Lynx 102-95 Mercury (Sep 22, 2024) Box Score

Phoenix Mercury

19-21, 9-11 away

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

Minnesota Lynx

30-10, 16-4 home

102

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	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
31	3-10	0-0	4-6	1	5	6	0	1	2	1	3	+1	10
30	8-16	5-10	0-0	1	1	2	2	1	0	3	3	-22	21
38	14-23	4-8	1-2	0	6	6	10	1	1	5	4	-1	33
33	6-15	2-5	2-3	0	4	4	3	2	0	2	5	+2	16
29	3-5	2-3	0-0	0	4	4	1	2	0	0	6	-12	8
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
15	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	+11	2
2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-8	0
11	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	2	5	1	0	1	0	0	-5	2
12	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	-1	3
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-BACK INJURY
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	37-74	14-27	7-11	7	24	31	19	8	5	11	21		95
	50.0%	51.9%	63.6%

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	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
35	4-8	2-5	2-2	1	5	6	4	2	0	1	3	-1	12
21	3-5	1-3	0-0	1	2	3	3	0	3	1	4	+11	7
40	11-19	3-5	13-14	3	3	6	4	0	1	2	1	+9	38
35	5-11	3-7	7-7	1	2	3	4	0	0	0	3	+8	20
25	4-12	1-1	0-0	0	6	6	8	4	0	4	0	+7	9
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
19	4-6	0-0	2-2	0	5	5	3	0	0	1	2	-2	10
6	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	+5	2
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	0
18	2-7	0-3	0-0	0	2	2	4	1	0	1	0	+4	4
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	34-69	10-24	24-25	6	25	31	30	8	4	10	13		102
	49.3%	41.7%	96.0%

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

Mercury
95
Lynx
102

Game 1

9/22

Mercury
88
Lynx
101

Game 2

9/25

Target Center

5:00 PM, September 22, 2024Coverage: ESPN

Minneapolis, MN

Line: MIN -9.5

Over/Under: 158.5

Attendance: 8,524

Referees:
Charles Watson
Maj Forsberg
Tim Greene
Teresa Stuck

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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