JAPAN @ Phoenix Mercury

Preseason

JapanJAPANJPN

0-2, 0-2 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
JAPAN JPN	13	15	17	15	60
Mercury PHX	29	23	14	20	86

Phoenix MercuryMercuryPHX

2-0, 2-0 Home

JAPAN

starters
Minami YabuM. Yabu#37
Kadysha Juna UmezawaK. Juna Umezawa#24
Kokoro TanakaK. Tanaka#26
Mio ShiraishiM. Shiraishi#30
Mai YamamotoM. Yamamoto#23
bench
Nanako TodoN. Todo#75
Nanami TsunoN. Tsuno#7
Ririka OkuyamaR. Okuyama#16
Mona TateyamaM. Tateyama#19
Suzuno HiguchiS. Higuchi#74
Azusa AsahinaA. Asahina#14
Norika KonnoN. Konno#2
Aika HirashitaA. Hirashita#31
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
14	2	1-8	0-4	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-17
17	2	0-1	0-1	2-2	2	1	2	0	1	2	0	2	-25
19	14	5-6	2-2	2-2	3	2	1	1	0	1	2	2	-13
18	0	0-4	0-3	0-2	6	0	6	1	2	2	4	4	-19
22	13	4-13	4-10	1-1	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	2	-8
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
20	9	3-7	1-4	2-2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	-13
16	7	3-5	1-3	0-0	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	-4
12	0	0-3	0-3	0-0	3	0	1	2	0	2	1	1	-6
10	3	1-3	1-2	0-0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	-1
9	2	0-4	0-2	2-2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	-18
23	4	1-8	0-6	2-3	3	1	0	0	1	1	2	3	-1
19	4	2-6	0-4	0-0	6	2	0	2	0	3	3	3	-5
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	60	20-68	9-44	11-14	27	14	13	9	5	12	15	25
		29%	20%	79%

Phoenix Mercury

starters
DeWanna BonnerD. Bonner#24
Alyssa ThomasA. Thomas#25
Natasha MackN. Mack#4
Sami WhitcombS. Whitcomb#33
Kahleah CopperK. Copper#2
bench
Jillian AlleyneJ. Alleyne#28
Ashten PrechtelA. Prechtel#10
Maggie DooganM. Doogan#44
Aisha SheppardA. Sheppard#17
Kiana WilliamsK. Williams#23
Lauren JensenL. Jensen#15
Morgan MalyM. Maly#30
Shay CiezkiS. Ciezki#5
Quionche CarterQ. Carter#20
Kathryn WestbeldK. Westbeld#9
Valeriane AyayiV. Ayayi#11
Noemie BrochantN. Brochant#1
Kyara LinskensK. Linskens#31
Jaime NaredJ. Nared#14
Jovana NogicJ. Nogic#29
Lee-Seul KangL. Kang#3
Kara DunnK. Dunn#12
Yarden GarzonY. Garzon#55
Monique Akoa MakaniM. Akoa Makani#8
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
23	7	3-9	1-4	0-0	4	1	1	1	1	0	4	1	+9
26	8	2-6	0-0	4-4	6	9	7	2	0	0	6	3	+24
22	12	5-6	0-0	2-2	9	1	0	2	0	3	6	0	+20
21	12	3-5	3-5	3-3	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	+20
24	17	6-11	3-6	2-2	3	1	2	0	0	0	3	4	+11
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
8	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	6	1	1	0	0	1	5	1	+6
9	0	0-4	0-3	0-0	3	1	1	0	2	2	1	0	0
4	0	0-4	0-2	0-0	3	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	+7
7	2	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	+8
16	8	3-7	2-5	0-0	3	3	2	1	0	1	2	0	+8
9	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	-2
13	2	1-4	0-2	0-0	3	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	+6
8	8	2-4	1-2	3-3	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	+6
11	6	2-3	0-0	2-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	+7
DNP-TORN RIGHT ACL
DNP-OVERSEAS
DNP-OVERSEAS
DNP-OVERSEAS
DNP-LEFT CALF
DNP-OVERSEAS
DNP-OVERSEAS
DNP-RIGHT KNEE
DNP-LEFT SHOULDER
DNP-OVERSEAS
	86	29-65	10-29	18-20	43	22	19	8	3	12	31	16
		45%	34%	90%

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

Phoenix Mercury vs. Japan - Game Highlights

1:09

What a shot by Nanami Tsuno

0:11

Kokoro Tanaka sinks it from downtown

0:13

Game Information

Phoenix, AZ

Arizona's Family 3TV

Referee:Ryan Sassano

Referee:Toni Patillo

Referee:Agon Abazi

Women's National Basketball Assoc.

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	17	6	.739	-	W2
Las Vegas	17	7	.708	0.5	L1
Golden State	17	7	.708	0.5	W7
Dallas	16	8	.667	1.5	W5
Los Angeles	10	11	.476	6	W2
Portland	10	13	.435	7	W1
Phoenix	8	16	.333	9.5	L3
Seattle	6	19	.240	12	L2

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