Storm 83-69 Mercury (14 Jun, 2023) Play-by-Play

Seattle Storm

2-6, 1-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
SEA	23	27	20	13	83
PHX	18	18	18	15	69

Phoenix Mercury

2-6, 1-3 home

Diana Taurasi misses two point shot
Brittney Griner misses 17-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper
Michaela Onyenwere makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sophie Cunningham assists)
Brittney Griner misses 6-foot two point shot
Michaela Onyenwere misses 6-foot two point shot
Sophie Cunningham misses 24-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Sophie Cunningham makes two point shot (Shey Peddy assists)
Sophie Cunningham makes two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
Shey Peddy misses driving layup
Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
Sophie Cunningham makes two point shot (Shey Peddy assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper
Michaela Onyenwere makes driving layup (Shey Peddy assists)
Shey Peddy makes layup (Brianna Turner assists)
Sophie Cunningham makes 25-foot three pointer
Brittney Griner misses 9-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi misses driving layup
Moriah Jefferson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Sug Sutton misses driving layup
Michaela Onyenwere misses two point shot
Brittney Griner misses 10-foot two point shot
Shey Peddy makes driving layup (Brittney Griner assists)
Kia Nurse blocks Sophie Cunningham's three point jumper
Sophie Cunningham misses 24-foot three point jumper
Sug Sutton makes 18-foot running pullup jump shot
Michaela Onyenwere makes 24-foot three point jumper (Shey Peddy assists)
Shey Peddy misses 21-foot jumper
Sug Sutton makes 12-foot two point shot
Sug Sutton makes driving layup
Moriah Jefferson makes 11-foot pullup jump shot (Sug Sutton assists)
Moriah Jefferson misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Sophie Cunningham misses layup
Sug Sutton makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
Sophie Cunningham makes layup (Sug Sutton assists)
Diana Taurasi misses step back jumpshot
Sophie Cunningham makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot
Sophie Cunningham misses two point shot
Sug Sutton makes 10-foot pullup jump shot (Shey Peddy assists)
Michaela Onyenwere misses 8-foot two point shot
Sophie Cunningham makes layup (Sug Sutton assists)
Ezi Magbegor blocks Sophie Cunningham 's 7-foot layup
Ezi Magbegor blocks Moriah Jefferson 's 4-foot driving layup
Sug Sutton misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Megan Gustafson makes 9-foot two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
Sug Sutton misses 10-foot two point shot
Ivana Dojkic blocks Sug Sutton 's 24-foot three point jumper
Sophie Cunningham misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shey Peddy makes 26-foot three point jumper (Sug Sutton assists)
Michaela Onyenwere makes two point shot (Shey Peddy assists)
Sug Sutton makes two point shot (Shey Peddy assists)
Sug Sutton misses 7-foot two point shot
Ezi Magbegor blocks Sophie Cunningham 's 6-foot layup
Shey Peddy makes 20-foot pullup jump shot (Brianna Turner assists)
Shey Peddy misses 25-foot three point jumper
Sophie Cunningham misses driving layup
Sug Sutton misses 7-foot pullup jump shot
Evina Westbrook misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
Megan Gustafson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Moriah Jefferson assists)
Brittney Griner blocks Ezi Magbegor's two point shot
Jewell Loyd misses running pullup jump shot
Kia Nurse misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
Jordan Horston makes two point shot
Ezi Magbegor makes driving layup (Jewell Loyd assists)
Kia Nurse makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ivana Dojkic assists)
Kia Nurse misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ezi Magbegor misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jewell Loyd makes two point shot
Kia Nurse makes two point shot (Jewell Loyd assists)
Ezi Magbegor makes 18-foot jumper (Kia Nurse assists)
Ivana Dojkic makes two point shot
Jordan Horston misses layup
Ezi Magbegor makes 4-foot two point shot (Ivana Dojkic assists)
Kia Nurse misses running pullup jump shot
Ivana Dojkic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jewell Loyd assists)
Jordan Horston misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ivana Dojkic misses running pullup jump shot
Jewell Loyd makes 7-foot step back jumpshot
Jewell Loyd misses driving floating jump shot
Jade Melbourne misses driving layup
Jewell Loyd makes 8-foot two point shot
Jewell Loyd misses 15-foot jumper
Jade Melbourne makes two point shot (Mercedes Russell assists)
Sami Whitcomb makes 24-foot running pullup jump shot
Sami Whitcomb makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jade Melbourne assists)
Jade Melbourne misses driving floating jump shot
Jade Melbourne misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kia Nurse misses layup
Ezi Magbegor misses layup
Ezi Magbegor misses 8-foot pullup jump shot
Sami Whitcomb misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Jewell Loyd makes two point shot (Ivana Dojkic assists)
Ivana Dojkic makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jade Melbourne assists)
Ezi Magbegor misses 24-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi blocks Kia Nurse 's 7-foot layup
Kia Nurse makes 25-foot three point jumper
Ivana Dojkic makes 31-foot three pointer (Kia Nurse assists)
Jewell Loyd makes two point shot (Kia Nurse assists)
Ezi Magbegor misses 4-foot two point shot
Jordan Horston misses 9-foot pullup jump shot
Ivana Dojkic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ivana Dojkic misses finger roll layup
Brianna Turner blocks Jordan Horston 's 6-foot layup
Sami Whitcomb makes 24-foot three pointer (Ezi Magbegor assists)
Sami Whitcomb makes 24-foot three pointer (Jordan Horston assists)
Jordan Horston makes layup (Sami Whitcomb assists)
Jade Melbourne makes 2-foot two point shot (Ezi Magbegor assists)
Ezi Magbegor makes layup (Sami Whitcomb assists)
Sami Whitcomb misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Sami Whitcomb misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jewell Loyd misses 21-foot jumper
Mercedes Russell misses two point shot
Sami Whitcomb makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ivana Dojkic assists)
Ivana Dojkic makes two point shot
Ivana Dojkic misses driving floating jump shot
Sami Whitcomb makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jewell Loyd assists)
Jewell Loyd makes 24-foot three point jumper (Mercedes Russell assists)
Sami Whitcomb misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Sami Whitcomb misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
Jordan Horston misses two point shot
Ivana Dojkic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jordan Horston makes 21-foot jumper (Sami Whitcomb assists)
Jordan Horston misses 18-foot jumper
Kia Nurse misses three point jumper
Jewell Loyd misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Arella Guirantes misses 7-foot two point shot
Joyner Holmes misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jade Melbourne misses 24-foot three point jumper
Arella Guirantes misses two point shot
Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu misses two point shot

STORM

MERCURY

TIME		SEA	PHX
10:00	Ezi Magbegor vs. Brittney Griner (Diana Taurasi gains possession)	0	0
9:41	Brittney Griner bad pass (Jordan Horston steals)	0	0
9:27	Brittney Griner blocks Ezi Magbegor's two point shot	0	0
9:25	Michaela Onyenwere defensive rebound	0	0
9:18	Diana Taurasi misses two point shot	0	0
9:16	Ezi Magbegor defensive rebound	0	0
9:09	Jewell Loyd misses running pullup jump shot	0	0
9:06	Brittney Griner defensive rebound	0	0
8:53	Brittney Griner misses 17-foot jumper	0	0
8:50	Ivana Dojkic defensive rebound	0	0
8:44	Kia Nurse misses 21-foot pullup jump shot	0	0
8:43	Jordan Horston offensive rebound	0	0
8:40	Jordan Horston makes two point shot	2	0
8:24	Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper	2	0
8:21	Jewell Loyd defensive rebound	2	0
8:16	Ezi Magbegor makes driving layup (Jewell Loyd assists)	4	0
7:54	Michaela Onyenwere makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sophie Cunningham assists)	4	3
7:36	Kia Nurse makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ivana Dojkic assists)	7	3
7:19	Brittney Griner misses 6-foot two point shot	7	3
7:16	Jordan Horston defensive rebound	7	3
7:01	Kia Nurse misses 25-foot three point jumper	7	3
6:58	Michaela Onyenwere defensive rebound	7	3
6:54	Michaela Onyenwere misses 6-foot two point shot	7	3
6:52	Kia Nurse defensive rebound	7	3
6:42	Ezi Magbegor misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot	7	3
6:39	Jewell Loyd offensive rebound	7	3
6:37	Jewell Loyd makes two point shot	9	3
6:21	Sophie Cunningham misses 24-foot three point jumper	9	3
6:19	Jordan Horston defensive rebound	9	3
6:15	Michaela Onyenwere shooting foul	9	3
6:15	Ivana Dojkic misses free throw 1 of 2	9	3
6:15	Storm offensive team rebound	9	3
6:15	Ivana Dojkic makes free throw 2 of 2	10	3
5:59	Diana Taurasi bad pass (Jewell Loyd steals)	10	3
5:55	Kia Nurse makes two point shot (Jewell Loyd assists)	12	3
5:55	Mercury Full timeout	10	3
5:51	Ivana Dojkic personal foul	12	3
5:41	Brittney Griner makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)	12	5
5:22	Ezi Magbegor makes 18-foot jumper (Kia Nurse assists)	14	5
5:03	Brittney Griner bad pass (Ivana Dojkic steals)	14	5
5:01	Ivana Dojkic makes two point shot	16	5
4:37	Diana Taurasi offensive foul	16	5
4:37	Diana Taurasi turnover	16	5
4:37	Shey Peddy enters the game for Brittney Griner	16	5
4:29	Jewell Loyd bad pass (Shey Peddy steals)	16	5
4:22	Sophie Cunningham makes two point shot (Shey Peddy assists)	16	7
4:13	Jordan Horston misses layup	16	7
4:11	Michaela Onyenwere defensive rebound	16	7
4:07	Sophie Cunningham makes two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)	16	9
4:07	Storm Full timeout	16	9
4:07	Brianna Turner enters the game for Sug Sutton	16	9
3:48	Ezi Magbegor makes 4-foot two point shot (Ivana Dojkic assists)	18	9
3:34	Shey Peddy misses driving layup	18	9
3:32	Jewell Loyd defensive rebound	18	9
3:29	Kia Nurse misses running pullup jump shot	18	9
3:27	Mercury defensive team rebound	18	9
3:18	Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper	18	9
3:13	Ezi Magbegor defensive rebound	18	9
3:05	Ivana Dojkic bad pass (Diana Taurasi steals)	18	9
3:01	Sophie Cunningham makes two point shot (Shey Peddy assists)	18	11
2:43	Ivana Dojkic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jewell Loyd assists)	21	11
2:28	Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper	21	11
2:25	Brianna Turner offensive rebound	21	11
2:19	Michaela Onyenwere makes driving layup (Shey Peddy assists)	21	13
2:10	Jordan Horston misses 25-foot three point jumper	21	13
2:07	Jewell Loyd offensive rebound	21	13
2:07	Moriah Jefferson enters the game for Diana Taurasi	21	13
2:07	Kadi Sissoko enters the game for Michaela Onyenwere	21	13
2:07	Jade Melbourne enters the game for Kia Nurse	21	13
2:07	Jewell Loyd out of bounds lost ball turnover	21	13
1:45	Shey Peddy lost ball turnover (Jewell Loyd steals)	21	13
1:40	Ivana Dojkic misses running pullup jump shot	21	13
1:35	Brianna Turner defensive rebound	21	13
1:26	Shey Peddy makes layup (Brianna Turner assists)	21	15
1:24	Mercedes Russell enters the game for Ivana Dojkic	21	15
1:24	Sami Whitcomb enters the game for Jordan Horston	21	15
1:06	Jewell Loyd makes 7-foot step back jumpshot	23	15
50.1	Kadi Sissoko traveling	23	15
30.2	Jewell Loyd misses driving floating jump shot	23	15
26.2	Brianna Turner defensive rebound	23	15
22.1	Sophie Cunningham makes 25-foot three pointer	23	18
3.0	Jade Melbourne misses driving layup	23	18
3.0	Kadi Sissoko defensive rebound	23	18
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	23	18

Regular Season Series

SEA wins 4-0

Storm
83
Mercury
69

Game 1

14/6

Mercury
74
Storm
97

Game 2

25/6

Storm
97
Mercury
91

Game 3

6/8

Mercury
71
Storm
81

Game 4

13/8

Footprint Center

3:00 AM, 14 June 2023

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 7,044

Referees:
Fatou Cissoko-Stephens
Tim Greene
Catherine Chang

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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