Mercury 81-80 Lynx (Jun 7, 2024) Box Score

Minnesota Lynx

7-3, 3-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	15	20	25	20	80
PHX	21	17	16	27	81

Phoenix Mercury

5-6, 4-1 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
Cecilia ZandalasiniC. Zandalasini#9
Dorka JuhaszD. Juhasz#14
Alissa PiliA. Pili#35
Natisha HiedemanN. Hiedeman#2
Olivia EpoupaO. Epoupa#0
Diamond MillerD. Miller#1
Sika KoneS. Kone#3
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
33	1-5	1-4	1-2	1	1	2	2	0	1	2	3	-2	4
29	4-9	1-4	3-4	1	3	4	6	1	2	0	5	-2	12
40	7-19	2-2	4-4	2	10	12	6	1	1	3	1	-1	20
35	8-15	8-13	1-1	0	5	5	3	2	0	1	2	-4	25
23	3-8	0-0	0-0	0	6	6	2	0	0	3	3	-14	6
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
7	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	+5	3
7	0-5	0-3	0-0	2	1	3	2	1	0	0	1	+1	0
4	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
17	3-7	2-5	0-0	1	2	3	3	0	0	2	2	+13	8
6	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	2
DNP-RIGHT KNEE INJURY
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	28-72	15-34	9-11	7	29	36	24	5	5	13	20		80
	38.9%	44.1%	81.8%

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Brittney GrinerB. Griner#42
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
Natasha CloudN. Cloud#0
Kahleah CopperK. Copper#2
Rebecca AllenR. Allen#11
bench
Natasha MackN. Mack#4
Liz DixonL. Dixon#20
Sophie CunninghamS. Cunningham#9
Sug SuttonS. Sutton#1
Morgan BertschM. Bertsch#25
Mikiah Herbert HarriganM. Herbert Harrigan#21
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
21	3-6	0-0	5-5	0	4	4	1	0	1	3	1	+13	11
31	4-19	1-7	3-4	3	3	6	2	1	0	1	4	+19	12
34	2-6	1-2	3-4	0	6	6	10	0	1	3	4	+3	8
32	13-23	5-12	3-5	1	5	6	2	2	2	4	2	+4	34
27	4-7	1-3	0-0	0	4	4	0	2	1	1	0	-5	9
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
18	1-3	0-0	0-0	2	5	7	0	1	2	0	1	-11	2
1	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	2
22	1-2	1-2	0-0	3	2	5	1	0	0	1	1	-2	3
14	0-3	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	-15	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	29-70	9-26	14-18	10	29	39	18	6	7	14	13		81
	41.4%	34.6%	77.8%

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

0:21

Brittney Griner nets first bucket in return to Mercury lineup

0:21

Kahleah Copper drops 34 points, game-winner for Mercury

1:40

Kahleah Copper gets the and-1 basket

0:19

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 3-1

Mercury
71
Lynx
95

Game 1

5/31

Lynx
80
Mercury
81

Game 2

6/7

Mercury
60
Lynx
73

Game 3

6/22

Lynx
89
Mercury
76

Game 4

8/28

Footprint Center

10:00 PM, June 7, 2024Coverage: ION

Phoenix, AZ

Line: MIN -4.5

Over/Under: 162.5

Attendance: 9,052

Referees:
Jeff Smith
Maj Forsberg
Sarah Williams

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	30	10	.750	-	L1
Las Vegas	27	13	.675	3	W5
Seattle	25	15	.625	5	W1
Phoenix	19	21	.475	11	L1
Dallas	9	31	.225	21	L9
Los Angeles	8	32	.200	22	W1

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Brittney Griner nets first bucket in return to Mercury lineup

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 3-1

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