Wings 84-79 Mercury (8 Jun, 2023) Play-by-Play

Phoenix Mercury

1-4, 0-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	26	22	20	11	79
DAL	18	26	21	19	84

Dallas Wings

4-3, 3-0 home

Satou Sabally makes 25-foot three point jumper (Natasha Howard assists)
Kalani Brown misses layup
Satou Sabally makes layup
Veronica Burton misses 26-foot three point jumper
Natasha Howard misses 25-foot three point jumper
Arike Ogunbowale misses driving layup
Arike Ogunbowale misses 24-foot three point jumper
Satou Sabally makes 25-foot three pointer
Arike Ogunbowale makes driving layup
Arike Ogunbowale misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
Arike Ogunbowale makes two point shot
Arike Ogunbowale misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Brianna Turner blocks Awak Kuier 's 3-foot layup
Veronica Burton misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner blocks Natasha Howard 's 7-foot two point shot
Natasha Howard misses 17-foot jumper
Satou Sabally makes 15-foot jumper (Odyssey Sims assists)
Jasmine Dickey misses 5-foot jumper
Arike Ogunbowale misses 12-foot jumper
Jasmine Dickey misses 10-foot jumper
Kalani Brown makes two point shot
Sug Sutton blocks Odyssey Sims 's 3-foot layup
Kalani Brown misses layup
Kalani Brown makes two point shot
Satou Sabally misses 27-foot three point jumper
Arike Ogunbowale makes 5-foot two point shot (Kalani Brown assists)
Maddy Siegrist makes 5-foot layup (Odyssey Sims assists)
Satou Sabally makes three point jumper (Odyssey Sims assists)
Satou Sabally misses 3-foot two point shot
Satou Sabally makes layup (Odyssey Sims assists)
Arike Ogunbowale makes 25-foot three point jumper
Arike Ogunbowale misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
Maddy Siegrist misses two point shot
Maddy Siegrist makes two point shot
Maddy Siegrist makes 12-foot step back jumpshot
Arike Ogunbowale misses 24-foot three point jumper
Maddy Siegrist makes 10-foot two point shot
Natasha Howard misses 24-foot three point jumper
Arike Ogunbowale makes 19-foot step back jumpshot (Veronica Burton assists)
Arike Ogunbowale misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
Diana Taurasi blocks Arike Ogunbowale 's 4-foot layup
Odyssey Sims misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Kalani Brown misses two point shot
Satou Sabally misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kalani Brown makes 7-foot two point shot
Arike Ogunbowale misses 23-foot three point jumper
Natasha Howard misses 13-foot two point shot
Satou Sabally misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kalani Brown misses 18-foot jumper
Kalani Brown makes 17-foot jumper (Arike Ogunbowale assists)
Natasha Howard misses 24-foot three point jumper
Maddy Siegrist makes layup (Odyssey Sims assists)
Satou Sabally misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
Satou Sabally makes layup
Sophie Cunningham blocks Odyssey Sims 's 4-foot driving layup
Maddy Siegrist misses 12-foot jumper
Maddy Siegrist misses jumper
Natasha Howard makes layup (Odyssey Sims assists)
Kalani Brown makes 17-foot jumper (Veronica Burton assists)
Satou Sabally misses 66-foot three point jumper
Arike Ogunbowale makes two point shot
Arike Ogunbowale misses 25-foot three point jumper
Satou Sabally makes driving layup
Diana Taurasi blocks Satou Sabally 's 4-foot driving layup
Satou Sabally misses 26-foot three point jumper
Natasha Howard makes layup (Veronica Burton assists)
Satou Sabally misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Natasha Howard misses 15-foot jumper
Natasha Howard misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Kalani Brown misses 20-foot jumper
Maddy Siegrist makes two point shot
Odyssey Sims misses 24-foot three point jumper
Arike Ogunbowale makes 20-foot step back jumpshot
Arike Ogunbowale makes driving layup
Odyssey Sims makes 4-foot layup (Arike Ogunbowale assists)
Arike Ogunbowale misses two point shot
Natasha Howard misses 14-foot jumper
Brittney Griner makes 14-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi makes 4-foot two point shot (Brittney Griner assists)
Sophie Cunningham makes 24-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Sophie Cunningham assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point jumper
Sophie Cunningham makes 24-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Brittney Griner misses 17-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kadi Sissoko makes driving layup (Sug Sutton assists)
Sophie Cunningham makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sug Sutton assists)
Sophie Cunningham misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner misses 9-foot hook shot
Shey Peddy makes driving layup (Sug Sutton assists)
Brittney Griner makes 7-foot two point shot (Sug Sutton assists)
Sug Sutton misses layup
Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner misses 7-foot jumper
Sophie Cunningham misses driving layup
Diana Taurasi makes 16-foot two point shot (Brianna Turner assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
Michaela Onyenwere misses 13-foot two point shot
Shey Peddy makes 26-foot three point jumper (Brittney Griner assists)
Brittney Griner makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Shey Peddy misses 25-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi makes driving layup (Shey Peddy assists)
Sophie Cunningham makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Brittney Griner misses 8-foot two point shot
Sophie Cunningham makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brianna Turner assists)
Veronica Burton blocks Sug Sutton 's 10-foot jumper
Sophie Cunningham misses 25-foot three point jumper
Sophie Cunningham misses 24-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes 14-foot jumper (Brianna Turner assists)
Brittney Griner makes 13-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi makes 15-foot step back jumpshot
Brittney Griner makes jumper (Michaela Onyenwere assists)
Michaela Onyenwere makes 11-foot jumper (Sug Sutton assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point jumper
Michaela Onyenwere makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes 12-foot two point shot (Sug Sutton assists)
Michaela Onyenwere misses 4-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point jumper
Sug Sutton makes two point shot (Shey Peddy assists)
Awak Kuier blocks Brianna Turner 's 4-foot layup
Satou Sabally blocks Shey Peddy 's 23-foot three point jumper
Sug Sutton misses 24-foot three point jumper
Sug Sutton makes layup
Shey Peddy makes layup (Megan Gustafson assists)
Awak Kuier blocks Diana Taurasi 's 25-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes 17-foot jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Brittney Griner misses 7-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi makes driving layup
Veronica Burton blocks Diana Taurasi 's 5-foot layup
Brittney Griner makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Veronica Burton blocks Michaela Onyenwere's jumper
Brittney Griner misses 20-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sug Sutton assists)
Sophie Cunningham misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shey Peddy makes layup
Diana Taurasi misses driving layup
Brittney Griner misses 11-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
Sophie Cunningham misses two point shot
Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi misses step back jumpshot
Diana Taurasi misses driving layup
Brittney Griner misses two point shot
Brittney Griner makes driving layup (Sug Sutton assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper

MERCURY

WINGS

TIME		PHX	DAL
10:00	Brittney Griner vs. Kalani Brown (Diana Taurasi gains possession)	0	0
9:43	Brittney Griner makes 14-foot two point shot	2	0
9:21	Satou Sabally makes 25-foot three point jumper (Natasha Howard assists)	2	3
8:59	Diana Taurasi makes 4-foot two point shot (Brittney Griner assists)	4	3
8:42	Kalani Brown misses layup	4	3
8:40	Michaela Onyenwere defensive rebound	4	3
8:34	Sophie Cunningham makes 24-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)	7	3
8:19	Satou Sabally makes layup	7	5
8:08	Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Sophie Cunningham assists)	10	5
7:59	Veronica Burton misses 26-foot three point jumper	10	5
7:57	Mercury defensive team rebound	10	5
7:43	Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point jumper	10	5
7:40	Kalani Brown defensive rebound	10	5
7:30	Natasha Howard misses 25-foot three point jumper	10	5
7:29	Mercury defensive team rebound	10	5
7:29	Satou Sabally loose ball foul	10	5
7:14	Diana Taurasi out of bounds bad pass turnover	10	5
6:57	Arike Ogunbowale misses driving layup	10	5
6:55	Moriah Jefferson defensive rebound	10	5
6:50	Sophie Cunningham makes 24-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)	13	5
6:41	Wings Full timeout	13	5
6:34	Arike Ogunbowale misses 24-foot three point jumper	13	5
6:34	Satou Sabally offensive rebound	13	5
6:34	Satou Sabally makes 25-foot three pointer	13	8
6:09	Brittney Griner bad pass (Natasha Howard steals)	13	8
6:07	Michaela Onyenwere personal foul	13	8
6:07	Sug Sutton enters the game for Moriah Jefferson	13	8
5:58	Arike Ogunbowale makes driving layup	13	10
5:42	Satou Sabally personal foul	13	10
5:42	(05:42) [Mercury] REF-INITIATED REVIEW (CALL OVERTURNED)	16	10
5:33	Diana Taurasi offensive foul	13	10
5:33	Diana Taurasi turnover	13	10
5:19	Arike Ogunbowale misses 13-foot pullup jump shot	13	10
5:16	Michaela Onyenwere defensive rebound	13	10
5:08	Brittney Griner misses 17-foot jumper	13	10
5:06	Satou Sabally defensive rebound	13	10
5:01	Satou Sabally bad pass (Diana Taurasi steals)	13	10
4:56	Michaela Onyenwere offensive charge	13	10
4:56	(04:56) [Wings] COACH'S CHALLENGE (CALL OVERTURNED) [Wings] retain their timeout	13	10
4:56	Wings Coach's Challenge	13	10
4:56	Michaela Onyenwere turnover	13	10
4:56	Brianna Turner enters the game for Brittney Griner	13	10
4:39	Natasha Howard lost ball turnover (Sophie Cunningham steals)	13	10
4:35	Michaela Onyenwere bad pass (Arike Ogunbowale steals)	13	10
4:31	Arike Ogunbowale makes two point shot	13	12
4:20	Natasha Howard shooting foul	13	12
4:20	Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2	14	12
4:20	Awak Kuier enters the game for Kalani Brown	14	12
4:20	Kadi Sissoko enters the game for Michaela Onyenwere	14	12
4:20	Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2	15	12
4:06	Arike Ogunbowale misses 25-foot step back jumpshot	15	12
4:01	Kadi Sissoko defensive rebound	15	12
3:42	Natasha Howard personal foul	15	12
3:34	Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper	15	12
3:32	Veronica Burton defensive rebound	15	12
3:21	Brianna Turner blocks Awak Kuier 's 3-foot layup	15	12
3:19	Brianna Turner defensive rebound	15	12
3:14	Kadi Sissoko makes driving layup (Sug Sutton assists)	17	12
3:02	Veronica Burton misses 25-foot three point jumper	17	12
3:02	Mercury defensive team rebound	17	12
3:02	Brittney Griner enters the game for Diana Taurasi	17	12
3:02	Shey Peddy enters the game for Kadi Sissoko	17	12
2:48	Sophie Cunningham makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sug Sutton assists)	20	12
2:31	Brittney Griner blocks Natasha Howard 's 7-foot two point shot	20	12
2:28	Natasha Howard offensive rebound	20	12
2:26	Natasha Howard misses 17-foot jumper	20	12
2:24	Satou Sabally offensive rebound	20	12
2:23	Odyssey Sims enters the game for Veronica Burton	20	12
2:23	Kalani Brown enters the game for Awak Kuier	20	12
2:23	Jasmine Dickey enters the game for Natasha Howard	20	12
2:21	Satou Sabally makes 15-foot jumper (Odyssey Sims assists)	20	14
2:06	Sophie Cunningham misses 25-foot three point jumper	20	14
2:03	Brittney Griner offensive rebound	20	14
1:59	Brittney Griner misses 9-foot hook shot	20	14
1:56	Satou Sabally defensive rebound	20	14
1:51	Jasmine Dickey misses 5-foot jumper	20	14
1:50	Sug Sutton defensive rebound	20	14
1:50	Moriah Jefferson enters the game for Sophie Cunningham	20	14
1:47	Sug Sutton vs. Kalani Brown (Jasmine Dickey gains possession)	20	14
1:47	Sug Sutton lost ball turnover (Kalani Brown steals)	20	14
1:42	Arike Ogunbowale misses 12-foot jumper	20	14
1:40	Brianna Turner defensive rebound	20	14
1:35	Shey Peddy makes driving layup (Sug Sutton assists)	22	14
1:28	Jasmine Dickey misses 10-foot jumper	22	14
1:26	Kalani Brown offensive rebound	22	14
1:26	Kalani Brown makes two point shot	22	16
1:08	Brittney Griner makes 7-foot two point shot (Sug Sutton assists)	24	16
1:03	Kalani Brown traveling	24	16
1:03	Diana Taurasi enters the game for Moriah Jefferson	24	16
53.0	Kalani Brown personal foul	24	16
53.0	Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2	25	16
53.0	Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2	26	16
46.0	Sug Sutton blocks Odyssey Sims 's 3-foot layup	26	16
42.0	Jasmine Dickey offensive rebound	26	16
40.0	Kalani Brown misses layup	26	16
38.1	Kalani Brown offensive rebound	26	16
36.1	Kalani Brown makes two point shot	26	18
26.1	Sug Sutton misses layup	26	18
24.1	Jasmine Dickey defensive rebound	26	18
8.1	Satou Sabally misses 27-foot three point jumper	26	18
5.1	Mercury defensive team rebound	26	18
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	26	18

Regular Season Series

DAL leads 1-0

Mercury
79
Wings
84

Game 1

8/6

Mercury
77
Wings
90

Game 2

10/6

Wings
77
Mercury
62

Game 3

28/6

Wings
77
Mercury
74

Game 4

27/8

College Park Center

1:00 AM, 8 June 2023

Arlington, TX

Attendance: 4,242

Referees:
Michael Price
Marcy Williams
Tiara Cruse

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	17	8	.680	-	W1
Seattle	17	8	.680	-	W3
Las Vegas	16	8	.667	0.5	L1
Phoenix	13	12	.520	4	W1
Los Angeles	6	18	.250	10.5	L1
Dallas	6	19	.240	11	W1

ESPN's top athletes of the 21st Century: Every sport ranking

We ranked the defining athletes of the 2000s. Find all of our sport-specific lists here.

5-on-5, 3x3 basketball: Olympic schedule, format, rules, more

How will basketball competitions at the 2024 Paris Olympics differ from the NBA, WNBA, BIG3 and other professional leagues? Here's what to know.

How U.S. women's basketball jelled ahead of Paris Olympics

After a loss to Team WNBA at the All-Star Game, Team USA found its rhythm again in one key practice heading into the Games.

ESPN BET is owned and operated by PENN Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiaries ('PENN'). ESPN BET is available in states where PENN is licensed to offer sports wagering. Must be 21+ to wager. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 1-800-GAMBLER.