Mercury 85-77 Storm (10 Jul, 2021) Play-by-Play

Seattle Storm

15-5, 8-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
SEA	19	15	23	20	77
PHX	17	22	21	25	85

Phoenix Mercury

9-9, 3-7 home

Sophie Cunningham makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Kia Nurse assists)
Brittney Griner misses 10-foot two point shot
Sophie Cunningham misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup (Brittney Griner assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses three point pullup jump shot
Kia Nurse misses 24-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes 20-foot jumper (Brianna Turner assists)
Brittney Griner makes layup (Sophie Cunningham assists)
Brittney Griner makes 9-foot two point shot (Sophie Cunningham assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses three point jumper
Shey Peddy misses 28-foot three point jumper
Megan Walker misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Brittney Griner misses 19-foot jumper
Brittney Griner makes layup
Sophie Cunningham misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes 4-foot two point shot (Sophie Cunningham assists)
Brittney Griner makes 3-foot two point shot
Megan Walker misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shey Peddy misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Shey Peddy misses two point shot
Brittney Griner makes driving layup (Sophie Cunningham assists)
Sophie Cunningham misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shey Peddy makes two point shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses two point shot
Shey Peddy makes two point shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes two point shot
Kia Nurse makes 23-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Kia Vaughn misses two point shot
Kia Vaughn misses 9-foot two point shot
Kia Nurse misses 23-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes two point shot
Kia Nurse misses 23-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes two point shot (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sophie Cunningham assists)
Sophie Cunningham misses driving layup
Kia Nurse misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes 13-foot jumper (Shey Peddy assists)
Brittney Griner misses 20-foot jumper
Brittney Griner makes layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Brittney Griner misses 8-foot two point shot
Brittney Griner makes 3-foot layup (Kia Nurse assists)
Brianna Turner misses layup
Brianna Turner makes tip shot
Kia Nurse makes 24-foot three point shot (Shey Peddy assists)
Kia Nurse misses 24-foot three point jumper
Mercedes Russell blocks Skylar Diggins-Smith 's 6-foot driving layup
Brittney Griner misses 3-foot two point shot
Brittney Griner makes 10-foot two point shot (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Shey Peddy misses 25-foot three point jumper
Megan Walker makes two point shot
Brittney Griner misses 14-foot jumper
Megan Walker misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
Brittney Griner makes two point shot
Brianna Turner misses two point shot
Kia Nurse misses running pullup jump shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot
Brittney Griner misses two point shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Kia Vaughn assists)
Brittney Griner makes 3-foot two point shot (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Kia Vaughn makes 20-foot jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Shey Peddy misses driving floating jump shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes two point shot
Brittney Griner misses jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving floating jump shot
Megan Walker makes 12-foot jumper (Shey Peddy assists)
Shey Peddy makes 7-foot two point shot (Megan Walker assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner misses 8-foot hook shot
Megan Walker makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brittney Griner assists)
Brittney Griner misses jump bank shot
Sue Bird makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jewell Loyd assists)
Sue Bird misses 25-foot three point jumper
Breanna Stewart makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sue Bird assists)
Brianna Turner blocks Katie Lou Samuelson 's 2-foot driving layup
Sophie Cunningham blocks Katie Lou Samuelson's driving layup
Sue Bird makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Katie Lou Samuelson assists)
Breanna Stewart misses 20-foot jumper
Jewell Loyd makes 24-foot step back jumpshot
Brittney Griner blocks Sue Bird 's 7-foot two point shot
Kennedy Burke misses 25-foot three point jumper
Breanna Stewart misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jordin Canada misses 12-foot jump bank shot
Kennedy Burke makes driving layup
Kennedy Burke misses 12-foot step back jumpshot
Breanna Stewart misses running pullup jump shot
Breanna Stewart makes two point shot
Jewell Loyd makes 17-foot jumper (Jordin Canada assists)
Jewell Loyd misses 22-foot two point shot
Jordin Canada misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
Jordin Canada makes jumper (Mercedes Russell assists)
Epiphanny Prince misses 25-foot three point jumper
Katie Lou Samuelson misses two point shot
Mercedes Russell makes 7-foot layup (Sue Bird assists)
Sue Bird makes 15-foot running pullup jump shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith blocks Jordin Canada 's 3-foot two point shot
Kia Vaughn blocks Epiphanny Prince 's 5-foot driving layup
Breanna Stewart misses 10-foot jumper
Jewell Loyd misses 26-foot three point jumper
Epiphanny Prince misses 27-foot three point jumper
Breanna Stewart makes tip shot
Jewell Loyd makes driving layup
Sue Bird misses 24-foot three point jumper
Breanna Stewart misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jewell Loyd makes 16-foot jumper (Mercedes Russell assists)
Jewell Loyd misses driving floating jump shot
Jewell Loyd misses three point jumper
Katie Lou Samuelson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jewell Loyd misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jewell Loyd misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Mercedes Russell makes two point shot (Sue Bird assists)
Sue Bird misses driving layup
Katie Lou Samuelson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jewell Loyd assists)
Jewell Loyd misses 15-foot jumper
Katie Lou Samuelson makes driving layup
Jewell Loyd misses 3-foot jumper
Katie Lou Samuelson misses 16-foot jumper
Katie Lou Samuelson makes two point shot
Jewell Loyd makes 8-foot two point shot (Breanna Stewart assists)
Jewell Loyd makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot (Breanna Stewart assists)
Sue Bird makes 23-foot three pointer
Mercedes Russell makes 3-foot two point shot (Sue Bird assists)
Jordin Canada misses two point shot
Epiphanny Prince misses 22-foot jumper
Breanna Stewart misses 13-foot two point shot
Jordin Canada misses 2-foot two point shot
Jewell Loyd misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
Epiphanny Prince misses 12-foot jumper
Jordin Canada makes 6-foot jumper
Katie Lou Samuelson misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
Katie Lou Samuelson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Epiphanny Prince assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith blocks Epiphanny Prince 's 4-foot driving layup
Breanna Stewart makes 4-foot jumper (Epiphanny Prince assists)
Katie Lou Samuelson makes two point shot (Jordin Canada assists)
Katie Lou Samuelson misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
Breanna Stewart misses layup
Jewell Loyd misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
Mercedes Russell makes tip shot
Sue Bird misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jewell Loyd misses 20-foot jumper
Breanna Stewart makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sue Bird assists)
Mercedes Russell makes driving layup (Breanna Stewart assists)
Epiphanny Prince misses 24-foot three point jumper
Mercedes Russell makes layup (Epiphanny Prince assists)
Breanna Stewart misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jewell Loyd misses 24-foot three point jumper
Sue Bird misses three point jumper

STORM

MERCURY

TIME		SEA	PHX
10:00	Breanna Stewart vs. Brittney Griner (Kia Nurse gains possession)	0	0
9:42	Sophie Cunningham makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Kia Nurse assists)	0	2
9:16	Sue Bird makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jewell Loyd assists)	3	2
8:56	Brittney Griner misses 10-foot two point shot	3	2
8:53	Breanna Stewart defensive rebound	3	2
8:40	Sue Bird misses 25-foot three point jumper	3	2
8:36	Skylar Diggins-Smith defensive rebound	3	2
8:31	Sophie Cunningham misses 25-foot step back jumpshot	3	2
8:27	Breanna Stewart defensive rebound	3	2
8:19	Breanna Stewart makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sue Bird assists)	6	2
8:04	Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup (Brittney Griner assists)	6	4
7:55	Brianna Turner blocks Katie Lou Samuelson 's 2-foot driving layup	6	4
7:53	Brianna Turner defensive rebound	6	4
7:47	Skylar Diggins-Smith misses three point pullup jump shot	6	4
7:44	Brittney Griner offensive rebound	6	4
7:42	Brittney Griner bad pass (Jewell Loyd steals)	6	4
7:35	Sophie Cunningham shooting foul	6	4
7:35	Breanna Stewart makes free throw 1 of 2	7	4
7:35	Breanna Stewart makes free throw 2 of 2	8	4
7:12	Skylar Diggins-Smith bad pass (Katie Lou Samuelson steals)	8	4
7:06	Sophie Cunningham blocks Katie Lou Samuelson's driving layup	8	4
7:03	Brittney Griner defensive rebound	8	4
6:50	Kia Nurse misses 24-foot three point jumper	8	4
6:46	Mercedes Russell defensive rebound	8	4
6:38	Sue Bird makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Katie Lou Samuelson assists)	10	4
6:16	Kia Nurse out of bounds lost ball turnover	10	4
6:00	Breanna Stewart misses 20-foot jumper	10	4
5:57	Kia Nurse defensive rebound	10	4
5:49	Brittney Griner makes 20-foot jumper (Brianna Turner assists)	10	6
5:31	Jewell Loyd makes 24-foot step back jumpshot	13	6
5:16	Brittney Griner makes layup (Sophie Cunningham assists)	13	8
5:16	Mercedes Russell shooting foul	13	8
5:16	Kennedy Burke enters the game for Katie Lou Samuelson	13	8
5:16	Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 1	13	9
4:59	Jewell Loyd lost ball turnover (Skylar Diggins-Smith steals)	13	9
4:56	Breanna Stewart shooting foul	13	9
4:56	Official timeout	13	9
4:56	Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 2	13	10
4:56	Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 2 of 2	13	11
4:39	Brittney Griner blocks Sue Bird 's 7-foot two point shot	13	11
4:39	Phoenix defensive team rebound	13	11
4:24	Brittney Griner makes 9-foot two point shot (Sophie Cunningham assists)	13	13
4:11	Kennedy Burke misses 25-foot three point jumper	13	13
4:08	Brianna Turner defensive rebound	13	13
3:58	Jewell Loyd personal foul	13	13
3:58	Megan Walker enters the game for Kia Nurse	13	13
3:58	Shey Peddy enters the game for Sophie Cunningham	13	13
3:54	Skylar Diggins-Smith misses three point jumper	13	13
3:50	Breanna Stewart defensive rebound	13	13
3:41	Breanna Stewart misses 25-foot three point jumper	13	13
3:38	Brittney Griner defensive rebound	13	13
3:24	Shey Peddy traveling	13	13
3:24	Jordin Canada enters the game for Sue Bird	13	13
3:08	Jordin Canada misses 12-foot jump bank shot	13	13
3:06	Brittney Griner defensive rebound	13	13
2:53	Shey Peddy misses 28-foot three point jumper	13	13
2:48	Kennedy Burke defensive rebound	13	13
2:41	Kennedy Burke makes driving layup	15	13
2:27	Megan Walker misses 18-foot pullup jump shot	15	13
2:24	Mercedes Russell defensive rebound	15	13
2:16	Kennedy Burke misses 12-foot step back jumpshot	15	13
2:13	Brianna Turner defensive rebound	15	13
1:55	Brittney Griner misses 19-foot jumper	15	13
1:52	Breanna Stewart defensive rebound	15	13
1:49	Breanna Stewart misses running pullup jump shot	15	13
1:48	Breanna Stewart offensive rebound	15	13
1:47	Breanna Stewart makes two point shot	17	13
1:24	Brittney Griner makes layup	17	15
1:14	Brianna Turner personal foul	17	15
1:14	Sophie Cunningham enters the game for Skylar Diggins-Smith	17	15
1:14	Katie Lou Samuelson enters the game for Mercedes Russell	17	15
1:14	Epiphanny Prince enters the game for Kennedy Burke	17	15
1:08	Jewell Loyd makes 17-foot jumper (Jordin Canada assists)	19	15
39.9	Sophie Cunningham misses 25-foot three point jumper	19	15
37.3	Jewell Loyd defensive rebound	19	15
33.1	Jewell Loyd misses 22-foot two point shot	19	15
31.1	Phoenix defensive team rebound	19	15
17.2	Brittney Griner makes 4-foot two point shot (Sophie Cunningham assists)	19	17
0.3	Jordin Canada misses 19-foot step back jumpshot	19	17
0.1	Seattle offensive team rebound	19	17
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	19	17

Regular Season Series

SEA wins 2-1

Storm
77
Mercury
85

Game 1

10/7

Mercury
75
Storm
82

Game 2

11/7

Mercury
85
Storm
94

Game 3

18/9

Footprint Center

2:00 AM, 10 July 2021

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 7,554

Referees:
Jeff Smith
Tiara Cruse
Che Flores

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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