Phoenix Mercury @ Minnesota Lynx

WNBA Semifinals - Game 1 • MIN leads series 1-0

27-17, 12-10 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Mercury PHX	24	23	12	10	69
Lynx MIN	22	18	19	23	82

Minnesota LynxLynxMIN

34-10, 20-2 Home

Phoenix Mercury

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

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
37	9-17	0-0	0-0	2	6	8	7	3	0	2	1	-14	18
12	3-4	0-0	0-0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	-3	6
32	3-11	0-5	4-4	0	6	6	3	2	0	0	0	-12	10
37	10-23	2-8	0-0	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	1	-13	22
22	1-6	0-3	0-0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	1	-1	2
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
25	0-4	0-3	0-0	2	7	9	2	0	0	1	3	-17	0
10	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	-1	0
24	5-9	1-3	0-0	1	2	3	2	0	0	4	0	-4	11
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	31-75	3-23	4-4	7	28	35	19	6	0	10	6		69
	41.3%	13.0%	100.0%

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
Natisha HiedemanN. Hiedeman#2
Camryn TaylorC. Taylor#20
Anastasiia Olairi KosuA. Kosu#7
DiJonai CarringtonD. Carrington#3
Jaylyn SherrodJ. Sherrod#00
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
30	2-5	1-3	0-0	1	7	8	3	0	0	1	4	+18	5
26	2-6	0-4	0-0	2	4	6	3	0	1	3	3	+3	4
34	8-16	2-6	0-0	3	6	9	2	0	0	3	1	+9	18
38	6-17	4-9	5-5	0	6	6	2	0	1	0	0	+14	21
33	11-19	1-2	0-1	0	8	8	7	5	0	3	1	+11	23
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
12	1-3	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
8	2-3	0-1	0-0	2	2	4	1	2	0	0	0	+14	4
19	2-8	1-4	0-0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	-4	5
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-LEFT FOOT
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	34-77	9-29	5-6	8	34	42	21	7	2	12	10		82
	44.2%	31.0%	83.3%

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

Mercury
69
Lynx
82

Game 1

9/21

Mercury
Lynx

Game 2

9/23

ESPN

Lynx
Mercury

Game 3

9/26

ESPN2

Lynx
Mercury

Game 4

9/28

Mercury
Lynx

Game 5

9/30

Target Center

5:00 PM, September 21, 2025Coverage: ESPN

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 10,121

Referees:
Jeff Wooten
Angelica Suffren
Maj Forsberg
Eric Brewton

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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