Storm 82-75 Mercury (11 Jul, 2021) Play-by-Play

Phoenix Mercury

9-10, 6-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	23	16	17	19	75
SEA	21	23	22	16	82

Seattle Storm

16-5, 8-3 home

Jewell Loyd misses 9-foot hook shot
Mercedes Russell misses 11-foot jumper
Mercedes Russell makes 3-foot jump bank shot
Katie Lou Samuelson makes driving layup
Katie Lou Samuelson makes 7-foot two point shot (Jewell Loyd assists)
Sue Bird misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Katie Lou Samuelson makes 15-foot jumper (Jewell Loyd assists)
Sue Bird makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jewell Loyd assists)
Sue Bird makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
Breanna Stewart misses 11-foot two point shot
Sue Bird misses 25-foot three point jumper
Sue Bird misses 10-foot jumper
Breanna Stewart misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jordin Canada misses two point shot
Katie Lou Samuelson makes layup (Kennedy Burke assists)
Epiphanny Prince makes 17-foot jumper
Breanna Stewart misses 10-foot jumper
Katie Lou Samuelson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Epiphanny Prince makes 26-foot three point jumper (Breanna Stewart assists)
Mercedes Russell makes 5-foot two point shot (Jordin Canada assists)
Epiphanny Prince misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kennedy Burke makes two point shot
Breanna Stewart makes 12-foot two point shot
Jordin Canada makes layup
Kennedy Burke misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jewell Loyd makes pullup jump shot (Jordin Canada assists)
Kennedy Burke makes 21-foot pullup jump shot
Jordin Canada misses 4-foot jumper
Mercedes Russell makes layup (Jewell Loyd assists)
Katie Lou Samuelson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Sue Bird misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jewell Loyd misses 28-foot three point jumper
Breanna Stewart makes 15-foot jumper (Katie Lou Samuelson assists)
Breanna Stewart makes 12-foot two point shot (Sue Bird assists)
Breanna Stewart misses 24-foot three point jumper
Katie Lou Samuelson misses 11-foot jumper
Jewell Loyd makes 29-foot step back jumpshot
Sue Bird makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jewell Loyd assists)
Sue Bird makes 25-foot three pointer
Jewell Loyd misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
Brittney Griner blocks Breanna Stewart 's 5-foot jumper
Breanna Stewart makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sue Bird assists)
Breanna Stewart misses driving layup
Katie Lou Samuelson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jordin Canada makes 20-foot jumper
Sue Bird misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jordin Canada misses 24-foot three point jumper
Mercedes Russell makes 13-foot two point shot (Jordin Canada assists)
Epiphanny Prince misses 23-foot three point jumper
Epiphanny Prince makes 24-foot step back jumpshot
Breanna Stewart makes 19-foot jumper (Epiphanny Prince assists)
Epiphanny Prince makes 25-foot three point jumper (Breanna Stewart assists)
Jordin Canada misses 11-foot two point shot
Katie Lou Samuelson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Breanna Stewart misses 8-foot hook shot
Breanna Stewart misses 15-foot jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith blocks Jewell Loyd 's 7-foot layup
Breanna Stewart misses 27-foot three point jumper
Katie Lou Samuelson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Mercedes Russell assists)
Jewell Loyd makes 24-foot three point jumper
Sue Bird makes 10-foot two point shot (Jewell Loyd assists)
Sue Bird misses 23-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner misses two point shot
Brianna Turner makes layup (Kia Nurse assists)
Kia Nurse makes 11-foot two point shot (Shey Peddy assists)
Kia Nurse misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
Brittney Griner misses 20-foot jumper
Brianna Turner misses 5-foot jumper
Brittney Griner makes 4-foot hook shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Shey Peddy assists)
Brianna Turner makes layup (Kia Nurse assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving layup
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses two point shot
Kia Nurse makes 26-foot three point jumper (Shey Peddy assists)
Brittney Griner makes two point shot (Brianna Turner assists)
Brittney Griner misses 7-foot two point shot
Kia Nurse misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kia Nurse makes 27-foot three point jumper
Kia Nurse misses 24-foot three point jumper
Brianna Turner misses layup
Megan Walker misses 51-foot three point jumper
Shey Peddy misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kia Nurse misses 31-foot three point jumper
Shey Peddy misses two point shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 29-foot three point jumper (Shey Peddy assists)
Kia Vaughn misses 17-foot jumper
Brittney Griner makes 6-foot jumper
Brittney Griner misses layup
Kia Nurse misses 23-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner misses 9-foot two point shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
Kia Vaughn makes 17-foot jumper (Kia Nurse assists)
Shey Peddy misses 24-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes 10-foot two point shot (Kia Vaughn assists)
Brittney Griner makes layup
Shey Peddy makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brittney Griner assists)
Brianna Turner makes layup (Kia Nurse assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 5-foot two point shot
Brianna Turner misses 8-foot two point shot
Brittney Griner makes 18-foot two point shot (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 27-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 20-foot jumper
Katie Lou Samuelson blocks Kia Nurse's jumper
Brittney Griner misses 10-foot hook shot
Kia Nurse makes 26-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Kia Nurse makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brittney Griner assists)
Brittney Griner misses 6-foot jump bank shot
Brittney Griner makes 17-foot two point shot (Shey Peddy assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 9-foot jumper
Brianna Turner makes alley oop layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Kia Nurse makes 3-foot driving floating jump shot
Kia Nurse misses 14-foot jump bank shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 17-foot two point shot
Kia Nurse makes 27-foot three point jumper (Brianna Turner assists)
Kia Nurse misses 13-foot step back jumpshot
Brianna Turner misses 1-foot two point shot
Brianna Turner misses two point shot
Brittney Griner misses 19-foot jumper
Brittney Griner misses 5-foot two point shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 6-foot jump bank shot
Shey Peddy misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kia Nurse makes 24-foot three point jumper (Shey Peddy assists)
Brittney Griner misses two point shot
Shey Peddy misses 25-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup (Brittney Griner assists)
Kia Nurse makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shey Peddy assists)
Kia Nurse misses three point jumper
Kia Nurse misses 26-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes 9-foot two point shot (Kia Nurse assists)

MERCURY

STORM

TIME		PHX	SEA
10:00	Brittney Griner vs. Breanna Stewart (Shey Peddy gains possession)	0	0
9:41	Brittney Griner misses two point shot	0	0
9:38	Mercedes Russell defensive rebound	0	0
9:27	Jewell Loyd misses 9-foot hook shot	0	0
9:23	Brittney Griner defensive rebound	0	0
9:09	Brianna Turner makes layup (Kia Nurse assists)	2	0
9:09	Katie Lou Samuelson shooting foul	2	0
9:09	Brianna Turner makes free throw 1 of 1	3	0
8:52	Mercedes Russell misses 11-foot jumper	3	0
8:50	Mercedes Russell offensive rebound	3	0
8:49	Mercedes Russell makes 3-foot jump bank shot	3	2
8:32	Kia Nurse makes 11-foot two point shot (Shey Peddy assists)	5	2
8:22	Katie Lou Samuelson makes driving layup	5	4
8:11	Kia Nurse misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot	5	4
8:07	Katie Lou Samuelson defensive rebound	5	4
8:02	Katie Lou Samuelson makes 7-foot two point shot (Jewell Loyd assists)	5	6
7:46	Mercedes Russell shooting foul	5	6
7:46	Skylar Diggins-Smith misses free throw 1 of 2	5	6
7:46	Phoenix offensive team rebound	5	6
7:46	Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 2 of 2	6	6
7:38	Sue Bird misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot	6	6
7:34	Brittney Griner defensive rebound	6	6
7:23	Brittney Griner misses 20-foot jumper	6	6
7:19	Jewell Loyd defensive rebound	6	6
7:14	Katie Lou Samuelson makes 15-foot jumper (Jewell Loyd assists)	6	8
6:52	Brianna Turner misses 5-foot jumper	6	8
6:51	Brittney Griner offensive rebound	6	8
6:50	Brittney Griner makes 4-foot hook shot	8	8
6:40	Jewell Loyd lost ball turnover (Skylar Diggins-Smith steals)	8	8
6:34	Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Shey Peddy assists)	10	8
6:26	Brianna Turner personal foul	10	8
6:13	Sue Bird makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jewell Loyd assists)	10	11
5:57	Jewell Loyd personal foul	10	11
5:51	Brianna Turner makes layup (Kia Nurse assists)	12	11
5:43	Sue Bird makes 16-foot pullup jump shot	12	13
5:30	Jewell Loyd shooting foul	12	13
5:30	Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 3	13	13
5:30	Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 2 of 3	14	13
5:30	Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 3 of 3	15	13
5:18	Breanna Stewart misses 11-foot two point shot	15	13
5:14	Brittney Griner defensive rebound	15	13
5:10	Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving layup	15	13
5:08	Breanna Stewart defensive rebound	15	13
5:03	Sue Bird misses 25-foot three point jumper	15	13
5:00	Skylar Diggins-Smith defensive rebound	15	13
4:57	Skylar Diggins-Smith misses two point shot	15	13
4:54	Jewell Loyd defensive rebound	15	13
4:49	Sue Bird misses 10-foot jumper	15	13
4:46	Brianna Turner defensive rebound	15	13
4:25	Kia Nurse makes 26-foot three point jumper (Shey Peddy assists)	18	13
4:15	Kia Nurse personal foul	18	13
4:15	Official timeout	18	13
4:15	Jordin Canada enters the game for Jewell Loyd	18	13
4:08	Breanna Stewart misses 24-foot three point jumper	18	13
4:04	Skylar Diggins-Smith defensive rebound	18	13
3:50	Brittney Griner makes two point shot (Brianna Turner assists)	20	13
3:29	Sue Bird bad pass (Shey Peddy steals)	20	13
3:26	Brianna Turner offensive foul	20	13
3:26	Brianna Turner turnover	20	13
3:26	Megan Walker enters the game for Skylar Diggins-Smith	20	13
3:26	Epiphanny Prince enters the game for Sue Bird	20	13
3:19	Megan Walker personal foul	20	13
3:05	Brittney Griner personal foul	20	13
2:55	Jordin Canada misses two point shot	20	13
2:53	Brianna Turner defensive rebound	20	13
2:44	Brittney Griner misses 7-foot two point shot	20	13
2:41	Mercedes Russell defensive rebound	20	13
2:38	Shey Peddy shooting foul	20	13
2:38	Jordin Canada makes free throw 1 of 2	20	14
2:38	Kennedy Burke enters the game for Mercedes Russell	20	14
2:38	Kia Vaughn enters the game for Brittney Griner	20	14
2:38	Jordin Canada makes free throw 2 of 2	20	15
2:23	Kia Nurse misses 23-foot three point jumper	20	15
2:21	Seattle defensive team rebound	20	15
2:06	Katie Lou Samuelson makes layup (Kennedy Burke assists)	20	17
1:52	Kia Nurse bad pass (Katie Lou Samuelson steals)	20	17
1:39	Epiphanny Prince makes 17-foot jumper	20	19
1:12	Kia Nurse makes 27-foot three point jumper	23	19
57.3	Breanna Stewart misses 10-foot jumper	23	19
53.1	Kennedy Burke offensive rebound	23	19
52.4	Kennedy Burke lost ball turnover (Megan Walker steals)	23	19
40.1	Kia Nurse misses 24-foot three point jumper	23	19
37.1	Jordin Canada defensive rebound	23	19
31.8	Katie Lou Samuelson misses 24-foot three point jumper	23	19
27.3	Shey Peddy defensive rebound	23	19
14.6	Brianna Turner misses layup	23	19
11.3	Epiphanny Prince defensive rebound	23	19
2.0	Brianna Turner shooting foul	23	19
2.0	Epiphanny Prince makes free throw 1 of 2	23	20
2.0	Epiphanny Prince makes free throw 2 of 2	23	21
0.5	Megan Walker misses 51-foot three point jumper	23	21
0.1	Phoenix offensive team rebound	23	21
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	23	21

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Storm
77
Mercury
85

Game 1

10/7

Mercury
75
Storm
82

Game 2

11/7

Mercury
85
Storm
94

Game 3

18/9

Angel of the Winds Arena

11:00 PM, 11 July 2021

Everett, WA

Attendance: 5,110

Referees:
Michael Price
Fatou Cissoko-Stephens
Kevin Fahy

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	1	0	1.000	-	W1
Las Vegas	1	0	1.000	-	W1
Dallas	1	0	1.000	-	W1
Phoenix	0	1	.000	1	L1
Los Angeles	0	1	.000	1	L1
Seattle	0	1	.000	1	L1

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