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	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
37	18	9-17	0-0	0-0	8	7	2	3	0	2	6	1	-14
12	6	3-4	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	-3
32	10	3-11	0-5	4-4	6	3	0	2	0	0	6	0	-12
37	22	10-23	2-8	0-0	2	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	-13
22	2	1-6	0-3	0-0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
25	0	0-4	0-3	0-0	9	2	1	0	0	2	7	3	-17
10	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	3	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	-1
24	11	5-9	1-3	0-0	3	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	-4
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	69	31-75	3-23	4-4	35	19	10	6	0	7	28	6
		41%	13%	100%

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	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
30	5	2-5	1-3	0-0	8	3	1	0	0	1	7	4	+18
26	4	2-6	0-4	0-0	6	3	3	0	1	2	4	3	+3
34	18	8-16	2-6	0-0	9	2	3	0	0	3	6	1	+9
38	21	6-17	4-9	5-5	6	2	0	0	1	0	6	0	+14
33	23	11-19	1-2	0-1	8	7	3	5	0	0	8	1	+11
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
12	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
8	4	2-3	0-1	0-0	4	1	0	2	0	2	2	0	+14
19	5	2-8	1-4	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	-4
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-LEFT FOOT
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	82	34-77	9-29	5-6	42	21	12	7	2	8	34	10
		44%	31%	83%

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

Mercury
69
Lynx
82

Game 1

9/21

Mercury
89
Lynx
83

Game 2

9/23

Lynx
76
Mercury
84

Game 3

9/26

Lynx
81
Mercury
86

Game 4

9/28

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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