Minnesota Lynx v Phoenix Mercury

WNBA

Final

Minnesota Lynx

104–100

Phoenix Mercury

Match events

Minnesota LynxPhoenix Mercury

	1	2	3	4	T
Minnesota Lynx	21	29	19	35	104
Phoenix Mercury	27	22	26	25	100

23Lead changes

13Times tied

9Biggest leadPhoenix Mercury

1st quarter

Lead changeKayla McBride2ft layup · ast Howard
8:554–2
8:374–5
Lead changeMonique Akoa Makani24ft three · ast Brochant
Lead changeOlivia MilesRunning layup
8:076–5
7:296–7
Lead change

2nd quarter

Lead changeKayla McBrideFree throw
5:3139–38
5:1839–40
Lead changeNoemie Brochant2ft layup · ast Makani
Lead changeNia CoffeyRunning layup
3:2744–43
3:0844–45
Lead change

3rd quarter

9:3650–51
Lead changeMonique Akoa MakaniRunning layup · ast Brochant
8:4650–55
10–0 run
Lead changeKayla McBride26ft three · ast Howard
6:0458–57
5:4558–60
Lead changeMonique Akoa Makani

4th quarter

Lead changeOlivia Miles28ft three · ast Howard
7:1480–79
6:1480–81
Lead changeAlyssa Thomas1ft layup · ast Bonner
Lead changeEliska HamzovaDriving layup
5:5782–81
5:3882–83
Lead change

Player stats

Mercury100

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
Starters
D. BonnerF	33	17	6-12	2-7	3-4	9	3	1	1	0	1	8	2	-6
A. ThomasF	37	19	8-14	0-0	3-4	8	12	4	1	0	2	6	1	-4
N. BrochantF	17	2	1-3	0-2

Highlights

1:09Minnesota Lynx vs. Phoenix Mercury - Game HighlightsESPN 0:11DeWanna Bonner drains it from downtownESPN 0:16Kayla McBride drains the shotESPN 0:11Kahleah Copper shows off the range with 3-pointerESPN 0:09Olivia Miles drains tripleESPN

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Match details

Date: Tuesday 14 July 2026
Started: 11:00 am Sydney time
Venue: Target Center, Minneapolis
Competition: WNBA
Officials: Fatou Cissoko-Stephens (Referee), Charles Watson (Referee), Kelly Broomfield (Referee)
Crowd: 10,221

Form and ladder

Minnesota LynxPhoenix Mercury

1stLadder10th

33W 11LRecord16W 28L

LLWLWLast 5LWLWW

Team lists

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Updated 10 Nov, 11:13 pm

Lynx104

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
Starters
N. HowardF	35	13	5-11	0-2	3-4	3	7	4	2	0	0	3	3	+4
CoffeyF	30	5	2-4	1-3	0-0	3	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	+3
K. McBrideG	35	37	11-17	6-11	9-9	6	1	2	4	2	0	6	2	-3
C. WilliamsG	35	8	3-7	0-3	2-2	7	3	0	2	0	3	4	4	+9
O. MilesG	31	33	10-16	5-8	8-9	3	8	5	0	0	0	3	5	+10
Bench
A. DelaereF	10	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	-5
A. KosuF	8	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	+4
M. CaldwellG	7	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	-5
HamzovaG	9	8	3-5	0-1	2-2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	+3
Team		104	34-61	12-29	24-26	24	20	12	9	4	4	20	21

Didn't play: N. Collier (Left ankle), D. Juhasz (Coach's decision), E. Cechova (Right knee)