NBA

Minnesota Lynx at Phoenix Mercury

· Women's National Basketball Association
Minnesota Lynx
12-1, 7-0 Away
Final
83 - 91

Phoenix Mercury
7-6, 3-4 Home

Moore scores 21, Lynx beat Mercury on Diana Taurasi Night

Phoenix trailed by eight points with two minutes remaining, but closed to 85-83 on Diana Taurasi's 3-pointer with 16.8 seconds left.

Sylvia Fowles and Rebekkah Brunson combined for four straight free throws on Minnesota's next two possessions to seal it.

Lindsay Whalen added 14 points for Minnesota (12-1). Brunson grabbed 10 rebounds and moved into third on the WNBA career list with 3,079. She trails Lisa Leslie (3,307) and Tamika Catchings (3,316).

Camille Little scored 16 points, and Robinson and Taurasi each added 15 for Phoenix (7-6).

In addition to giving away 5,000 bobbleheads for Diana Taurasi Night, the Mercury sectioned off an area behind a basket and brought in live goats to honor the "Greatest of All Time."

Regular Season Series

MIN wins series 4-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 91 - 83
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 91 - 83
4th 0.0 Seimone Augustus makes free throw 2 of 2 91 - 83
4th 0.0 Seimone Augustus makes free throw 1 of 2 90 - 83
4th 0.0 Camille Little personal take foul (Seimone Augustus draws the foul) 89 - 83

Statistics

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34-74 FG 33-74
46 Field Goal % 45
6-18 3PT 5-16
33 Three Point % 31
17-20 FT 12-18
85 Free Throw % 67
40 Rebounds 32
12 Offensive Rebounds 11
28 Defensive Rebounds 21
14 Assists 16
3 Steals 7
3 Blocks 1
13 Turnovers 7
0 Team Turnovers 2
13 Total Turnovers 9
1 Technical Fouls 1
1 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
24 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 11
11 Fast Break Points 9
28 Points in Paint 38
15 Fouls 25
12 Largest Lead 2

Game Information

Mortgage Matchup Center

Location: Phoenix, AZ
Attendance: 11,330 · Capacity:

2025-26 Western Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Minnesota - 7 W4 0.8055556 29
Golden State 3.5 9 W5 0.72727275 24
Las Vegas 5 12 L1 0.6666667 24
Dallas 8.5 15 L1 0.5714286 20
Portland 13.5 20 W2 0.42857143 15
Phoenix 16 23 L1 0.3611111 13
Los Angeles 16 22 L4 0.3529412 12
Seattle 22.5 30 L2 0.1891892 7
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