Phoenix Mercury @ Connecticut Sun

SECOND ROUND

18-16, 9-8 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Mercury PHX	18	25	25	20	88
Sun CON	29	21	18	15	83

Connecticut SunSunCON

21-13, 12-5 Home

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Camille LittleC. Little#20
Brittney GrinerB. Griner#42
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
Leilani MitchellL. Mitchell#5
Yvonne TurnerY. Turner#6
bench
Monique CurrieM. Currie#25
Emma CannonE. Cannon#10
Danielle RobinsonD. Robinson#11
Angel RobinsonA. Robinson#0
Alexis PrinceA. Prince#15
Stephanie TalbotS. Talbot#8
Cayla GeorgeC. George#23
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
29	4	1-1	0-0	2-2	6	1	1	1	0	2	4	5	+2
38	26	7-16	0-0	12-14	9	0	3	0	1	2	7	4	+8
33	23	9-18	2-8	3-6	2	4	1	0	0	0	2	4	+8
34	12	3-8	2-6	4-5	0	5	2	2	0	0	0	2	+11
21	11	4-7	3-5	0-0	1	4	0	2	0	0	1	1	+4
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
23	12	5-11	2-4	0-0	6	4	0	1	1	2	4	2	+2
13	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	5	0	1	0	0	0	5	2	0
9	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	-10
DNP-RIGHT KNEE INJURY
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	88	29-63	9-23	21-27	29	18	10	6	2	6	23	23
		46%	39%	78%

Connecticut Sun

starters
Shekinna StricklenS. Stricklen#40
Alyssa ThomasA. Thomas#25
Jonquel JonesJ. Jones#35
Jasmine ThomasJ. Thomas#5
Courtney WilliamsC. Williams#10
bench
Kayla PedersenK. Pedersen#7
Morgan TuckM. Tuck#33
Alex BentleyA. Bentley#20
Rachel BanhamR. Banham#1
Danielle AdamsD. Adams#11
Lynetta KizerL. Kizer#12
Brionna JonesB. Jones#42
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
25	5	2-7	1-5	0-2	3	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	-6
32	20	8-12	0-0	4-6	10	1	6	2	0	3	7	4	-9
39	19	5-13	2-5	7-8	15	2	1	0	0	5	10	5	-6
38	15	7-19	0-3	1-2	3	4	0	0	1	0	3	4	-6
31	10	5-11	0-1	0-0	6	2	3	1	1	2	4	4	+3
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
5	3	1-1	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	+1
4	3	1-1	0-0	1-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	+4
24	5	2-4	0-1	1-2	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	-7
2	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	+1
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	83	32-69	4-16	15-24	39	12	11	5	2	11	28	22
		46%	25%	63%

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

Matchups

PHX

PHX wins series

1-0

CON

Game 1@ CON

Final

Game Information

Uncasville, CT

Referee:Roy Gulbeyan

Referee:Maj Forsberg

Referee:Byron Jarrett

Women's National Basketball Assoc.

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	12	3	.800	-	W2
Las Vegas	11	4	.733	1	W1
Golden State	10	5	.667	2	W4
Dallas	9	6	.600	3	L1
Portland	8	9	.471	5	W1
Los Angeles	7	8	.467	5	L2
Phoenix	4	12	.250	8.5	L4
Seattle	3	13	.188	9.5	L9

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New York	11	4	.733	-	W8
Atlanta	10	4	.714	0.5	W2
Indiana	9	6	.600	2	L1
Toronto	7	8	.467	4	L3
Washington	6	7	.462	4	W1
Chicago	4	10	.286	6.5	L4
Connecticut	2	14	.125	9.5	L6

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