Moore scores 21, Lynx beat Mercury on Diana Taurasi Night

PHOENIX -- Maya Moore scored 21 points, Sylvia Fowles had 17 points and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Phoenix Mercury 91-83 on Friday 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 leads 1-0

Game 4

8/22

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  Mercury

  -
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  Lynx

  -

Game 3

7/16

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  Mercury

  -
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  Lynx

  -

Game 2

7/14

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  Lynx

  -
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  Mercury

  -

Game 1

Final

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  Lynx

  91
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  Mercury

  83

2016-2017 Western Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	12	1	.923	0	W3
Los Angeles	11	3	.786	1.5	W7
Phoenix	7	6	.538	5	L1
Dallas	8	8	.500	5.5	W4
Seattle	6	8	.429	6.5	L3
San Antonio	1	14	.067	12	W1

Full Standings

 

 

 

Lynx

Starters	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
R. BrunsonF	31	2-5	1-3	2-2	0	10	10	2	0	0	1	1	+8	7
M. MooreF	34	8-19	2-6	3-5	3	3	6	5	0	1	1	3	+13	21
S. FowlesC	30	6-12	0-0	5-5	4	4	8	0	1	0	2	4	+7	17
L. WhalenG	31	5-11	0-1	4-4	0	4	4	2	1	0	3	2	+6	14
S. AugustusG	31	4-7	1-2	2-2	0	1	1	3	1	0	3	1	+3	11
Bench	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
N. HowardF	11	3-7	0-0	1-1	3	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	+1	7
T. FagbenleF	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0
P. PiersonF	9	1-4	1-3	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	+0	3
R. MontgomeryG	9	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	+2	2
J. PerkinsG	13	4-6	1-2	0-1	1	4	5	0	0	0	1	1	+2	9
A. JonesG	DNP-COACH'S DECISION
TEAM		34-74	6-18	17-20	12	28	40	14	3	3	13	15		91
		45.9%	33.3%	85.0%

Mercury

Starters	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
C. LittleF	31	6-11	2-3	2-2	1	2	3	1	1	0	0	3	-4	16
B. GrinerC	20	3-7	0-0	0-2	1	2	3	2	0	1	1	5	-8	6
D. TaurasiG	29	5-14	2-9	3-3	0	2	2	2	1	0	1	4	-7	15
D. RobinsonG	26	7-12	0-0	1-1	0	2	2	3	2	0	1	2	-7	15
S. TalbotG	23	3-5	1-1	1-2	1	3	4	2	2	0	0	2	-1	8
Bench	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
E. CannonF	8	1-4	0-0	0-0	3	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	-4	2
A. RobinsonF	13	1-2	0-0	0-0	4	4	8	0	0	0	1	3	+3	2
M. CurrieF	15	2-7	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	-3	4
C. GeorgeC	7	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	-3	0
Y. TurnerG	13	4-7	0-0	4-4	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	-5	12
L. MitchellG	14	1-4	0-1	1-4	1	3	4	2	0	0	1	0	-1	3
A. PrinceG	DNP-COACH'S DECISION
TEAM		33-74	5-16	12-18	11	21	32	16	7	1	7	25		83
		44.6%	31.3%	66.7%