Phoenix Mercury @ Seattle Storm

Second Round

19-13, 12-4 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
Mercury PHX	23	9	23	18	12	85
Storm SEA	16	19	21	17	7	80

Seattle StormStormSEA

21-11, 11-5 Home

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Brianna TurnerB. Turner#21
Brittney GrinerB. Griner#42
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
Skylar DigginsDiggins-Smith#4
Kia NurseK. Nurse#0
bench
Kia VaughnK. Vaughn#1
Shey PeddyS. Peddy#5
Sophie CunninghamS. Cunningham#9
Alanna SmithA. Smith#11
Megan WalkerM. Walker#2
Bria HartleyB. Hartley#14
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
33	12	6-10	0-0	0-0	12	3	0	1	3	4	8	4	-3
41	23	11-17	0-0	1-5	16	4	3	0	2	5	11	1	+2
33	14	4-13	3-11	3-5	4	5	4	1	0	0	4	3	+17
43	20	7-20	3-8	3-8	7	6	2	2	2	3	4	3	+5
28	12	3-8	2-5	4-4	4	1	0	0	0	1	3	2	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
16	4	1-5	0-1	2-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	+11
21	0	0-4	0-2	0-0	2	3	0	4	0	1	1	4	+2
9	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	-9
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	85	32-79	8-29	13-24	48	22	10	8	8	14	34	18
		41%	28%	54%

Seattle Storm

starters
Katie Lou SamuelsonKat. Samuelson#33
Ezi MagbegorE. Magbegor#13
Mercedes RussellM. Russell#2
Sue BirdS. Bird#10
Jewell LoydJ. Loyd#24
bench
Stephanie TalbotS. Talbot#7
Kennedy BurkeK. Burke#8
Epiphanny PrinceE. Prince#11
Jordin CanadaJ. Canada#21
Cierra BurdickC. Burdick#22
Breanna StewartB. Stewart#30
Karlie SamuelsonKar. Samuelson#44
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
35	18	6-10	4-6	2-2	5	0	1	1	0	0	5	5	-2
31	9	4-9	1-1	0-0	9	2	1	0	1	3	6	5	-7
45	10	5-9	0-0	0-0	12	4	0	0	2	2	10	2	-5
37	16	5-12	4-8	2-2	3	5	2	1	0	0	3	1	+7
36	15	5-24	0-7	5-5	3	5	3	1	2	0	3	5	+3
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
17	6	3-6	0-2	0-1	4	0	0	1	1	1	3	2	+3
5	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	-4
9	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	-10
10	6	0-3	0-0	6-6	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	-10
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-LEFT FOOT
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	80	28-76	9-25	15-16	39	19	13	5	7	6	33	21
		37%	36%	94%

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

Mercury
85
Storm
80

Game 1

9/26

Angel of the Winds Arena

3:00 PM, September 26, 2021Coverage: ABC

Everett, WA

Attendance: 5,375

Referees:
Tiara Cruse
Che Flores
Isaac Barnett
Dannica Mosher

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

What we're hearing on the WNBA's CBA negotiations

As both sides continue negotiations ahead of the Jan. 9 deadline, housing emerged as an issue in the latest proposal.

Sources: WNBA proposes earlier start to camp, no team housing

Along with significant salary increases and a new compensation system, the WNBA also is proposing to its players amid CBA talks an earlier start date for training camps and cutting team housing, sources confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday.

WNBA's proposal ups max salary base to $1M, sources say

The WNBA's latest proposal to the players' union includes a maximum salary base of $1 million, sources told ESPN's Alexa Philippou. The new offer reflects incremental increases from the league's previous proposal.

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Phoenix Mercury @ Seattle Storm

Game Information

2024-25 Western Conference Standings

WNBA News

What we're hearing on the WNBA's CBA negotiations

Sources: WNBA proposes earlier start to camp, no team housing

WNBA's proposal ups max salary base to $1M, sources say