New York Liberty @ Phoenix Mercury

First Round - Game 1 • NY leads series 1-0

27-17, 10-12 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
Liberty NY	17	27	11	10	11	76
Mercury PHX	13	30	14	8	4	69

Phoenix MercuryMercuryPHX

27-17, 15-7 Home

New York Liberty

starters
Breanna StewartB. Stewart#30
Leonie FiebichL. Fiebich#13
Jonquel JonesJ. Jones#35
Natasha CloudN. Cloud#9
Sabrina IonescuS. Ionescu#20
bench
Kennedy BurkeK. Burke#22
Emma MeessemanE. Meesseman#33
Rebekah GardnerR. Gardner#7
Isabelle HarrisonI. Harrison#21
Stephanie TalbotS. Talbot#6
Nyara SaballyN. Sabally#8
Marine JohannesM. Johannes#23
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
40	18	7-14	1-3	3-5	6	4	1	2	0	0	6	0	+16
39	10	4-9	2-7	0-0	6	1	4	0	1	2	4	2	+12
35	7	3-7	1-3	0-0	12	2	2	0	3	1	11	3	+9
40	23	9-12	3-6	2-3	6	5	4	4	0	0	6	3	+11
43	16	6-18	3-12	1-1	6	7	5	0	2	1	5	3	+7
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
15	0	0-5	0-2	0-0	4	0	2	0	0	4	0	1	-5
13	2	1-6	0-0	0-0	8	0	2	0	0	2	6	1	-17
1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	76	30-72	10-33	6-9	48	19	20	6	6	10	38	13
		42%	30%	67%

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Alyssa ThomasA. Thomas#25
Natasha MackN. Mack#4
Satou SaballyS. Sabally#0
Kahleah CopperK. Copper#2
Monique Akoa MakaniM. Akoa Makani#8
bench
DeWanna BonnerD. Bonner#14
Kathryn WestbeldK. Westbeld#24
Sami WhitcombS. Whitcomb#33
Kalani BrownK. Brown#21
Kitija LaksaK. Laksa#9
Kiana WilliamsK. Williams#23
Lexi HeldL. Held#1
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
41	14	7-18	0-0	0-2	9	8	3	1	0	2	7	2	-11
19	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	-5
37	9	2-17	1-10	4-4	8	2	3	3	0	0	8	2	-18
36	15	5-13	0-4	5-5	2	1	1	1	1	0	2	5	-12
34	8	2-11	1-3	3-3	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	4	-9
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
31	12	5-7	1-3	1-2	5	0	1	3	0	0	5	0	+7
7	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	+6
20	6	2-7	2-5	0-0	3	2	0	2	1	0	3	1	+7
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	69	25-77	6-26	13-16	31	16	10	12	2	5	26	14
		32%	23%	81%

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

Breanna Stewart scores 18 as Liberty prevail in Game 1

1:43

Matchups

First Round

NY leads series

1-0

PHX

Game 1@ PHX

Final/OT

Game 2@ NY

Final

Game 3@ PHX

Final

Game Information

Phoenix, AZ

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Referee:Amy Bonner

Referee:Eric Brewton

Referee:Isaac Barnett

Women's National Basketball Assoc.

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Indiana	1	0	1.000	-	W1
Atlanta	0	0	.000	0.5	-
Connecticut	0	0	.000	0.5	-
Toronto	0	0	.000	0.5	-
Chicago	0	1	.000	1	L1
Washington	0	1	.000	1	L1
New York	0	1	.000	1	L1

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	2	0	1.000	+0.5	W2
Golden State	1	0	1.000	-	W1
Los Angeles	1	0	1.000	-	W1
Las Vegas	1	0	1.000	-	W1
Phoenix	1	0	1.000	-	W1
Dallas	0	0	.000	0.5	-
Portland	0	0	.000	0.5	-
Seattle	0	1	.000	1	L1

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