Minnesota Lynx @ Phoenix Mercury

WNBA Commissioner's Cup

7-3, 3-2 Away

Final

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

Phoenix MercuryMercuryPHX

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	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
33	4	1-5	1-4	1-2	2	2	2	0	1	1	1	3	-2
29	12	4-9	1-4	3-4	4	6	0	1	2	1	3	5	-2
40	20	7-19	2-2	4-4	12	6	3	1	1	2	10	1	-1
35	25	8-15	8-13	1-1	5	3	1	2	0	0	5	2	-4
23	6	3-8	0-0	0-0	6	2	3	0	0	0	6	3	-14
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
7	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	+5
7	0	0-5	0-3	0-0	3	2	0	1	0	2	1	1	+1
4	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
17	8	3-7	2-5	0-0	3	3	2	0	0	1	2	2	+13
6	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	-1
DNP-RIGHT KNEE INJURY
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	80	28-72	15-34	9-11	36	24	13	5	5	7	29	20
		39%	44%	82%

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	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
21	11	3-6	0-0	5-5	4	1	3	0	1	0	4	1	+13
31	12	4-19	1-7	3-4	6	2	1	1	0	3	3	4	+19
34	8	2-6	1-2	3-4	6	10	3	0	1	0	6	4	+3
32	34	13-23	5-12	3-5	6	2	4	2	2	1	5	2	+4
27	9	4-7	1-3	0-0	4	0	1	2	1	0	4	0	-5
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
18	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	7	0	0	1	2	2	5	1	-11
1	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1
22	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	5	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	-2
14	0	0-3	0-0	0-0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	-15
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	81	29-70	9-26	14-18	39	18	14	6	7	10	29	13
		41%	35%	78%

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

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

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

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 9,052

Referees:
Jeff Smith
Maj Forsberg
Sarah Williams

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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Minnesota Lynx @ Phoenix Mercury

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 3-1

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