Aces 106-88 Mercury (7 May, 2022) Play-by-Play

Las Vegas Aces

1-0, 1-0 away

106

	1	2	3	4	T
LV	31	23	32	20	106
PHX	17	15	31	25	88

Phoenix Mercury

0-1, 0-1 home

Dearica Hamby blocks Shey Peddy's two point shot
Tina Charles misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Tina Charles misses 5-foot two point shot
Tina Charles makes 25-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Shey Peddy misses 25-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi misses step back jumpshot
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
Diana Taurasi misses three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup (Tina Charles assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 12-foot jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Tina Charles misses 16-foot jumper
Tina Charles makes 7-foot two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
Megan Gustafson makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes running pullup jump shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses two point shot
A'ja Wilson blocks Sophie Cunningham 's 5-foot driving layup
Tina Charles misses 4-foot two point shot
Emma Cannon makes 20-foot jumper (Shey Peddy assists)
Kierstan Bell blocks Kristine Anigwe 's 7-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 3-foot pullup jump shot
Sam Thomas misses three point jumper
Tina Charles misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tina Charles misses 2-foot two point shot
Shey Peddy makes 7-foot two point shot (Kristine Anigwe assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 22-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Tina Charles misses 8-foot two point shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point jumper
Megan Gustafson makes layup (Tina Charles assists)
Diana Taurasi misses driving layup
Shey Peddy misses 25-foot three point jumper
Sophie Cunningham makes 24-foot step back jumpshot (Shey Peddy assists)
Shey Peddy misses driving layup
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving floating jump shot
Tina Charles misses 25-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving layup
Shey Peddy misses driving layup
Tina Charles makes 3-foot layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 21-foot jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot (Sophie Cunningham assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup
Sophie Cunningham makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sam Thomas assists)
Sophie Cunningham makes driving layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Sophie Cunningham misses 25-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 15-foot step back jumpshot
Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tina Charles makes two point shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 12-foot step back jumpshot
Sophie Cunningham misses three point jumper
Megan Gustafson misses two point shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
Megan Gustafson makes 1-foot layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 6-foot two point shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes two point shot
Theresa Plaisance blocks Tina Charles's layup
Jennie Simms makes 13-foot hook shot
Tina Charles misses 26-foot three point jumper
Tina Charles makes driving layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Diana Taurasi misses 28-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 10-foot jumper (Tina Charles assists)
Tina Charles misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 2-foot two point shot
Sophie Cunningham makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Dearica Hamby blocks Jennie Simms 's 23-foot three point jumper
Shey Peddy misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shey Peddy makes three point jumper (Jennie Simms assists)
Shey Peddy makes jumper
Shey Peddy makes driving layup
Shey Peddy makes 26-foot three point jumper (Emma Cannon assists)
Shey Peddy makes driving layup
A'ja Wilson makes layup
A'ja Wilson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chelsea Gray makes 24-foot running pullup jump shot
Dearica Hamby misses two point shot
A'ja Wilson makes two point shot
Jackie Young makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Chelsea Gray assists)
Jackie Young makes layup (Chelsea Gray assists)
Chelsea Gray makes two point shot
Dearica Hamby makes layup (A'ja Wilson assists)
Jackie Young makes 16-foot step back jumpshot (Kelsey Plum assists)
Dearica Hamby makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kelsey Plum assists)
Kelsey Plum misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kelsey Plum makes driving layup
Kierstan Bell misses 26-foot three point jumper
A'ja Wilson misses 13-foot jumper
A'ja Wilson makes driving layup (Sydney Colson assists)
Shey Peddy blocks Kelsey Plum 's 4-foot two point shot
Theresa Plaisance makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kelsey Plum assists)
Kelsey Plum makes 25-foot three pointer
Dearica Hamby misses 27-foot three point jumper
Theresa Plaisance misses 1-foot tip shot
Dearica Hamby makes driving layup (Sydney Colson assists)
Jackie Young makes driving layup (Sydney Colson assists)
Sydney Colson misses 21-foot jumper
A'ja Wilson misses 15-foot two point shot
Kelsey Plum misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
Jackie Young makes 21-foot pullup jump shot (A'ja Wilson assists)
Aisha Sheppard makes 26-foot three point jumper (Dearica Hamby assists)
Kelsey Plum misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Dearica Hamby makes driving layup (Kelsey Plum assists)
A'ja Wilson makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Kelsey Plum assists)
Jackie Young makes 21-foot pullup jump shot (Chelsea Gray assists)
Chelsea Gray misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Dearica Hamby makes two point shot (Jackie Young assists)
Chelsea Gray misses driving floating jump shot
Kelsey Plum makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chelsea Gray assists)
Kelsey Plum misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Jackie Young misses 2-foot two point shot
Dearica Hamby makes layup (Chelsea Gray assists)
Chelsea Gray misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
Chelsea Gray makes driving layup
Chelsea Gray makes 9-foot step back jumpshot
Theresa Plaisance misses 11-foot jumper
Kelsey Plum makes 25-foot three point jumper
Jackie Young makes two point shot
Kelsey Plum makes driving layup
Jackie Young makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
Dearica Hamby makes two point shot (Kelsey Plum assists)
Kelsey Plum misses driving layup
Kelsey Plum makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jackie Young assists)
Dearica Hamby makes 9-foot two point shot (Aisha Sheppard assists)
Megan Gustafson blocks Kelsey Plum 's 2-foot two point shot
Aisha Sheppard makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jackie Young assists)
Jackie Young misses driving layup
Theresa Plaisance makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jackie Young assists)
Kelsey Plum misses 26-foot three point jumper
Dearica Hamby makes layup (Kierstan Bell assists)
Theresa Plaisance misses 23-foot three point jumper
Sydney Colson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kelsey Plum misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
Dearica Hamby makes layup (Sydney Colson assists)
Kelsey Plum makes 22-foot three point jumper (Sydney Colson assists)
A'ja Wilson makes layup (Theresa Plaisance assists)
Theresa Plaisance misses 15-foot jumper
Dearica Hamby makes layup (Kelsey Plum assists)
Theresa Plaisance misses 9-foot jumper
Dearica Hamby misses 5-foot two point shot

ACES

MERCURY

TIME		LV	PHX
10:00	A'ja Wilson vs. Kristine Anigwe (Skylar Diggins-Smith gains possession)	0	0
9:33	Dearica Hamby blocks Shey Peddy's two point shot	0	0
9:33	Mercury offensive team rebound	0	0
9:32	shot clock turnover	0	0
9:18	A'ja Wilson makes layup	2	0
9:10	Tina Charles misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot	2	0
9:10	Aces defensive team rebound	2	0
8:54	A'ja Wilson misses 25-foot three point jumper	2	0
8:49	Kristine Anigwe defensive rebound	2	0
8:36	Tina Charles misses 5-foot two point shot	2	0
8:34	Dearica Hamby defensive rebound	2	0
8:28	Chelsea Gray makes 24-foot running pullup jump shot	5	0
8:12	Tina Charles makes 25-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)	5	3
7:51	Dearica Hamby misses two point shot	5	3
7:49	A'ja Wilson offensive rebound	5	3
7:48	A'ja Wilson makes two point shot	7	3
7:31	Shey Peddy misses 25-foot three point jumper	7	3
7:28	A'ja Wilson defensive rebound	7	3
7:24	Jackie Young makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Chelsea Gray assists)	9	3
7:08	Diana Taurasi misses step back jumpshot	9	3
7:08	A'ja Wilson defensive rebound	9	3
6:56	Dearica Hamby traveling	9	3
6:40	Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 23-foot step back jumpshot	9	3
6:37	Kelsey Plum defensive rebound	9	3
6:31	Jackie Young makes layup (Chelsea Gray assists)	11	3
6:18	Diana Taurasi misses three point jumper	11	3
6:17	Kelsey Plum defensive rebound	11	3
6:02	Chelsea Gray makes two point shot	13	3
6:00	Mercury Full timeout	13	3
6:00	Sophie Cunningham enters the game for Shey Peddy	13	3
6:00	Megan Gustafson enters the game for Kristine Anigwe	13	3
5:47	Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup (Tina Charles assists)	13	5
5:29	Dearica Hamby makes layup (A'ja Wilson assists)	15	5
5:16	Diana Taurasi misses 21-foot pullup jump shot	15	5
5:15	Mercury offensive team rebound	15	5
5:13	Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 12-foot jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)	15	7
5:04	Jackie Young makes 16-foot step back jumpshot (Kelsey Plum assists)	17	7
4:48	Tina Charles misses 16-foot jumper	17	7
4:45	Dearica Hamby defensive rebound	17	7
4:41	Dearica Hamby makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kelsey Plum assists)	20	7
4:24	Tina Charles traveling	20	7
4:15	Dearica Hamby offensive foul	20	7
4:15	Dearica Hamby turnover	20	7
4:03	Tina Charles makes 7-foot two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)	20	9
3:57	Skylar Diggins-Smith personal foul	20	9
3:57	Theresa Plaisance enters the game for Dearica Hamby	20	9
3:53	Kelsey Plum misses 24-foot three point jumper	20	9
3:50	Theresa Plaisance offensive rebound	20	9
3:41	Megan Gustafson personal foul	20	9
3:41	Kierstan Bell enters the game for Chelsea Gray	20	9
3:41	Aces delay of game violation	20	9
3:36	Kelsey Plum makes driving layup	22	9
3:16	Megan Gustafson makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)	22	11
3:13	Aces Full timeout	22	11
2:55	Kierstan Bell misses 26-foot three point jumper	22	11
2:51	A'ja Wilson offensive rebound	22	11
2:51	A'ja Wilson misses 13-foot jumper	22	11
2:48	Tina Charles defensive rebound	22	11
2:43	Skylar Diggins-Smith makes running pullup jump shot	22	13
2:33	Kelsey Plum lost ball turnover (Tina Charles steals)	22	13
2:32	Theresa Plaisance personal foul	22	13
2:20	Kelsey Plum personal foul	22	13
2:13	Theresa Plaisance shooting foul	22	13
2:13	Tina Charles makes free throw 1 of 2	22	14
2:13	Sydney Colson enters the game for Jackie Young	22	14
2:13	Tina Charles makes free throw 2 of 2	22	15
1:58	Theresa Plaisance bad pass (Tina Charles steals)	22	15
1:51	Skylar Diggins-Smith misses two point shot	22	15
1:48	A'ja Wilson defensive rebound	22	15
1:40	A'ja Wilson makes driving layup (Sydney Colson assists)	24	15
1:40	Megan Gustafson shooting foul	24	15
1:40	Emma Cannon enters the game for Megan Gustafson	24	15
1:40	Shey Peddy enters the game for Diana Taurasi	24	15
1:40	A'ja Wilson makes free throw 1 of 1	25	15
1:21	A'ja Wilson blocks Sophie Cunningham 's 5-foot driving layup	25	15
1:18	A'ja Wilson defensive rebound	25	15
1:16	Shey Peddy blocks Kelsey Plum 's 4-foot two point shot	25	15
1:15	Aces offensive team rebound	25	15
1:15	Dearica Hamby enters the game for A'ja Wilson	25	15
1:11	Theresa Plaisance makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kelsey Plum assists)	28	15
53.7	Tina Charles misses 4-foot two point shot	28	15
50.7	Dearica Hamby defensive rebound	28	15
38.0	Kelsey Plum makes 25-foot three pointer	31	15
24.8	Emma Cannon makes 20-foot jumper (Shey Peddy assists)	31	17
3.5	Dearica Hamby misses 27-foot three point jumper	31	17
3.5	Theresa Plaisance offensive rebound	31	17
1.5	Theresa Plaisance misses 1-foot tip shot	31	17
0.5	Emma Cannon defensive rebound	31	17
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	31	17

Regular Season Series

LV wins 3-0

Aces
106
Mercury
88

Game 1

7/5

Mercury
74
Aces
86

Game 2

18/5

Mercury
80
Aces
100

Game 3

21/5

Footprint Center

3:00 AM, 7 May 2022

Phoenix, AZ

Referees:
Jeff Smith
Angelica Suffren
Billy Smith

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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