Lynx 100-88 Mercury (24 Jun, 2022) Play-by-Play

Phoenix Mercury

6-12, 3-8 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	25	23	20	20	88
MIN	33	27	21	19	100

Minnesota Lynx

5-13, 2-6 home

100

Damiris Dantas misses 24-foot three point jumper
Sylvia Fowles misses layup
Moriah Jefferson makes driving layup
Aerial Powers misses 23-foot three point jumper
Sylvia Fowles makes two point shot
Damiris Dantas makes 3-foot two point shot (Aerial Powers assists)
Aerial Powers misses three point jumper
Moriah Jefferson misses two point shot
Damiris Dantas makes layup (Kayla McBride assists)
Aerial Powers makes driving layup (Moriah Jefferson assists)
Jessica Shepard makes layup (Aerial Powers assists)
Moriah Jefferson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Aerial Powers misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kayla McBride misses driving floating jump shot
Moriah Jefferson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jessica Shepard assists)
Kayla McBride makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jessica Shepard assists)
Aerial Powers misses driving floating jump shot
Kayla McBride misses driving layup
Rachel Banham misses 26-foot three point jumper
Bridget Carleton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Natalie Achonwa assists)
Rachel Banham makes 30-foot three pointer (Bridget Carleton assists)
Natalie Achonwa makes 3-foot two point shot (Moriah Jefferson assists)
Rachel Banham makes two point shot
Moriah Jefferson makes two point shot
Sylvia Fowles makes 1-foot two point shot (Moriah Jefferson assists)
Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Damiris Dantas assists)
Moriah Jefferson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Aerial Powers assists)
Damiris Dantas makes 6-foot two point shot (Aerial Powers assists)
Brianna Turner blocks Sylvia Fowles's layup
Sylvia Fowles makes two point shot
Damiris Dantas makes 11-foot two point shot (Rachel Banham assists)
Damiris Dantas misses 24-foot three point jumper
Moriah Jefferson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Aerial Powers makes two point shot
Damiris Dantas makes three point jumper (Aerial Powers assists)
Aerial Powers misses 24-foot three point jumper
Aerial Powers misses driving layup
Kayla McBride misses driving layup
Skylar Diggins-Smith blocks Kayla McBride 's 4-foot two point shot
Kayla McBride misses 25-foot three point shot
Aerial Powers misses 13-foot step back jumpshot
Sylvia Fowles misses two point shot
Aerial Powers makes 4-foot layup (Damiris Dantas assists)
Sylvia Fowles misses 18-foot jumper
Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Damiris Dantas assists)
Sylvia Fowles makes layup
Moriah Jefferson makes three point jumper (Damiris Dantas assists)
Kayla McBride makes driving layup (Aerial Powers assists)
Moriah Jefferson makes 3-foot two point shot (Kayla McBride assists)
Rachel Banham misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jessica Shepard makes 5-foot two point shot (Rachel Banham assists)
Bridget Carleton misses 25-foot three point jumper
Natalie Achonwa makes 18-foot jumper (Rachel Banham assists)
Moriah Jefferson misses 11-foot jumper
Sylvia Fowles makes 4-foot two point shot (Jessica Shepard assists)
Diana Taurasi blocks Rachel Banham 's 12-foot jumper
Kayla McBride misses 23-foot three point jumper
Damiris Dantas misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kayla McBride misses layup
Brianna Turner blocks Aerial Powers 's 4-foot driving layup
Damiris Dantas makes two point shot
Aerial Powers makes 15-foot two point shot (Moriah Jefferson assists)
Sylvia Fowles misses layup
Moriah Jefferson makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
Kayla McBride misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kayla McBride makes 29-foot three point jumper (Moriah Jefferson assists)
Aerial Powers misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tina Charles assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
Diana Taurasi makes two point shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper
Tina Charles makes driving layup
Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three pointer (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Shey Peddy makes 25-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Shey Peddy makes 22-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Shey Peddy makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brianna Turner assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup
Sophie Cunningham misses 25-foot three point jumper
Diamond DeShields misses 8-foot step back jumpshot
Diamond DeShields misses driving layup
Sophie Cunningham misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tina Charles makes 7-foot two point shot (Megan Gustafson assists)
Sophie Cunningham misses layup
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving floating jump shot
Tina Charles makes 20-foot jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup
Tina Charles makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
Diamond DeShields makes 10-foot two point shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes two point shot (Sophie Cunningham assists)
Diamond DeShields misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
Tina Charles makes 25-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Tina Charles misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
Shey Peddy misses 26-foot three point jumper
Tina Charles makes driving layup (Shey Peddy assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses two point shot
Shey Peddy misses 23-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three pointer
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses three point jumper
Tina Charles makes 10-foot two point shot (Shey Peddy assists)
Tina Charles misses two point shot
Brianna Turner makes two point shot (Shey Peddy assists)
Diana Taurasi misses three point pullup jump shot
Shey Peddy misses 24-foot three point jumper
Sophie Cunningham makes 23-foot three point jumper (Diamond DeShields assists)
Tina Charles makes 24-foot step back jumpshot
Diamond DeShields makes two point shot (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Diamond DeShields misses 24-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper
Sophie Cunningham misses 23-foot three point jumper
Diamond DeShields misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
Tina Charles misses 24-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Tina Charles misses 13-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi makes two point shot
Shey Peddy misses 23-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes two point shot
Tina Charles makes 14-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi misses three point jumper
Tina Charles misses layup
Tina Charles misses 16-foot jumper
Sophie Cunningham misses 25-foot three point jumper
Sophie Cunningham makes two point shot (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper

MERCURY

LYNX

TIME		PHX	MIN
10:00	Brianna Turner vs. Sylvia Fowles (Aerial Powers gains possession)	0	0
9:47	Damiris Dantas misses 24-foot three point jumper	0	0
9:45	Aerial Powers offensive rebound	0	0
9:38	Sylvia Fowles misses layup	0	0
9:35	Brianna Turner defensive rebound	0	0
9:20	Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tina Charles assists)	3	0
9:04	Diana Taurasi personal foul	3	0
8:58	Moriah Jefferson makes driving layup	3	2
8:39	Diana Taurasi bad pass (Aerial Powers steals)	3	2
8:30	Aerial Powers misses 23-foot three point jumper	3	2
8:28	Sylvia Fowles offensive rebound	3	2
8:26	Sylvia Fowles makes two point shot	3	4
8:13	Moriah Jefferson shooting foul	3	4
8:13	Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 3	4	4
8:13	Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 3	5	4
8:13	Diana Taurasi makes free throw 3 of 3	6	4
7:56	Damiris Dantas makes 3-foot two point shot (Aerial Powers assists)	6	6
7:44	Tina Charles out of bounds bad pass turnover	6	6
7:32	Aerial Powers misses three point jumper	6	6
7:28	Skylar Diggins-Smith defensive rebound	6	6
7:19	Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot	6	6
7:16	Moriah Jefferson defensive rebound	6	6
7:12	Moriah Jefferson misses two point shot	6	6
7:08	Tina Charles defensive rebound	6	6
7:03	Diana Taurasi makes two point shot	8	6
6:42	Damiris Dantas makes layup (Kayla McBride assists)	8	8
6:24	Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper	8	8
6:23	Mercury offensive team rebound	8	8
6:23	Aerial Powers loose ball foul	8	8
6:18	Tina Charles makes driving layup	10	8
6:07	Aerial Powers makes driving layup (Moriah Jefferson assists)	10	10
6:07	Skylar Diggins-Smith shooting foul	10	10
6:07	Jessica Shepard enters the game for Damiris Dantas	10	10
6:07	Natalie Achonwa enters the game for Sylvia Fowles	10	10
6:07	Lynx delay of game violation	10	10
6:07	Aerial Powers misses free throw 1 of 1	10	10
6:05	Tina Charles defensive rebound	10	10
5:54	Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three pointer (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)	13	10
5:45	Jessica Shepard makes layup (Aerial Powers assists)	13	12
5:45	Brianna Turner shooting foul	13	12
5:45	Jessica Shepard makes free throw 1 of 1	13	13
5:26	Natalie Achonwa shooting foul	13	13
5:26	Shey Peddy makes free throw 1 of 2	14	13
5:26	Shey Peddy misses free throw 2 of 2	14	13
5:24	Natalie Achonwa defensive rebound	14	13
5:05	Moriah Jefferson misses 23-foot three point jumper	14	13
5:02	Brianna Turner defensive rebound	14	13
4:54	Diana Taurasi bad pass (Aerial Powers steals)	14	13
4:44	Aerial Powers misses 24-foot three point jumper	14	13
4:40	Diana Taurasi defensive rebound	14	13
4:30	Shey Peddy makes 25-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)	17	13
4:10	Kayla McBride misses driving floating jump shot	17	13
4:09	Jessica Shepard offensive rebound	17	13
4:07	Moriah Jefferson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jessica Shepard assists)	17	16
3:48	Shey Peddy makes 22-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)	20	16
3:31	Kayla McBride makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jessica Shepard assists)	20	19
3:13	Shey Peddy makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brianna Turner assists)	23	19
3:01	Diana Taurasi shooting foul	23	19
3:01	Official timeout	23	19
3:01	Diamond DeShields enters the game for Diana Taurasi	23	19
3:01	Sophie Cunningham enters the game for Tina Charles	23	19
3:01	Aerial Powers makes free throw 1 of 2	23	20
3:01	Aerial Powers makes free throw 2 of 2	23	21
2:49	Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup	25	21
2:35	Aerial Powers misses driving floating jump shot	25	21
2:34	Lynx offensive team rebound	25	21
2:34	Bridget Carleton enters the game for Aerial Powers	25	21
2:28	Diamond DeShields personal foul	25	21
2:28	Moriah Jefferson misses free throw 1 of 2	25	21
2:28	Lynx offensive team rebound	25	21
2:28	Moriah Jefferson makes free throw 2 of 2	25	22
2:15	Sophie Cunningham misses 25-foot three point jumper	25	22
2:12	Bridget Carleton defensive rebound	25	22
2:02	Kayla McBride misses driving layup	25	22
2:00	Kayla McBride offensive rebound	25	22
1:57	Diamond DeShields shooting foul	25	22
1:57	Natalie Achonwa makes free throw 1 of 2	25	23
1:57	Rachel Banham enters the game for Moriah Jefferson	25	23
1:57	Natalie Achonwa makes free throw 2 of 2	25	24
1:43	Diamond DeShields misses 8-foot step back jumpshot	25	24
1:40	Jessica Shepard defensive rebound	25	24
1:19	Rachel Banham misses 26-foot three point jumper	25	24
1:16	Diamond DeShields defensive rebound	25	24
1:07	Diamond DeShields misses driving layup	25	24
1:05	Jessica Shepard defensive rebound	25	24
54.4	Bridget Carleton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Natalie Achonwa assists)	25	27
35.2	Sophie Cunningham misses 24-foot three point jumper	25	27
32.1	Kayla McBride defensive rebound	25	27
14.8	Brianna Turner shooting foul	25	27
14.8	Kayla McBride makes free throw 1 of 3	25	28
14.8	Kayla McBride makes free throw 2 of 3	25	29
14.8	Kayla McBride makes free throw 3 of 3	25	30
4.4	Sophie Cunningham traveling	25	30
0.6	Rachel Banham makes 30-foot three pointer (Bridget Carleton assists)	25	33
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	25	33

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 4-0

Lynx
84
Mercury
71

Game 1

22/6

Mercury
88
Lynx
100

Game 2

24/6

Mercury
107
Lynx
118

Game 3

13/7

Lynx
86
Mercury
77

Game 4

11/8

Target Center

1:00 AM, 24 June 2022

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 8,004

Referees:
Angelica Suffren
Robert Hussey
Kevin Fahy

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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