Lynx 118-107 Mercury (13 Jul, 2022) Play-by-Play

Phoenix Mercury

10-15, 4-11 away

107

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
PHX	20	25	23	21	18	107
MIN	27	20	20	22	29	118

Minnesota Lynx

9-15, 6-7 home

118

Brianna Turner blocks Sylvia Fowles 's 4-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi blocks Damiris Dantas's layup
Damiris Dantas makes layup
Damiris Dantas misses 24-foot three point jumper
Brianna Turner blocks Sylvia Fowles's layup
Sylvia Fowles misses two point shot
Kayla McBride misses driving floating jump shot
Aerial Powers misses 4-foot two point shot
Moriah Jefferson misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
Sylvia Fowles makes hook shot (Damiris Dantas assists)
Aerial Powers makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot (Moriah Jefferson assists)
Kayla McBride misses two point shot
Aerial Powers makes 6-foot jumper
Aerial Powers makes 24-foot three point jumper (Natalie Achonwa assists)
Sophie Cunningham blocks Aerial Powers 's 6-foot driving floating jump shot
Bridget Carleton misses 10-foot two point shot
Kayla McBride makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Rachel Banham assists)
Rachel Banham makes 24-foot three pointer
Jessica Shepard makes layup (Kayla McBride assists)
Jessica Shepard makes two point shot (Rachel Banham assists)
Rachel Banham misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Natalie Achonwa makes 17-foot jumper (Rachel Banham assists)
Jessica Shepard misses 15-foot jumper
Bridget Carleton misses 22-foot three point jumper
Moriah Jefferson misses 11-foot two point shot
Rachel Banham misses 22-foot three point jumper
Bridget Carleton misses 23-foot three point jumper
Sylvia Fowles makes two point shot (Jessica Shepard assists)
Moriah Jefferson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kayla McBride assists)
Aerial Powers makes driving layup (Moriah Jefferson assists)
Aerial Powers makes 15-foot running pullup jump shot
Damiris Dantas makes 22-foot three point jumper (Moriah Jefferson assists)
Kayla McBride misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Aerial Powers misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
Damiris Dantas misses 10-foot two point shot
Kayla McBride makes layup (Damiris Dantas assists)
Damiris Dantas misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
Aerial Powers misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
Damiris Dantas misses 11-foot two point shot
Aerial Powers makes 25-foot three pointer
Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Damiris Dantas assists)
Damiris Dantas misses 25-foot three point jumper
Aerial Powers makes driving layup
Aerial Powers makes driving layup
Aerial Powers makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kayla McBride assists)
Moriah Jefferson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Rachel Banham makes driving layup
Kayla McBride makes 20-foot step back jumpshot (Natalie Achonwa assists)
Kayla McBride misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Rachel Banham makes 28-foot step back jumpshot
Kayla McBride misses 57-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jessica Shepard makes layup (Rachel Banham assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith blocks Kayla McBride 's 6-foot layup
Skylar Diggins-Smith blocks Jessica Shepard 's 4-foot layup
Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Jessica Shepard assists)
Aerial Powers misses driving layup
Brianna Turner blocks Sylvia Fowles 's 3-foot two point shot
Rachel Banham makes 27-foot step back jumpshot (Aerial Powers assists)
Rachel Banham makes 27-foot three pointer
Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Aerial Powers assists)
Jessica Shepard makes two point shot (Rachel Banham assists)
Bridget Carleton misses driving layup
Bridget Carleton misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jessica Shepard makes driving layup (Rachel Banham assists)
Rachel Banham misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Aerial Powers misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kayla McBride misses 26-foot three point jumper
Aerial Powers misses 22-foot jumper
Aerial Powers makes driving layup
Rachel Banham makes 28-foot three point jumper (Kayla McBride assists)
Aerial Powers misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Rachel Banham makes 3-foot layup (Jessica Shepard assists)
Aerial Powers makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Rachel Banham assists)
Rachel Banham misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Rachel Banham misses driving layup
Aerial Powers misses 6-foot two point shot
Kayla McBride makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (Jessica Shepard assists)
Rachel Banham misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Aerial Powers makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
Rachel Banham makes 29-foot three pointer
Jessica Shepard makes layup (Aerial Powers assists)
Diana Taurasi blocks Aerial Powers 's 4-foot two point shot
Sylvia Fowles makes 4-foot layup (Kayla McBride assists)
Kayla McBride misses driving floating jump shot
Reshanda Gray blocks Aerial Powers 's 8-foot driving layup
Aerial Powers makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot
Sophie Cunningham makes two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
Shey Peddy misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shey Peddy misses 24-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 28-foot three point shot (Sophie Cunningham assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 8-foot pullup jump shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
Sophie Cunningham makes two point shot
Shey Peddy misses running pullup jump shot
Sophie Cunningham misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
Diana Taurasi makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brianna Turner assists)
Diana Taurasi misses alley oop layup
Diamond DeShields misses 23-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Diamond DeShields assists)
Diamond DeShields makes two point shot (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
Diana Taurasi misses 22-foot step back jumpshot
Reshanda Gray misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
Diamond DeShields misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shey Peddy makes 25-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving layup
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses two point shot
Natalie Achonwa blocks Sophie Cunningham 's 4-foot two point shot
Sophie Cunningham makes 4-foot two point shot (Shey Peddy assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses two point shot
Sophie Cunningham makes 27-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Sophie Cunningham makes driving layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
Diamond DeShields makes 25-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Reshanda Gray makes driving layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diamond DeShields misses 23-foot three point jumper
Shey Peddy misses two point shot
Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Shey Peddy misses 22-foot three point jumper
Shey Peddy makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
Brianna Turner makes alley oop layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shey Peddy assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
Sophie Cunningham misses driving layup
Shey Peddy misses driving layup
Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving floating jump shot
Diana Taurasi misses 8-foot pullup jump shot
Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper
Shey Peddy misses two point shot
Diamond DeShields misses 5-foot pullup jump shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 3-foot two point shot
Diamond DeShields misses 23-foot three point jumper
Shey Peddy misses two point shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes two point shot (Shey Peddy assists)
Sophie Cunningham misses 23-foot three point jumper
Sophie Cunningham makes driving layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 26-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving layup
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses three point jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 23-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 25-foot three pointer (Brianna Turner assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shey Peddy misses 24-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 13-foot two point shot
Shey Peddy misses three point jumper
Diana Taurasi misses step back jumpshot
Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point shot
Diamond DeShields misses two point shot
Reshanda Gray makes layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Sophie Cunningham makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brianna Turner assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
Sophie Cunningham makes 24-foot three point shot (Diamond DeShields assists)
Sophie Cunningham makes two point shot (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 10-foot pullup jump shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 24-foot three pointer
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
Sophie Cunningham misses 26-foot three point jumper
Sophie Cunningham makes 23-foot three point jumper (Shey Peddy assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving layup
Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Diana Taurasi misses layup
Sophie Cunningham misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper
Shey Peddy misses two point shot
Diamond DeShields misses 23-foot three point jumper
Sophie Cunningham makes 24-foot running pullup jump shot
Diamond DeShields misses 23-foot three point jumper
Sophie Cunningham makes two point shot (Diamond DeShields assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving layup
Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
Sophie Cunningham makes 24-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 3-foot two point shot (Sophie Cunningham assists)
Jennie Simms misses three point jumper
Diana Taurasi misses three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses layup
Jennie Simms makes layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Diana Taurasi misses driving layup
Sophie Cunningham misses 27-foot three point jumper

MERCURY

LYNX

TIME		PHX	MIN
10:00	Brianna Turner vs. Sylvia Fowles (Kayla McBride gains possession)	0	0
9:46	Brianna Turner blocks Sylvia Fowles 's 4-foot two point shot	0	0
9:43	Brianna Turner defensive rebound	0	0
9:39	Sophie Cunningham makes two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)	2	0
9:29	Shey Peddy shooting foul	2	0
9:29	Kayla McBride makes free throw 1 of 2	2	1
9:29	Kayla McBride makes free throw 2 of 2	2	2
9:14	Shey Peddy misses 25-foot three point jumper	2	2
9:09	Sylvia Fowles defensive rebound	2	2
9:04	Skylar Diggins-Smith shooting foul	2	2
9:04	Aerial Powers makes free throw 1 of 2	2	3
9:04	Aerial Powers makes free throw 2 of 2	2	4
8:46	Shey Peddy misses 24-foot three point jumper	2	4
8:43	Damiris Dantas defensive rebound	2	4
8:35	Aerial Powers bad pass (Sophie Cunningham steals)	2	4
8:30	Diana Taurasi makes 28-foot three point shot (Sophie Cunningham assists)	5	4
8:11	Diana Taurasi blocks Damiris Dantas's layup	5	4
8:10	Damiris Dantas offensive rebound	5	4
8:07	Damiris Dantas makes layup	5	6
7:59	Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 8-foot pullup jump shot	5	6
7:56	Aerial Powers defensive rebound	5	6
7:49	Damiris Dantas misses 24-foot three point jumper	5	6
7:46	Sylvia Fowles offensive rebound	5	6
7:46	Brianna Turner blocks Sylvia Fowles's layup	5	6
7:46	Sylvia Fowles offensive rebound	5	6
7:45	Sylvia Fowles misses two point shot	5	6
7:44	Brianna Turner defensive rebound	5	6
7:34	Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper	5	6
7:32	Lynx defensive team rebound	5	6
7:18	Moriah Jefferson bad pass (Sophie Cunningham steals)	5	6
7:06	Diana Taurasi misses 17-foot step back jumpshot	5	6
7:04	Sophie Cunningham offensive rebound	5	6
7:03	Sophie Cunningham makes two point shot	7	6
6:43	Kayla McBride misses driving floating jump shot	7	6
6:41	Kayla McBride offensive rebound	7	6
6:33	Aerial Powers misses 4-foot two point shot	7	6
6:31	Sophie Cunningham defensive rebound	7	6
6:24	Shey Peddy misses running pullup jump shot	7	6
6:21	Sylvia Fowles defensive rebound	7	6
6:13	Moriah Jefferson misses 21-foot pullup jump shot	7	6
6:09	Brianna Turner defensive rebound	7	6
5:56	Sophie Cunningham misses 24-foot step back jumpshot	7	6
5:54	Kayla McBride defensive rebound	7	6
5:43	Sylvia Fowles makes hook shot (Damiris Dantas assists)	7	8
5:28	Diana Taurasi makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brianna Turner assists)	10	8
5:13	Aerial Powers makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot (Moriah Jefferson assists)	10	10
4:59	Diana Taurasi misses alley oop layup	10	10
4:59	Kayla McBride defensive rebound	10	10
4:51	Kayla McBride misses two point shot	10	10
4:49	Aerial Powers offensive rebound	10	10
4:49	Aerial Powers makes 6-foot jumper	10	12
4:49	Brianna Turner shooting foul	10	12
4:49	Official timeout	10	12
4:49	Natalie Achonwa enters the game for Sylvia Fowles	10	12
4:49	Diamond DeShields enters the game for Diana Taurasi	10	12
4:49	Aerial Powers makes free throw 1 of 1	10	13
4:28	Diamond DeShields misses 23-foot three point jumper	10	13
4:25	Skylar Diggins-Smith offensive rebound	10	13
4:24	Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup	12	13
4:11	Aerial Powers makes 24-foot three point jumper (Natalie Achonwa assists)	12	16
3:43	Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Diamond DeShields assists)	14	16
3:24	Sophie Cunningham blocks Aerial Powers 's 6-foot driving floating jump shot	14	16
3:21	Sophie Cunningham defensive rebound	14	16
3:18	Diamond DeShields makes two point shot (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)	16	16
3:05	Sophie Cunningham defensive 3-seconds (technical foul)	16	16
3:05	Kayla McBride makes technical free throw	16	17
3:05	Bridget Carleton enters the game for Aerial Powers	16	17
3:05	Jessica Shepard enters the game for Moriah Jefferson	16	17
3:05	Rachel Banham enters the game for Damiris Dantas	16	17
3:05	Reshanda Gray enters the game for Shey Peddy	16	17
3:05	Jennie Simms enters the game for Brianna Turner	16	17
3:01	Jessica Shepard traveling	16	17
2:44	Natalie Achonwa defensive 3-seconds (technical foul)	16	17
2:44	Skylar Diggins-Smith misses technical free throw	16	17
2:44	Mercury offensive team rebound	16	17
2:31	Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 16-foot pullup jump shot	18	17
2:07	Bridget Carleton misses 10-foot two point shot	18	17
2:06	Lynx offensive team rebound	18	17
2:06	Diana Taurasi enters the game for Skylar Diggins-Smith	18	17
1:59	Kayla McBride makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Rachel Banham assists)	18	19
1:51	Natalie Achonwa shooting foul	18	19
1:51	Diamond DeShields makes free throw 1 of 2	19	19
1:51	Diamond DeShields makes free throw 2 of 2	20	19
1:44	Rachel Banham makes 24-foot three pointer	20	22
1:23	Diamond DeShields offensive foul	20	22
1:23	Diamond DeShields turnover	20	22
1:08	Jessica Shepard makes layup (Kayla McBride assists)	20	24
1:08	Diana Taurasi shooting foul	20	24
1:08	Jessica Shepard misses free throw 1 of 1	20	24
1:06	Lynx offensive team rebound	20	24
1:00	Jessica Shepard makes two point shot (Rachel Banham assists)	20	26
1:00	Reshanda Gray shooting foul	20	26
1:00	Brianna Turner enters the game for Sophie Cunningham	20	26
1:00	Jessica Shepard makes free throw 1 of 1	20	27
44.4	Diana Taurasi misses 22-foot step back jumpshot	20	27
41.9	Brianna Turner offensive rebound	20	27
33.6	Reshanda Gray misses 24-foot step back jumpshot	20	27
30.2	Jennie Simms offensive rebound	20	27
27.3	Diamond DeShields misses 26-foot three point jumper	20	27
24.0	Rachel Banham defensive rebound	20	27
2.1	Rachel Banham misses 17-foot pullup jump shot	20	27
1.5	Lynx offensive team rebound	20	27
1.5	shot clock turnover	20	27
0.0	Diamond DeShields bad pass (Jessica Shepard steals)	20	27
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	20	27

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, 13 July 2022

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 6,503

Referees:
Angelica Suffren
Charles Watson
Tim Greene

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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