Phoenix Mercury @ Minnesota Lynx
WNBA Commissioner's Cup
1-0, 1-0 Away
77
1-0, 1-0 Away
0-1, 0-1 Home
75
0-1, 0-1 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Sylvia Fowles makes 17-foot jumper (Damiris Dantas assists)
- Crystal Dangerfield makes two point shot
- Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 4-foot jumper
- Diana Taurasi misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
- Aerial Powers misses 21-foot jumper
- Kia Nurse misses two point shot
- Crystal Dangerfield misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Skylar Diggins-Smith makes two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
- Kayla McBride makes 23-foot jumper (Crystal Dangerfield assists)
- Sylvia Fowles misses 13-foot jumper
- Kia Nurse makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kia Nurse misses free throw 2 of 2
- Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Sylvia Fowles misses layup
- Diana Taurasi makes layup (Brittney Griner assists)
- Crystal Dangerfield misses two point shot
- Skylar Diggins-Smith makes layup
- Kayla McBride misses 20-foot jumper
- Diana Taurasi misses 12-foot jumper
- Bridget Carleton misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 8-foot jumper
- Sophie Cunningham misses layup
- Natalie Achonwa misses 15-foot jumper
- Rachel Banham misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Brittney Griner makes 5-foot layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
- Kia Nurse misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Kayla McBride makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Brianna Turner misses layup
- Bridget Carleton misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
- Brianna Turner makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
- Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Sylvia Fowles misses 18-foot jumper
- Sophie Cunningham misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Sylvia Fowles misses free throw 1 of 2
- Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 2 of 2
- Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
- Diana Taurasi misses free throw 2 of 2
- Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Crystal Dangerfield misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
- Brittney Griner makes 18-foot jumper (Cierra Burdick assists)
- Crystal Dangerfield misses two point shot
- Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 8-foot two point shot
- Brittney Griner makes 18-foot jumper (Cierra Burdick assists)
- Cierra Burdick makes layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
- Sylvia Fowles misses layup
- Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 20-foot jumper (Shey Peddy assists)
- Aerial Powers makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
- Brittney Griner misses 10-foot step back jumpshot
- Damiris Dantas misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Shey Peddy misses three point jumper
- Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Damiris Dantas assists)
- Cierra Burdick misses 8-foot jumper
- Kayla McBride makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kayla McBride makes free throw 2 of 2
- Aerial Powers misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Skylar Diggins-Smith makes layup (Brittney Griner assists)
- Kayla McBride misses pullup jump shot
- Kia Nurse makes two point shot
- Crystal Dangerfield makes pullup jump shot
- Shey Peddy makes 24-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
- Crystal Dangerfield misses two point shot
- Kia Nurse makes driving layup
- Kayla McBride makes driving layup (Crystal Dangerfield assists)
- Damiris Dantas misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Kia Nurse misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Natalie Achonwa misses 21-foot jumper
- Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving layup
- Aerial Powers misses jumper
- Aerial Powers makes driving layup (Damiris Dantas assists)
- Aerial Powers misses jumper
- Damiris Dantas makes two point shot
- Brittney Griner makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
- Kayla McBride misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Kayla McBride misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
- Brittney Griner misses layup
- Brittney Griner makes tip shot
- Brittney Griner makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
- Damiris Dantas makes 26-foot three point jumper (Aerial Powers assists)
- Kia Nurse misses driving layup
- Aerial Powers makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
- Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2
- Damiris Dantas misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Crystal Dangerfield makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aerial Powers assists)
- Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup
- Aerial Powers makes free throw 1 of 2
- Aerial Powers makes free throw 2 of 2
- Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Sylvia Fowles makes 15-foot jumper (Crystal Dangerfield assists)
- Brittney Griner misses layup
- Crystal Dangerfield makes layup (Sylvia Fowles assists)
- Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Aerial Powers makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
- Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 15-foot two point shot
- Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
- Skylar Diggins-Smith misses free throw 2 of 2
- Kia Nurse makes two point shot
- Aerial Powers makes driving layup
- Aerial Powers makes free throw 1 of 1
- Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Kayla McBride misses 13-foot jumper
- Crystal Dangerfield makes 2-foot layup (Kayla McBride assists)
- Crystal Dangerfield misses free throw 1 of 1
- Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 27-foot three point jumper (Shey Peddy assists)
- Damiris Dantas makes 6-foot two point shot (Natalie Achonwa assists)
- Shey Peddy misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Kia Nurse misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Brianna Turner misses free throw 1 of 2
- Brianna Turner makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kayla McBride makes 19-foot jumper (Sylvia Fowles assists)
- Brittney Griner misses layup
- Bridget Carleton misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Brittney Griner misses two point shot
- Natalie Achonwa makes free throw 1 of 2
- Natalie Achonwa makes free throw 2 of 2
- Brianna Turner makes alley oop layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
- Sylvia Fowles misses 18-foot jumper
- Kia Nurse makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kia Nurse misses free throw 2 of 2
- Brittney Griner makes layup (Brianna Turner assists)
- Aerial Powers makes driving layup (Damiris Dantas assists)
- Diana Taurasi misses 10-foot jumper
- Aerial Powers misses layup
- Rachel Banham makes 27-foot three point jumper (Aerial Powers assists)
- Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
- Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2
- Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup
- Brianna Turner makes layup (Kia Nurse assists)
- Damiris Dantas misses three point jumper
- Diana Taurasi misses driving layup
- Brianna Turner makes tip shot
- Kayla McBride makes 18-foot jumper (Crystal Dangerfield assists)
- Skylar Diggins-Smith misses three point jumper
- Crystal Dangerfield makes 17-foot jumper (Kayla McBride assists)
- Brianna Turner makes driving layup (Kia Nurse assists)
- Sylvia Fowles misses layup
- Sylvia Fowles makes jumper
- Kayla McBride makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kayla McBride makes free throw 2 of 2
- Diana Taurasi misses 8-foot two point shot
- Diana Taurasi misses 12-foot two point shot
- Crystal Dangerfield misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Brianna Turner makes alley oop layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
- Crystal Dangerfield makes 10-foot two point shot
- Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
- Diana Taurasi misses free throw 2 of 2
- Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Crystal Dangerfield makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Kia Nurse misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Crystal Dangerfield misses 14-foot two point shot
- Kia Nurse makes layup (Brittney Griner assists)
- Kia Nurse misses free throw 1 of 1
- Aerial Powers makes layup
- Skylar Diggins-Smith misses jumper
- Diana Taurasi misses 21-foot jumper
- Kayla McBride makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kayla McBride makes free throw 2 of 2
- Brittney Griner makes layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
- Aerial Powers misses layup
- Sylvia Fowles makes two point shot
- Brittney Griner misses free throw 1 of 2
- Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
- Diana Taurasi makes 28-foot three point jumper
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: MIN, 51.7
Win %: MIN, 53.3
Win %: MIN, 57.2
Win %: MIN, 59.3
Win %: MIN, 61.8
Win %: MIN, 62.6
Win %: MIN, 60.2
Win %: MIN, 59.4
Win %: MIN, 61.9
Win %: MIN, 62.7
Win %: MIN, 60.3
Win %: MIN, 59.5
Win %: MIN, 61.9
Win %: MIN, 62.7
Win %: MIN, 60.4
Win %: MIN, 59.5
Win %: MIN, 62.0
Win %: MIN, 62.8
Win %: MIN, 60.4
Win %: MIN, 59.6
Win %: MIN, 57.2
Win %: MIN, 63.0
Win %: MIN, 60.6
Win %: MIN, 59.7
Matchups
Game Information
Minneapolis, MN
Referee:Jeff Smith
Referee:Roy Gulbeyan
Referee:Danielle Scott
2025-26 Standings
Women's National Basketball Assoc.
| Western Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden State | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | - | W1 |
| Dallas | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | - |
| Las Vegas | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | - |
| Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | - |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | - |
| Phoenix | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | - |
| Portland | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | - |
| Seattle | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | L1 |
WNBA News
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Janelle Salaun's 20 points, 5 3-pointers lead the Valkyries past the Storm 91-80 in season opener
— Janelle Salaun scored 20 points and tied a career high with five 3-pointers, Veronica Burton had 16 points, and the Golden State Valkyries beat the Seattle Storm 91-80 on Friday night in the season opener for both teams.
11h