Lynx 90-80 Mercury (Aug 21, 2020) Play-by-Play

Minnesota Lynx

9-3, 3-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	26	25	18	21	90
PHX	24	18	16	22	80

Phoenix Mercury

6-7, 3-3 home

Diana Taurasi makes 24-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kia Vaughn misses 15-foot jumper
Bria Hartley misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kia Vaughn makes two point shot
Napheesa Collier blocks Kia Vaughn 's 4-foot layup
Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes layup (Kia Vaughn assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 14-foot jumper (Bria Hartley assists)
Bria Hartley makes 6-foot two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes layup (Bria Hartley assists)
Alanna Smith makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bria Hartley assists)
Alanna Smith misses three point jumper
Bria Hartley misses 25-foot three point jumper
Bria Hartley makes layup
Bria Hartley misses 25-foot three point jumper
Alanna Smith misses two point shot
Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
Bria Hartley makes 20-foot jumper
Mikiah Herbert Harrigan blocks Bria Hartley 's 21-foot pullup jump shot
Diana Taurasi misses layup
Sophie Cunningham misses 25-foot three point jumper
Alanna Smith makes layup
Alanna Smith makes layup (Kia Vaughn assists)
Alanna Smith makes layup (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes layup (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)
Bria Hartley makes 24-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Bria Hartley makes layup
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses layup
Nia Coffey misses 25-foot three point jumper
Bria Hartley misses 25-foot three point jumper
Napheesa Collier blocks Shatori Walker-Kimbrough 's 6-foot layup
Diana Taurasi makes 23-foot three point jumper (Bria Hartley assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 22-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes layup
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses layup
Bria Hartley misses 21-foot jumper
Bria Hartley makes layup
Alanna Smith misses layup
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup
Brianna Turner misses 35-foot three point jumper
Brianna Turner makes 3-foot layup (Sophie Cunningham assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point jumper
Sophie Cunningham misses 25-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 22-foot pullup jump shot
Bria Hartley makes 27-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Bria Hartley misses 8-foot two point shot
Alanna Smith makes layup (Bria Hartley assists)
Alanna Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
Bria Hartley misses layup
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sophie Cunningham assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 25-foot three pointer
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses two point shot
Alanna Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper
Bria Hartley makes layup
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper
Brianna Turner blocks Napheesa Collier 's 2-foot layup
Crystal Dangerfield makes 24-foot three point jumper (Bridget Carleton assists)
Damiris Dantas makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bridget Carleton assists)
Napheesa Collier misses 8-foot two point shot
Bridget Carleton makes 26-foot three point jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)
Brianna Turner blocks Napheesa Collier 's 7-foot driving layup
Napheesa Collier makes layup (Bridget Carleton assists)
Crystal Dangerfield misses 15-foot jumper
Lexie Brown misses 28-foot three point jumper
Crystal Dangerfield makes jumper
Lexie Brown misses 15-foot jumper
Kayla Alexander makes 20-foot jumper (Odyssey Sims assists)
Bridget Carleton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)
Mikiah Herbert Harrigan misses 26-foot three point jumper
Damiris Dantas makes 8-foot jumper (Rachel Banham assists)
Shenise Johnson misses layup
Crystal Dangerfield misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shenise Johnson makes 16-foot jumper
Damiris Dantas makes layup (Napheesa Collier assists)
Napheesa Collier misses 12-foot jumper
Lexie Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper
Bridget Carleton makes 23-foot three point jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)
Crystal Dangerfield makes 15-foot jumper
Lexie Brown misses two point shot
Damiris Dantas makes 17-foot jumper (Bridget Carleton assists)
Lexie Brown misses 17-foot jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith blocks Shenise Johnson 's 12-foot jumper
Bridget Carleton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Shenise Johnson assists)
Crystal Dangerfield misses 25-foot three point jumper
Damiris Dantas makes layup (Shenise Johnson assists)
Napheesa Collier makes layup
Crystal Dangerfield misses 9-foot jumper
Lexie Brown misses layup
Crystal Dangerfield makes 24-foot three point jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)
Damiris Dantas misses 25-foot three point jumper
Crystal Dangerfield misses 24-foot three point jumper
Crystal Dangerfield misses 8-foot jumper
Napheesa Collier makes layup (Damiris Dantas assists)
Napheesa Collier makes layup (Damiris Dantas assists)
Napheesa Collier misses layup
Erica McCall misses 13-foot jumper
Crystal Dangerfield misses 12-foot jumper
Damiris Dantas misses 6-foot jumper
Napheesa Collier misses 17-foot jumper
Napheesa Collier makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shenise Johnson assists)
Odyssey Sims makes 5-foot jumper
Brianna Turner blocks Napheesa Collier 's 2-foot layup
Crystal Dangerfield makes 25-foot three point jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)
Damiris Dantas misses 24-foot three point jumper
Crystal Dangerfield misses 24-foot three point jumper
Mikiah Herbert Harrigan misses two point shot
Brianna Turner blocks Bridget Carleton 's 5-foot layup
Damiris Dantas misses layup
Damiris Dantas makes 11-foot two point shot (Bridget Carleton assists)
Crystal Dangerfield makes driving layup
Bridget Carleton makes layup (Damiris Dantas assists)
Damiris Dantas makes layup (Bridget Carleton assists)
Damiris Dantas misses 24-foot three point jumper

LYNX

MERCURY

TIME		MIN	PHX
10:00	Napheesa Collier vs. Brianna Turner (Bria Hartley gains possession)	0	0
9:45	Diana Taurasi makes 24-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)	0	3
9:25	Brianna Turner blocks Napheesa Collier 's 2-foot layup	0	3
9:25	Minnesota offensive team rebound	0	3
9:17	Crystal Dangerfield makes 24-foot three point jumper (Bridget Carleton assists)	3	3
8:57	Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper	3	3
8:56	Minnesota defensive team rebound	3	3
8:56	Kia Vaughn loose ball foul	3	3
8:39	Damiris Dantas makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bridget Carleton assists)	6	3
8:26	Damiris Dantas shooting foul	6	3
8:26	Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2	6	4
8:26	Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2	6	5
8:12	Napheesa Collier misses 8-foot two point shot	6	5
8:10	Brianna Turner defensive rebound	6	5
7:59	Kia Vaughn misses 15-foot jumper	6	5
7:56	Napheesa Collier defensive rebound	6	5
7:49	Bridget Carleton makes 26-foot three point jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)	9	5
7:37	Bria Hartley misses 23-foot three point jumper	9	5
7:33	Kia Vaughn offensive rebound	9	5
7:33	Kia Vaughn makes two point shot	9	7
7:22	Brianna Turner blocks Napheesa Collier 's 7-foot driving layup	9	7
7:19	Brianna Turner defensive rebound	9	7
7:10	Napheesa Collier blocks Kia Vaughn 's 4-foot layup	9	7
7:07	Napheesa Collier defensive rebound	9	7
7:02	Lexie Brown out of bounds bad pass turnover	9	7
6:53	Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper	9	7
6:50	Napheesa Collier defensive rebound	9	7
6:33	Napheesa Collier makes layup (Bridget Carleton assists)	11	7
6:22	Bria Hartley out of bounds bad pass turnover	11	7
6:12	Bria Hartley shooting foul	11	7
6:12	Damiris Dantas makes free throw 1 of 2	12	7
6:12	Damiris Dantas makes free throw 2 of 2	13	7
6:02	Skylar Diggins-Smith makes layup (Kia Vaughn assists)	13	9
5:49	Crystal Dangerfield misses 15-foot jumper	13	9
5:47	Bria Hartley defensive rebound	13	9
5:40	Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper	13	9
5:37	Bridget Carleton defensive rebound	13	9
5:29	Lexie Brown misses 28-foot three point jumper	13	9
5:26	Skylar Diggins-Smith defensive rebound	13	9
5:19	Diana Taurasi bad pass (Napheesa Collier steals)	13	9
5:14	Crystal Dangerfield out of bounds bad pass turnover	13	9
5:14	Official timeout	13	9
4:59	Napheesa Collier personal foul	13	9
4:59	Official timeout	13	9
4:59	Kayla Alexander enters the game for Damiris Dantas	13	9
4:44	Diana Taurasi makes 14-foot jumper (Bria Hartley assists)	13	11
4:23	Crystal Dangerfield makes jumper	15	11
4:06	Bria Hartley makes 6-foot two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)	15	13
3:52	Lexie Brown misses 15-foot jumper	15	13
3:49	Brianna Turner defensive rebound	15	13
3:46	Skylar Diggins-Smith makes layup (Bria Hartley assists)	15	15
3:46	Lexie Brown shooting foul	15	15
3:46	Sophie Cunningham enters the game for Diana Taurasi	15	15
3:46	Alanna Smith enters the game for Brianna Turner	15	15
3:46	Rachel Banham enters the game for Crystal Dangerfield	15	15
3:46	Odyssey Sims enters the game for Lexie Brown	15	15
3:46	Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 1	15	16
3:26	Kayla Alexander makes 20-foot jumper (Odyssey Sims assists)	17	16
3:12	Alanna Smith makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bria Hartley assists)	17	19
2:59	Bridget Carleton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)	20	19
2:46	Alanna Smith misses three point jumper	20	19
2:42	Napheesa Collier defensive rebound	20	19
2:39	Bria Hartley shooting foul	20	19
2:39	Odyssey Sims makes free throw 1 of 2	21	19
2:39	Brianna Turner enters the game for Kia Vaughn	21	19
2:39	Mikiah Herbert Harrigan enters the game for Napheesa Collier	21	19
2:39	Odyssey Sims makes free throw 2 of 2	22	19
2:13	Bria Hartley misses 25-foot three point jumper	22	19
2:13	Phoenix offensive team rebound	22	19
2:13	shot clock turnover	22	19
1:58	Odyssey Sims bad pass (Brianna Turner steals)	22	19
1:46	Bria Hartley makes layup	22	21
1:46	Rachel Banham shooting foul	22	21
1:46	Diana Taurasi enters the game for Skylar Diggins-Smith	22	21
1:46	Bria Hartley makes free throw 1 of 1	22	22
1:23	Alanna Smith shooting foul	22	22
1:23	Odyssey Sims makes free throw 1 of 2	23	22
1:23	Shenise Johnson enters the game for Bridget Carleton	23	22
1:23	Odyssey Sims makes free throw 2 of 2	24	22
1:01	Bria Hartley misses 25-foot three point jumper	24	22
57.8	Alanna Smith offensive rebound	24	22
56.7	Alanna Smith misses two point shot	24	22
55.3	Alanna Smith offensive rebound	24	22
53.1	Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper	24	22
48.7	Mikiah Herbert Harrigan defensive rebound	24	22
38.8	Mikiah Herbert Harrigan misses 26-foot three point jumper	24	22
37.0	Phoenix defensive team rebound	24	22
27.8	Bria Hartley makes 20-foot jumper	24	24
13.5	Alanna Smith shooting foul	24	24
13.5	Kayla Alexander makes free throw 1 of 2	25	24
13.5	Kayla Alexander makes free throw 2 of 2	26	24
0.0	Mikiah Herbert Harrigan blocks Bria Hartley 's 21-foot pullup jump shot	26	24
0.0	Phoenix offensive team rebound	26	24
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	26	24

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Lynx
90
Mercury
80

Game 1

8/21

Mercury
83
Lynx
79

Game 2

8/30

IMG Academy

10:00 PM, August 21, 2020Coverage: CBSSN

Bradenton, FL

Referees:
Michael Price
Kevin Sparrock
Tim Greene

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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