Minnesota Lynx @ Phoenix Mercury

17-3, 6-3 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Lynx MIN	19	18	20	14	71
Mercury PHX	15	25	12	27	79

Phoenix MercuryMercuryPHX

14-6, 9-3 Home

Minnesota Lynx

starters
Bridget CarletonB. Carleton#6
Alanna SmithA. Smith#8
Napheesa CollierN. Collier#24
Kayla McBrideK. McBride#21
Courtney WilliamsC. Williams#10
bench
Jessica ShepardJ. Shepard#15
Maria KliundikovaM. Kliundikova#77
Diamond MillerD. Miller#1
Natisha HiedemanN. Hiedeman#2
Alissa PiliA. Pili#35
Anastasiia Olairi KosuA. Kosu#7
Karlie SamuelsonK. Samuelson#44
team

MIN	PTS	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	FG%	3PT	3PT%	FT	FT%	PF	+/-
34	10	2	0	2	4	2	0	1	4-11	36.4	2-7	28.6	0-0	0.0	2	-6
29	2	2	7	9	1	0	0	1	1-5	20.0	0-3	0.0	0-0	0.0	3	-7
36	18	2	5	7	2	1	2	2	8-15	53.3	0-3	0.0	2-2	100.0	0	-6
33	6	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2-8	25.0	2-5	40.0	0-0	0.0	2	-7
32	21	1	5	6	5	1	0	4	9-18	50.0	1-2	50.0	2-2	100.0	2	-5
MIN	PTS	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	FG%	3PT	3PT%	FT	FT%	PF	+/-
11	8	3	4	7	2	0	0	4	4-5	80.0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0	-1
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-2	0.0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0	-2
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0.0	0-1	0.0	0-0	0.0	3	-3
13	6	0	3	3	3	0	0	2	2-5	40.0	1-2	50.0	1-1	100.0	1	-3
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-FOOT INJURY
	71	10	26	36	17	5	2	16	30-70	42.9	6-23	26.1	5-5	100.0	13

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Alyssa ThomasA. Thomas#25
Kathryn WestbeldK. Westbeld#24
Natasha MackN. Mack#4
Sami WhitcombS. Whitcomb#33
Monique Akoa MakaniM. Akoa Makani#8
bench
DeWanna BonnerD. Bonner#14
Kalani BrownK. Brown#21
Kitija LaksaK. Laksa#9
Kiana WilliamsK. Williams#23
Satou SaballyS. Sabally#0
Kahleah CopperK. Copper#2
Lexi HeldL. Held#1
team

MIN	PTS	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	FG%	3PT	3PT%	FT	FT%	PF	+/-
34	29	1	7	8	5	2	0	3	14-24	58.3	0-0	0.0	1-1	100.0	2	+8
28	7	1	5	6	0	2	0	1	3-7	42.9	0-2	0.0	1-1	100.0	4	+12
16	7	3	3	6	0	0	0	0	3-3	100.0	0-0	0.0	1-1	100.0	1	-5
29	10	0	5	5	6	1	1	3	3-9	33.3	0-3	0.0	4-4	100.0	1	+7
30	13	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	6-13	46.2	1-3	33.3	0-0	0.0	2	+14
MIN	PTS	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	FG%	3PT	3PT%	FT	FT%	PF	+/-
26	7	1	5	6	2	1	0	0	2-6	33.3	0-2	0.0	3-3	100.0	1	+13
2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	100.0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0	-4
19	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1-6	16.7	0-4	0.0	0-0	0.0	1	-5
16	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1-4	25.0	0-2	0.0	0-0	0.0	0	0
DNP-RIGHT ANKLE INJURY
DNP-RIGHT HAMSTRING
DNP-COLLAPSED LUNG
	79	7	28	35	17	6	1	9	34-73	46.6	1-16	6.3	10-10	100.0	12

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

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 3-1

Lynx
74
Mercury
71

Game 1

5/30

Mercury
65
Lynx
88

Game 2

6/3

Lynx
71
Mercury
79

Game 3

7/9

Mercury
66
Lynx
79

Game 4

7/16

Mortgage Matchup Center

3:30 PM, July 9, 2025

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 10,083

Referees:
Jeff Smith
Charles Watson
Jenna Reneau

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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Minnesota Lynx @ Phoenix Mercury

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 3-1

Game Information

2024-25 Western Conference Standings

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