jefferson offensive rebound	4	0
7:50	Arike Ogunbowale misses 27-foot three point jumper	4	0
7:49	Phoenix defensive team rebound	4	0
7:49	Charli Collier loose ball foul	4	0
7:37	Kia Nurse makes 3-foot two point shot (Brittney Griner assists)	6	0
7:37	Moriah Jefferson shooting foul	6	0
7:37	Kia Nurse misses free throw 1 of 1	6	0
7:34	Kayla Thornton defensive rebound	6	0
7:23	Kia Nurse personal foul	6	0
7:15	Marina Mabrey misses 20-foot jumper	6	0
7:12	Brianna Turner defensive rebound	6	0
7:09	Megan Walker lost ball turnover (Marina Mabrey steals)	6	0
6:57	Brianna Turner blocks Kayla Thornton 's 3-foot layup	6	0
6:55	Dallas offensive team rebound	6	0
6:55	Tyasha Harris enters the game for Moriah Jefferson	6	0
6:49	Arike Ogunbowale misses 23-foot three point jumper	6	0
6:48	Kayla Thornton offensive rebound	6	0
6:46	Arike Ogunbowale misses driving layup	6	0
6:43	Brianna Turner defensive rebound	6	0
6:31	Kia Nurse makes 24-foot three point jumper	9	0
6:20	Charli Collier misses 20-foot jumper	9	0
6:18	Brittney Griner defensive rebound	9	0
6:08	Kia Nurse misses 17-foot pullup jump shot	9	0
6:06	Dallas defensive team rebound	9	0
6:02	Dallas Full timeout	9	0
6:02	Isabelle Harrison enters the game for Charli Collier	9	0
5:43	Arike Ogunbowale misses driving layup	9	0
5:41	Brianna Turner defensive rebound	9	0
5:21	Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup	11	0
5:10	Marina Mabrey makes 24-foot three point jumper (Isabelle Harrison assists)	11	3
4:48	Skylar Diggins-Smith makes three point jumper (Brittney Griner assists)	14	3
4:30	Isabelle Harrison misses 19-foot jumper	14	3
4:27	Kia Nurse defensive rebound	14	3
4:18	Kia Nurse makes 26-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)	17	3
4:02	Marina Mabrey makes pullup jump shot (Isabelle Harrison assists)	17	5
3:47	Brittney Griner makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot (Kia Nurse assists)	19	5
3:30	Kayla Thornton misses 8-foot two point shot	19	5
3:30	Skylar Diggins-Smith defensive rebound	19	5
3:21	Brianna Turner makes two point shot (Kia Nurse assists)	21	5
3:07	Tyasha Harris makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kayla Thornton assists)	21	8
2:47	Megan Walker misses 24-foot three point jumper	21	8
2:44	Marina Mabrey defensive rebound	21	8
2:42	Skylar Diggins-Smith personal take foul	21	8
2:42	Kristine Anigwe enters the game for Isabelle Harrison	21	8
2:42	Kia Vaughn enters the game for Kia Nurse	21	8
2:42	Shey Peddy enters the game for Skylar Diggins-Smith	21	8
2:42	Alanna Smith enters the game for Brianna Turner	21	8
2:42	Sophie Cunningham enters the game for Brittney Griner	21	8
2:36	Alanna Smith shooting foul	21	8
2:36	Kayla Thornton makes free throw 1 of 2	21	9
2:36	Haley Gorecki enters the game for Megan Walker	21	9
2:36	Kayla Thornton makes free throw 2 of 2	21	10
2:12	shot clock turnover	21	10
2:06	Tyasha Harris makes 1-foot two point shot	21	12
1:46	Haley Gorecki traveling	21	12
1:36	Tyasha Harris misses 10-foot jumper	21	12
1:30	Alanna Smith defensive rebound	21	12
1:17	Kia Vaughn traveling	21	12
1:03	Marina Mabrey makes 19-foot jumper	21	14
46.8	Sophie Cunningham makes 24-foot three point jumper (Shey Peddy assists)	24	14
37.2	Arike Ogunbowale makes 24-foot step back jumpshot	24	17
21.4	Kia Vaughn makes 14-foot jumper (Shey Peddy assists)	26	17
0.3	Kayla Thornton misses alley oop layup	26	17
0.1	Shey Peddy defensive rebound	26	17
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	26	17

Regular Season Series

DAL wins 2-1

Mercury
89
Wings
85

Game 1

30/5

Wings
85
Mercury
81

Game 2

9/6

Wings
77
Mercury
59

Game 3

12/6

College Park Center

1:00 AM, 30 May 2021

Arlington, TX

Attendance: 1,717

Referees:
Amy Bonner
Angelica Suffren
Brandon Schwab

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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