First Round - Game 2
MIN wins series 2-0
- Napheesa Collier makes 2-foot layup (Alanna Smith assists)
- Alanna Smith misses layup
- Napheesa Collier makes 4-foot layup (Bridget Carleton assists)
- Courtney Williams misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
- Kayla McBride misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Alanna Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Brittney Griner blocks Courtney Williams 's 5-foot two point shot
- Napheesa Collier misses 6-foot two point shot
- Brittney Griner blocks Kayla McBride 's 19-foot jumper
- Bridget Carleton misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kayla McBride makes 24-foot three point jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)
- Alanna Smith makes 3-foot layup (Courtney Williams assists)
- Courtney Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Napheesa Collier makes 2-foot layup (Courtney Williams assists)
- Napheesa Collier makes driving layup (Courtney Williams assists)
- Cecilia Zandalasini misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Bridget Carleton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)
- Courtney Williams makes 5-foot pullup jump shot
- Cecilia Zandalasini misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Napheesa Collier makes 5-foot two point shot (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
- Natisha Hiedeman makes driving layup (Napheesa Collier assists)
- Napheesa Collier makes 15-foot two point shot (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
- Natisha Hiedeman misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kayla McBride makes 8-foot two point shot
- Alanna Smith makes 2-foot layup (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
- Kayla McBride misses driving layup
- Bridget Carleton makes 30-foot three point jumper (Alanna Smith assists)
- Alanna Smith makes 2-foot layup (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
- Alanna Smith makes two point shot (Kayla McBride assists)
- Napheesa Collier misses two point shot
- Courtney Williams misses 25-foot three point shot
- Napheesa Collier makes 24-foot three point jumper (Courtney Williams assists)
- Kayla McBride misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Alanna Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Napheesa Collier misses driving layup
- Napheesa Collier makes driving layup (Courtney Williams assists)
- Myisha Hines-Allen misses two point shot
- Napheesa Collier misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Courtney Williams makes 1-foot two point shot
- Sophie Cunningham blocks Napheesa Collier 's 3-foot layup
- Courtney Williams misses 17-foot jumper
- Kayla McBride makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Kayla McBride makes 24-foot three point jumper (Courtney Williams assists)
- Kayla McBride misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Napheesa Collier misses 8-foot two point shot
- Courtney Williams makes 17-foot running pullup jump shot
- Napheesa Collier makes 9-foot two point shot (Bridget Carleton assists)
- Courtney Williams misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
- Alanna Smith makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kayla McBride assists)
- Napheesa Collier makes 1-foot layup (Bridget Carleton assists)
- Courtney Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
- Courtney Williams misses two point shot
- Napheesa Collier makes layup (Alanna Smith assists)
- Kayla McBride misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Myisha Hines-Allen misses two point shot
- Kayla McBride misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Napheesa Collier makes layup (Kayla McBride assists)
- Natisha Hiedeman makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot (Bridget Carleton assists)
- Bridget Carleton makes 24-foot three pointer
- Napheesa Collier makes layup (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
- Kayla McBride makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Napheesa Collier assists)
- Kayla McBride misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Napheesa Collier makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kayla McBride assists)
- Natisha Hiedeman misses driving layup
- Kayla McBride makes 25-foot three point jumper (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
- Alanna Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Cecilia Zandalasini misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
- Natasha Cloud makes driving layup (Sophie Cunningham assists)
- Brittney Griner makes 1-foot layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
- Brittney Griner makes driving layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
- Natasha Cloud makes two point shot
- Kahleah Copper makes two point shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
- Diana Taurasi makes 24-foot three point jumper
- Diana Taurasi misses running pullup jump shot
- Diana Taurasi makes 23-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Natasha Mack misses 1-foot two point shot
- Kahleah Copper misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Celeste Taylor misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Natasha Mack makes 17-foot jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
- Natasha Cloud makes 24-foot three point jumper
- Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Napheesa Collier blocks Kahleah Copper 's 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Kahleah Copper misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Brittney Griner misses 12-foot two point shot
- Natasha Mack makes 10-foot jumper (Kahleah Copper assists)
- Sophie Cunningham misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Monique Billings makes two point shot
- Brittney Griner misses 5-foot two point shot
- Kahleah Copper misses 1-foot tip shot
- Napheesa Collier blocks Kahleah Copper 's 3-foot two point shot
- Natasha Cloud misses 17-foot jumper
- Brittney Griner makes jumper (Celeste Taylor assists)
- Kahleah Copper makes 8-foot pullup jump shot (Sophie Cunningham assists)
- Natasha Mack makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
- Kahleah Copper misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Natasha Mack makes layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
- Natasha Cloud misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
- Monique Billings makes 2-foot layup (Sophie Cunningham assists)
- Brittney Griner makes two point shot
- Brittney Griner makes layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
- Sophie Cunningham misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Natasha Cloud makes 24-foot three point jumper (Monique Billings assists)
- Natasha Cloud misses driving layup
- Brittney Griner misses 10-foot jumper
- Kahleah Copper makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sophie Cunningham assists)
- Kahleah Copper misses 27-foot three point shot
- Brittney Griner misses 5-foot two point shot
- Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Natasha Cloud misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Kahleah Copper makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sophie Cunningham assists)
- Natasha Cloud misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Diana Taurasi misses two point shot
- Brittney Griner makes layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
- Kahleah Copper makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
- Natasha Mack misses 16-foot jumper
- Natasha Mack makes 3-foot layup (Celeste Taylor assists)
- Natasha Cloud makes 11-foot two point shot
- Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Natasha Cloud misses 13-foot two point shot
- Diana Taurasi makes 7-foot two point shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
- Natasha Mack misses 5-foot jumper
- Brittney Griner makes 3-foot layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
- Sophie Cunningham makes 22-foot three point jumper (Kahleah Copper assists)
- Brittney Griner makes 2-foot layup (Sophie Cunningham assists)
- Sophie Cunningham makes 14-foot jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
- Brittney Griner makes 7-foot two point shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
- Diana Taurasi misses 22-foot three point shot
- Monique Billings makes two point shot
- Brittney Griner makes 23-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
- Sophie Cunningham misses 28-foot three point shot
- Brittney Griner misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Natasha Cloud misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Natasha Mack makes layup (Celeste Taylor assists)
- Celeste Taylor makes 3-foot two point shot
MERCURY
LYNX
TIME | PLAY | PHX | MIN | |
---|---|---|---|---|
10:00 | Brittney Griner vs. Napheesa Collier (Natasha Cloud gains possession) | 0 | 0 | |
9:34 | Natasha Cloud makes driving layup (Sophie Cunningham assists) | 2 | 0 | |
9:22 | Napheesa Collier makes 2-foot layup (Alanna Smith assists) | 2 | 2 | |
9:15 | Brittney Griner offensive foul | 2 | 2 | |
9:15 | Brittney Griner turnover | 2 | 2 | |
9:03 | Alanna Smith misses layup | 2 | 2 | |
9:01 | Brittney Griner defensive rebound | 2 | 2 | |
8:50 | Brittney Griner makes 1-foot layup (Diana Taurasi assists) | 4 | 2 | |
8:38 | Napheesa Collier makes 4-foot layup (Bridget Carleton assists) | 4 | 4 | |
8:38 | Natasha Cloud shooting foul | 4 | 4 | |
8:38 | Napheesa Collier makes free throw 1 of 1 | 4 | 5 | |
8:29 | Kahleah Copper offensive foul | 4 | 5 | |
8:29 | Kahleah Copper turnover | 4 | 5 | |
8:12 | Courtney Williams misses 21-foot pullup jump shot | 4 | 5 | |
8:08 | Natasha Cloud defensive rebound | 4 | 5 | |
8:05 | Napheesa Collier personal foul | 4 | 5 | |
7:50 | Brittney Griner makes driving layup (Natasha Cloud assists) | 6 | 5 | |
7:41 | Kayla McBride misses 24-foot three point jumper | 6 | 5 | |
7:36 | Alanna Smith offensive rebound | 6 | 5 | |
7:28 | Alanna Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper | 6 | 5 | |
7:19 | Sophie Cunningham vs. Bridget Carleton (Bridget Carleton gains possession) | 6 | 5 | |
7:19 | Lynx offensive team rebound | 6 | 5 | |
7:07 | Brittney Griner blocks Courtney Williams 's 5-foot two point shot | 6 | 5 | |
7:05 | Brittney Griner defensive rebound | 6 | 5 | |
7:01 | Natasha Cloud makes two point shot | 8 | 5 | |
6:50 | Kayla McBride bad pass (Diana Taurasi steals) | 8 | 5 | |
6:41 | Kahleah Copper makes two point shot (Natasha Cloud assists) | 10 | 5 | |
6:30 | Diana Taurasi personal foul | 10 | 5 | |
6:18 | Napheesa Collier misses 6-foot two point shot | 10 | 5 | |
6:15 | Brittney Griner defensive rebound | 10 | 5 | |
6:09 | Diana Taurasi makes 24-foot three point jumper | 13 | 5 | |
6:03 | Lynx Full timeout | 13 | 5 | |
5:44 | Brittney Griner blocks Kayla McBride 's 19-foot jumper | 13 | 5 | |
5:39 | Diana Taurasi defensive rebound | 13 | 5 | |
5:36 | Diana Taurasi misses running pullup jump shot | 13 | 5 | |
5:36 | Lynx defensive team rebound | 13 | 5 | |
5:26 | Bridget Carleton misses 25-foot three point jumper | 13 | 5 | |
5:23 | Sophie Cunningham defensive rebound | 13 | 5 | |
5:12 | Kahleah Copper out of bounds lost ball turnover | 13 | 5 | |
5:03 | Kayla McBride makes 24-foot three point jumper (Napheesa Collier assists) | 13 | 8 | |
4:43 | Diana Taurasi makes 23-foot three point step back jumpshot | 16 | 8 | |
4:32 | Alanna Smith makes 3-foot layup (Courtney Williams assists) | 16 | 10 | |
4:19 | Alanna Smith defensive 3-seconds (technical foul) | 16 | 10 | |
4:19 | Diana Taurasi makes technical free throw | 17 | 10 | |
4:19 | Natasha Mack enters the game for Brittney Griner | 17 | 10 | |
4:19 | Celeste Taylor enters the game for Diana Taurasi | 17 | 10 | |
4:06 | Natasha Mack misses 1-foot two point shot | 17 | 10 | |
4:01 | Alanna Smith defensive rebound | 17 | 10 | |
4:01 | Alanna Smith lost ball turnover (Sophie Cunningham steals) | 17 | 10 | |
3:52 | Alanna Smith shooting foul | 17 | 10 | |
3:52 | Kahleah Copper misses free throw 1 of 2 | 17 | 10 | |
3:52 | Myisha Hines-Allen enters the game for Alanna Smith | 17 | 10 | |
3:52 | Mercury offensive team rebound | 17 | 10 | |
3:52 | Kahleah Copper makes free throw 2 of 2 | 18 | 10 | |
3:34 | Courtney Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper | 18 | 10 | |
3:30 | Natasha Mack defensive rebound | 18 | 10 | |
3:15 | Kahleah Copper misses 17-foot pullup jump shot | 18 | 10 | |
3:12 | Myisha Hines-Allen defensive rebound | 18 | 10 | |
3:05 | Napheesa Collier makes 2-foot layup (Courtney Williams assists) | 18 | 12 | |
2:54 | Myisha Hines-Allen shooting foul | 18 | 12 | |
2:54 | Natasha Cloud makes free throw 1 of 2 | 19 | 12 | |
2:54 | Cecilia Zandalasini enters the game for Kayla McBride | 19 | 12 | |
2:54 | Diana Taurasi enters the game for Kahleah Copper | 19 | 12 | |
2:54 | Monique Billings enters the game for Sophie Cunningham | 19 | 12 | |
2:54 | Natasha Cloud makes free throw 2 of 2 | 20 | 12 | |
2:41 | Napheesa Collier makes driving layup (Courtney Williams assists) | 20 | 14 | |
2:30 | Celeste Taylor misses 24-foot three point jumper | 20 | 14 | |
2:26 | Cecilia Zandalasini defensive rebound | 20 | 14 | |
2:21 | Cecilia Zandalasini misses 24-foot three point jumper | 20 | 14 | |
2:17 | Monique Billings defensive rebound | 20 | 14 | |
2:10 | Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot | 20 | 14 | |
2:10 | Lynx defensive team rebound | 20 | 14 | |
2:00 | Bridget Carleton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Napheesa Collier assists) | 20 | 17 | |
1:33 | Natasha Mack makes 17-foot jumper (Natasha Cloud assists) | 22 | 17 | |
1:13 | Courtney Williams makes 5-foot pullup jump shot | 22 | 19 | |
1:02 | Natasha Cloud makes 24-foot three point jumper | 25 | 19 | |
54.0 | Monique Billings kicked ball violation | 25 | 19 | |
54.0 | Natisha Hiedeman enters the game for Courtney Williams | 25 | 19 | |
54.0 | Brittney Griner enters the game for Natasha Mack | 25 | 19 | |
45.1 | Cecilia Zandalasini misses 22-foot three point jumper | 25 | 19 | |
42.1 | Diana Taurasi defensive rebound | 25 | 19 | |
25.0 | Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper | 25 | 19 | |
21.1 | Bridget Carleton defensive rebound | 25 | 19 | |
21.1 | Celeste Taylor personal foul | 25 | 19 | |
21.1 | Kahleah Copper enters the game for Natasha Cloud | 25 | 19 | |
5.0 | Napheesa Collier makes 5-foot two point shot (Natisha Hiedeman assists) | 25 | 21 | |
0.0 | Napheesa Collier blocks Kahleah Copper 's 25-foot three point pullup jump shot | 25 | 21 | |
0.0 | Lynx defensive team rebound | 25 | 21 | |
0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 25 | 21 |
PHX @ MIN Videos
2:12
Napheesa Collier's record-tying 42-point game leads Lynx to semifinals
Napheesa Collier's record-tying 42-point game leads Lynx to semifinals
Diana Taurasi fouls out in what could be her final game
Napheesa Collier rolling with 31 points through 3 quarters
MIN wins 2-0
Game Information
Target Center
9:30 PM, September 25, 2024Coverage: ESPN
Minneapolis, MN
Attendance: 8,769
- Referees:
- Charles Watson
- Tiara Cruse
- Eric Brewton
- Kevin Fahy