Phoenix Mercury @ Minnesota Lynx

First Round - Game 1 • MIN leads series 1-0

19-21, 9-11 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Mercury PHX	19	23	27	26	95
Lynx MIN	32	24	21	25	102

Minnesota LynxLynxMIN

30-10, 16-4 Home

102

30-10, 16-4 Home

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Brittney GrinerB. Griner#42
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
Natasha CloudN. Cloud#0
Kahleah CopperK. Copper#2
Sophie CunninghamS. Cunningham#9
bench
Monique BillingsM. Billings#25
Mikiah Herbert HarriganM. Herbert Harrigan#21
Natasha MackN. Mack#4
Celeste TaylorC. Taylor#12
Amy AtwellA. Atwell#12
Rebecca AllenR. Allen#11
Charisma OsborneC. Osborne#24
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
31	10	3-10	0-0	4-6	6	0	1	1	2	1	5	3	+1
30	21	8-16	5-10	0-0	2	2	3	1	0	1	1	3	-22
38	33	14-23	4-8	1-2	6	10	5	1	1	0	6	4	-1
33	16	6-15	2-5	2-3	4	3	2	2	0	0	4	5	+2
29	8	3-5	2-3	0-0	4	1	0	2	0	0	4	6	-12
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
15	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	+11
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-8
11	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	5	1	0	0	1	3	2	0	-5
12	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	-1
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-BACK INJURY
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	95	37-74	14-27	7-11	31	19	11	8	5	7	24	21
		50%	52%	64%

Minnesota Lynx

starters
Bridget CarletonB. Carleton#6
Alanna SmithA. Smith#8
Napheesa CollierN. Collier#24
Kayla McBrideK. McBride#21
Courtney WilliamsC. Williams#10
bench
Myisha Hines-AllenM. Hines-Allen#22
Cecilia ZandalasiniC. Zandalasini#9
Diamond MillerD. Miller#1
Alissa PiliA. Pili#35
Natisha HiedemanN. Hiedeman#2
Olivia EpoupaO. Epoupa#0
Dorka JuhaszD. Juhasz#14
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
35	12	4-8	2-5	2-2	6	4	1	2	0	1	5	3	-1
21	7	3-5	1-3	0-0	3	3	1	0	3	1	2	4	+11
40	38	11-19	3-5	13-14	6	4	2	0	1	3	3	1	+9
35	20	5-11	3-7	7-7	3	4	0	0	0	1	2	3	+8
25	9	4-12	1-1	0-0	6	8	4	4	0	0	6	0	+7
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
19	10	4-6	0-0	2-2	5	3	1	0	0	0	5	2	-2
6	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	+5
0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
18	4	2-7	0-3	0-0	2	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	+4
0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	102	34-69	10-24	24-25	31	30	10	8	4	6	25	13
		49%	42%	96%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

First Round

PHX

MIN leads series

1-0

MIN

Game 1@ MIN

Final

102

Game 2@ MIN

Final

101

Game Information

Minneapolis, MN

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Referee:Charles Watson

Referee:Maj Forsberg

Referee:Tim Greene

Referee:Teresa Stuck

Women's National Basketball Assoc.

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Las Vegas	15	6	.714	-	L1
Minnesota	15	6	.714	-	L2
Golden State	15	7	.682	0.5	W5
Dallas	13	8	.619	2	W2
Los Angeles	8	10	.444	5.5	L2
Portland	9	12	.429	6	W1
Phoenix	8	13	.381	7	W3
Seattle	5	17	.227	10.5	L2

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