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

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

Attendance: 8,524

Referees:
Charles Watson
Maj Forsberg
Tim Greene
Teresa Stuck

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	34	10	.773	-	W1
Las Vegas	30	14	.682	4	W16
Phoenix	27	17	.614	7	L3
Seattle	23	21	.523	11	W1
Golden State	23	21	.523	11	L3
Los Angeles	21	23	.477	13	L1
Dallas	10	34	.227	24	W1

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