Phoenix Mercury @ Washington Mystics

5-8, 2-5 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
Mercury PHX	23	15	22	25	14	99
Mystics WSH	16	23	22	24	5	90

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Shot Made

Shot Missed

Tina Charles makes 5-foot two point shot (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Ariel Atkins misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Diamond DeShields makes 19-foot running pullup jump shot
Alysha Clark misses driving layup
Diamond DeShields makes three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Alysha Clark makes 25-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Natasha Cloud makes two point shot
Brianna Turner makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Natasha Cloud misses 24-foot three point jumper
Myisha Hines-Allen makes two point shot
Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ariel Atkins makes technical free throw
Alysha Clark makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
Tina Charles misses 26-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
Myisha Hines-Allen misses two point shot
Shakira Austin makes driving layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 4-foot two point shot (Brianna Turner assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shey Peddy makes 29-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Myisha Hines-Allen makes 4-foot jump bank shot
Tina Charles makes 5-foot two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
Ariel Atkins misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses running pullup jump shot
Diana Taurasi misses 28-foot three point jumper
Kennedy Burke misses 23-foot three point jumper
Tina Charles misses 9-foot two point shot
Natasha Cloud misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
Shey Peddy makes driving layup (Megan Gustafson assists)
Kennedy Burke makes layup (Rui Machida assists)
Jennie Simms makes 27-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
Rui Machida misses 47-foot three point jumper
Rui Machida makes free throw 1 of 2
Rui Machida misses free throw 2 of 2
Tianna Hawkins misses 26-foot three point jumper
Elizabeth Williams makes 3-foot two point shot (Rui Machida assists)
Shey Peddy blocks Tianna Hawkins 's 4-foot two point shot
Megan Gustafson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Elizabeth Williams makes layup (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)
Elizabeth Williams misses free throw 1 of 1
Alysha Clark misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tianna Hawkins makes layup (Elizabeth Williams assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 32-foot three point jumper
Tianna Hawkins misses 17-foot jumper
Diamond DeShields makes 4-foot two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
Shakira Austin makes layup
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2
Ariel Atkins misses pullup jump shot
Shakira Austin misses two point shot
Tina Charles misses 28-foot three point jumper
Shakira Austin misses layup
Diamond DeShields misses 26-foot three point jumper
Natasha Cloud makes free throw 1 of 2
Natasha Cloud makes free throw 2 of 2
Tina Charles misses 15-foot two point shot
Ariel Atkins misses driving floating jump shot
Tina Charles misses 23-foot three point jumper
Alysha Clark makes three point jumper (Myisha Hines-Allen assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 6-foot two point shot
Alysha Clark misses 24-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shakira Austin misses 9-foot two point shot
Myisha Hines-Allen misses 24-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 27-foot three point jumper (Shey Peddy assists)
Natasha Cloud misses 27-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shakira Austin blocks Tina Charles 's 7-foot hook shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
Shakira Austin makes layup (Myisha Hines-Allen assists)
Shakira Austin misses free throw 1 of 1
Tina Charles makes two point shot
Shakira Austin makes two point shot (Alysha Clark assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes layup
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ariel Atkins assists)
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes two point shot (Ariel Atkins assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 16-foot two point shot
Ariel Atkins misses technical free throw
Alysha Clark makes two point shot
Brianna Turner makes free throw 1 of 2
Brianna Turner misses free throw 2 of 2
Ariel Atkins misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
Natasha Cloud makes driving layup
Tina Charles makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
Myisha Hines-Allen makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alysha Clark assists)
Tina Charles misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shakira Austin misses free throw 1 of 2
Shakira Austin makes free throw 2 of 2
Diana Taurasi misses 27-foot three point jumper
Ariel Atkins makes 3-foot layup (Myisha Hines-Allen assists)
Diamond DeShields makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
Myisha Hines-Allen makes driving layup
Myisha Hines-Allen misses free throw 1 of 2
Myisha Hines-Allen misses free throw 2 of 2
Tina Charles blocks Alysha Clark 's 4-foot two point shot
Ariel Atkins misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Tianna Hawkins misses 8-foot two point shot
Ariel Atkins misses 25-foot three point jumper
Alysha Clark misses 26-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses free throw flagrant 1 of 3
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw flagrant 2 of 3
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw flagrant 3 of 3
Diamond DeShields misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
Ariel Atkins misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
Natasha Cloud makes 29-foot three point jumper (Tianna Hawkins assists)
Diamond DeShields makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
Diana Taurasi misses free throw 2 of 2
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses three point jumper
Elizabeth Williams makes free throw 1 of 2
Elizabeth Williams makes free throw 2 of 2
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brianna Turner assists)
Elizabeth Williams misses 5-foot two point shot
Elizabeth Williams misses two point shot
Elizabeth Williams misses free throw 1 of 2
Elizabeth Williams misses free throw 2 of 2
Brianna Turner makes free throw 1 of 2
Brianna Turner makes free throw 2 of 2
Rui Machida makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
Elizabeth Williams misses free throw 1 of 2
Elizabeth Williams makes free throw 2 of 2
Jennie Simms makes three point jumper (Shey Peddy assists)
Kennedy Burke misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes technical free throw
Tianna Hawkins misses free throw 1 of 2
Tianna Hawkins makes free throw 2 of 2
Jennie Simms misses three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper
Elizabeth Williams misses 17-foot two point shot
Brianna Turner blocks Shakira Austin 's 4-foot jumper
Ariel Atkins makes 25-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Brianna Turner makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Myisha Hines-Allen makes 15-foot jumper (Ariel Atkins assists)
Tina Charles misses 26-foot three point jumper
Natasha Cloud misses running pullup jump shot
Diana Taurasi makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot
Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shakira Austin misses free throw 1 of 2
Shakira Austin makes free throw 2 of 2
Diana Taurasi makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
Ariel Atkins misses 33-foot three point jumper
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes 25-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Diamond DeShields makes 21-foot pullup jump shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses layup
Shakira Austin misses layup
Diana Taurasi makes 13-foot two point shot (Tina Charles assists)
Ariel Atkins makes 21-foot pullup jump shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
Ariel Atkins makes free throw 1 of 1
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Ariel Atkins makes free throw 1 of 2
Ariel Atkins makes free throw 2 of 2
Ariel Atkins makes free throw 1 of 2
Ariel Atkins makes free throw 2 of 2
Tina Charles makes 15-foot jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Myisha Hines-Allen makes free throw 1 of 2
Myisha Hines-Allen makes free throw 2 of 2
Tina Charles makes 7-foot two point shot (Shey Peddy assists)
Myisha Hines-Allen makes 21-foot jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 12-foot two point shot
Tina Charles misses 25-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 28-foot three point jumper (Brianna Turner assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses free throw 2 of 2
Diana Taurasi makes 16-foot two point shot
Myisha Hines-Allen misses 3-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ariel Atkins misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tina Charles misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ariel Atkins makes free throw 1 of 2
Ariel Atkins makes free throw 2 of 2
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Diana Taurasi assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 1
Alysha Clark makes free throw 1 of 2
Alysha Clark makes free throw 2 of 2
Brianna Turner misses alley oop layup
Myisha Hines-Allen misses jumper
Ariel Atkins misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving layup
Shakira Austin makes 14-foot two point shot (Alysha Clark assists)
Shakira Austin misses 7-foot jumper
Shey Peddy makes 26-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Natasha Cloud misses 6-foot two point shot
Shey Peddy misses running pullup jump shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes two point shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 1
Ariel Atkins misses 13-foot two point shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 17-foot two point shot (Jennie Simms assists)
Ariel Atkins misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Shey Peddy makes 4-foot two point shot
Myisha Hines-Allen makes 26-foot three point jumper (Alysha Clark assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving layup
Brianna Turner makes tip shot
Shey Peddy makes free throw 1 of 2
Shey Peddy makes free throw 2 of 2
Myisha Hines-Allen misses 28-foot three point jumper

Shot Made

Shot Missed

TIME		PHX	WSH
10:00	Brianna Turner vs. Shakira Austin (Ariel Atkins gains possession)	0	0
9:44	Myisha Hines-Allen out of bounds lost ball turnover	0	0
9:34	Alysha Clark personal foul	0	0
9:24	Tina Charles makes 5-foot two point shot (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)	2	0
9:06	Ariel Atkins misses 18-foot pullup jump shot	2	0
9:03	Tina Charles defensive rebound	2	0
8:57	Diamond DeShields makes 19-foot running pullup jump shot	4	0
8:29	Alysha Clark misses driving layup	4	0
8:27	Brianna Turner defensive rebound	4	0
8:19	Diamond DeShields makes three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)	7	0
8:07	Alysha Clark makes 25-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)	7	3
7:49	Skylar Diggins-Smith lost ball turnover (Natasha Cloud steals)	7	3
7:44	Natasha Cloud makes two point shot	7	5
7:37	Brianna Turner makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)	9	5
7:13	Natasha Cloud misses 24-foot three point jumper	9	5
7:11	Myisha Hines-Allen offensive rebound	9	5
7:03	Myisha Hines-Allen makes two point shot	9	7
6:46	Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point jumper	9	7
6:43	Alysha Clark defensive rebound	9	7
6:34	Tina Charles defensive 3-seconds (technical foul)	9	7
6:34	Ariel Atkins makes technical free throw	9	8
6:24	Alysha Clark makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot (Natasha Cloud assists)	9	10
6:14	Tina Charles misses 26-foot three point jumper	9	10
6:11	Shakira Austin defensive rebound	9	10
6:09	Natasha Cloud out of bounds bad pass turnover	9	10
5:56	Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper	9	10
5:54	Ariel Atkins defensive rebound	9	10
5:51	Diamond DeShields personal foul	9	10
5:39	Myisha Hines-Allen misses two point shot	9	10
5:37	Diamond DeShields defensive rebound	9	10
5:32	Diamond DeShields offensive charge	9	10
5:32	Diamond DeShields turnover	9	10
5:32	Shey Peddy enters the game for Diamond DeShields	9	10
5:16	Shakira Austin makes driving layup (Natasha Cloud assists)	9	12
4:58	Diana Taurasi makes 4-foot two point shot (Brianna Turner assists)	11	12
4:35	Natasha Cloud bad pass (Shey Peddy steals)	11	12
4:28	Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper	11	12
4:23	Mercury offensive team rebound	11	12
4:23	Official timeout	11	12
4:23	Elizabeth Williams enters the game for Shakira Austin	11	12
4:23	Rui Machida enters the game for Alysha Clark	11	12
4:20	Skylar Diggins-Smith vs. Ariel Atkins (Diana Taurasi gains possession)	11	12
4:12	Shey Peddy makes 29-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)	14	12
3:57	Myisha Hines-Allen makes 4-foot jump bank shot	14	14
3:46	Tina Charles makes 5-foot two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)	16	14
3:29	Ariel Atkins misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot	16	14
3:26	Skylar Diggins-Smith defensive rebound	16	14
3:23	Skylar Diggins-Smith misses running pullup jump shot	16	14
3:19	Ariel Atkins defensive rebound	16	14
3:13	Skylar Diggins-Smith personal foul	16	14
3:13	Kennedy Burke enters the game for Ariel Atkins	16	14
3:07	Natasha Cloud out of bounds bad pass turnover	16	14
2:53	Diana Taurasi misses 28-foot three point jumper	16	14
2:50	Myisha Hines-Allen defensive rebound	16	14
2:30	Kennedy Burke misses 23-foot three point jumper	16	14
2:27	Tina Charles defensive rebound	16	14
2:07	Tina Charles misses 9-foot two point shot	16	14
2:05	Kennedy Burke defensive rebound	16	14
1:50	Natasha Cloud misses 24-foot step back jumpshot	16	14
1:48	Mercury defensive team rebound	16	14
1:48	Tianna Hawkins enters the game for Myisha Hines-Allen	16	14
1:48	Jennie Simms enters the game for Diana Taurasi	16	14
1:48	Megan Gustafson enters the game for Tina Charles	16	14
1:30	Shey Peddy makes driving layup (Megan Gustafson assists)	18	14
1:24	Kennedy Burke makes layup (Rui Machida assists)	18	16
1:01	Jennie Simms makes 27-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)	21	16
50.7	Natasha Cloud lost ball turnover (Shey Peddy steals)	21	16
50.6	Natasha Cloud personal foul	21	16
50.6	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough enters the game for Natasha Cloud	21	16
39.4	Jennie Simms out of bounds bad pass turnover	21	16
24.0	Elizabeth Williams lost ball turnover (Megan Gustafson steals)	21	16
2.3	Elizabeth Williams shooting foul	21	16
2.3	Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 2	22	16
2.3	Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 2 of 2	23	16
0.1	Rui Machida misses 47-foot three point jumper	23	16
0.1	Mystics offensive team rebound	23	16
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	23	16

Matchups

PHX

PHX wins season

2-1

WSH

Game 1•@ WSH

Final/OT

Game 2•@ WSH

Final

Game 3•@ PHX

Final

Game Information

Washington, DC

Referee:Amy Bonner

Referee:Tim Greene

Referee:Ryan Sassano

Women's National Basketball Assoc.

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	34	10	.773	-	W1
Las Vegas	30	14	.682	4	W16
Phoenix	27	17	.614	7	L3
Seattle	23	21	.523	11	W1
Golden State	23	21	.523	11	L3
Los Angeles	21	23	.477	13	L1
Dallas	10	34	.227	24	W1

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Atlanta	30	14	.682	-	W6
New York	27	17	.614	3	W3
Indiana	24	20	.545	6	W3
Washington	16	28	.364	14	L10
Connecticut	11	33	.250	19	L2
Chicago	10	34	.227	20	L4

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