Phoenix Mercury @ Minnesota Lynx

WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS - GAME 1 • MIN leads series 1-0

20-14, 7-10 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Mercury PHX	21	11	14	14	60
Lynx MIN	14	21	14	18	67

Minnesota LynxLynxMIN

22-12, 13-4 Home

Matchups

PHX

MIN leads series

1-0

MIN

Game 1@ MIN

Final

Game 2@ PHX

Final

Game Information

Minneapolis, MN

ESPN2

Referee:Roy Gulbeyan

Referee:Michael Price

Referee:Maj Forsberg

Women's National Basketball Assoc.

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	31	8	.795	-	L1
Golden State	26	11	.703	4	W1
Las Vegas	26	13	.667	5	W2
Dallas	23	16	.590	8	W3
Portland	15	23	.395	15.5	L3
Phoenix	13	24	.351	17	L2
Los Angeles	13	25	.342	17.5	L1
Seattle	7	31	.184	23.5	L3

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