Mercury 96-86 Sun (24 Aug, 2018) Box Score

Phoenix Mercury

20-14, 11-6 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	24	16	32	24	96
CONN	25	19	27	15	86

Connecticut Sun

21-13, 13-4 home

Phoenix Mercury

starters
D. Bonner F
S. Talbot F
B. Griner C
D. Taurasi G
B. January G
bench
A. Robinson F
L. Mitchell G
Y. Turner G
S. Lyttle F
C. Little F
D. Peters F
M. Gulich C
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
40	10-21	1-5	2-2	1	17	18	3	0	1	1	1	+10	23
33	2-5	2-5	1-2	3	3	6	5	0	0	4	3	+14	7
38	10-15	0-0	7-7	0	5	5	2	1	6	1	4	+11	27
35	10-16	5-10	2-2	0	2	2	5	0	0	2	3	+12	27
35	3-7	2-5	0-0	1	4	5	5	1	0	1	1	+5	8
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
5	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-3	4
4	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-3	0
10	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	+4	0
DNP-KNEE INJURY
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	37-69	10-27	12-13	7	33	40	21	2	8	10	12		96
	53.6%	37.0%	92.3%

Connecticut Sun

starters
S. Stricklen F
A. Thomas F
J. Jones F
J. Thomas G
C. Williams G
bench
C. Ogwumike F
M. Tuck F
L. Clarendon G
R. Banham G
B. Laney-Hamilton F
B. Jones F
L. Brown G
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
23	2-5	2-5	0-0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	4	-8	6
35	7-13	0-0	3-3	1	2	3	3	0	0	1	3	-8	17
26	6-9	0-2	1-1	2	5	7	7	0	0	0	2	-4	13
35	5-14	2-4	2-2	1	4	5	2	1	1	2	2	-13	14
33	11-23	4-5	1-3	3	5	8	3	0	0	1	3	-12	27
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
19	1-5	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	1	2	0	0	3	-8	2
9	1-5	0-1	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	+3	2
10	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	+2	2
9	1-4	1-1	0-0	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	1	-2	3
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	35-80	9-18	7-9	9	21	30	20	5	2	5	18		86
	43.8%	50.0%	77.8%

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

Mercury
96
Sun
86

Game 1

24/8

Mohegan Sun Arena

1:30 AM, 24 August 2018

Uncasville, CT

Attendance: 7,858

Referees:
Billy Smith
Che Flores
Eric Brewton
Billy Smith

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Dallas	.000	-	-
Los Angeles	.000	-	-
Minnesota	.000	-	-
Phoenix	.000	-	-
Seattle	.000	-	-
Las Vegas	.000	-	-

Team	PCT	GB	STRK
Indiana	.000	-	-
New York	.000	-	-
Washington	.000	-	-
Connecticut	.000	-	-
Chicago	.000	-	-
Atlanta	.000	-	-

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