Lynx 74-71 Mercury (May 30, 2025) Box Score

Minnesota Lynx

6-0, 3-0 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	20	18	15	21	74
PHX	17	22	19	13	71

Phoenix Mercury

4-2, 4-1 home

Minnesota Lynx

starters
Jessica ShepardJ. Shepard#15
Bridget CarletonB. Carleton#6
Alanna SmithA. Smith#8
Kayla McBrideK. McBride#21
Courtney WilliamsC. Williams#10
bench
Karlie SamuelsonK. Samuelson#44
Diamond MillerD. Miller#1
Alissa PiliA. Pili#35
Marieme BadianeM. Badiane#22
Natisha HiedemanN. Hiedeman#2
Napheesa CollierN. Collier#24
Anastasiia Olairi KosuA. Kosu#7
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
36	3-6	0-0	2-2	4	6	10	2	0	0	2	2	+3	8
18	2-7	1-5	0-0	2	3	5	2	1	0	0	0	-9	5
34	8-15	2-6	1-2	2	2	4	0	0	4	0	3	+2	19
35	4-11	3-7	9-9	0	3	3	4	1	0	4	0	+2	20
30	5-18	1-6	0-0	1	6	7	7	0	0	4	3	-4	11
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
14	0-4	0-3	1-1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	+6	1
3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	+1	0
6	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	+1	1
2	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	+1	0
22	3-6	1-2	2-2	0	5	5	2	1	2	2	0	+12	9
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	25-69	8-29	16-18	9	26	35	18	5	6	15	14		74
	36.2%	27.6%	88.9%

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Kathryn WestbeldK. Westbeld#24
Satou SaballyS. Sabally#0
Sami WhitcombS. Whitcomb#33
Kitija LaksaK. Laksa#9
Monique Akoa MakaniM. Akoa Makani#8
bench
Kalani BrownK. Brown#21
Murjanatu MusaM. Musa#20
Lexi HeldL. Held#1
Sevgi UzunS. Uzun#10
Alyssa ThomasA. Thomas#25
Natasha MackN. Mack#4
Kahleah CopperK. Copper#2
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
22	1-5	1-2	0-0	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	4	-15	3
32	10-20	0-4	6-7	4	7	11	4	3	1	3	2	+2	26
29	5-11	1-5	2-2	0	5	5	6	2	0	1	2	-1	13
22	1-4	0-2	0-0	0	2	2	3	0	1	1	1	+8	2
22	2-10	1-5	0-0	1	0	1	4	2	0	3	2	+3	5
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
23	7-8	0-0	1-1	1	4	5	1	0	0	1	3	+13	15
8	0-3	0-0	1-2	2	3	5	1	1	0	2	3	-7	1
26	2-9	0-7	0-0	2	4	6	1	0	0	1	2	-12	4
16	0-1	0-1	2-2	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	-6	2
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	28-71	3-26	12-14	11	27	38	21	8	4	14	19		71
	39.4%	11.5%	85.7%

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

Regular Season Series

MIN leads 1-0

Lynx
74
Mercury
71

Game 1

5/30

Mercury
Lynx

Game 2

6/3

ESPN3

Lynx
Mercury

Game 3

7/9

Mercury
Lynx

Game 4

7/16

PHX Arena

10:00 PM, May 30, 2025Coverage: ION

Phoenix, AZ

Line: MIN -4.5

Over/Under: 159.5

Attendance: 9,043

Referees:
Isaac Barnett
Agon Abazi
Jenna Reneau

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	7	0	1.000	-	W7
Phoenix	5	2	.714	2	W1
Las Vegas	4	2	.667	2.5	W2
Seattle	3	4	.429	4	L3
Golden State	2	4	.333	4.5	L3
Los Angeles	2	6	.250	5.5	L3
Dallas	1	6	.143	6	L2

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Minnesota Lynx

Phoenix Mercury

Regular Season Series

MIN leads 1-0

Game Information

2024-25 Western Conference Standings

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