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NOTES #5 Phoenix Mercury (1-0) vs. #4 (0-0) Playoff Game 2 | Thursday, September 17, 2020 IMG Academy | Bradenton, Fla. | 7:00 p.m. ET TV: ESPN2 Sr. Manager, Communications: Bryce Marsee [email protected] | Cell: (765) 618-0897 | @brycemarsee TONIGHT'S PROBABLE MERCURY STARTERS (2020 PLAYOFF AVERAGES) No. Name PPG RPG APG Notes Aquired by the Mercury in a sign-and-trade with Dallas on Feb. 12, 2020...named Western Conference Player of the Week on 9/8 for week of 8/31-9/6...finished 4 Skylar Diggins-Smith 24.0 6.0 5.0 the ranked 7th in scoring, 10th in assists and tied for 4th in three- G | 5-9 | 145 | Notre Dame '13 field goals (46)...scored a postseason career-high and team-high 24 points on 9/15 vs. WAS...picked up her first win over on 9/15 WNBA's all-time leader in postseason scoring and ranks 3rd in all-time assists in the playoffs...6 assists shy of passing for 2nd on WNBA's all-time playoffs as- 3 23.0 4.0 6.0 sists list...ranked 5th in the league in scoring and 8th in assists...led the WNBA in 3-pt G | 6-0 | 163 | '04 field goals (61) this season, the 11th time she's led the league in 3-pt field goals... holds a perfect 7-0 record in single elimination in the playoffs since 2016 Started in 10 games for the Mercury this season..scored a career-high 24 points on 9/11 against in a career-high 35 mimutes...also posted a 2 Shatori Walker-Kimbrough 8.0 2.0 0.0 career-high 5 steals this season in the 8/14 game against ...scored G | 6-1 | 170 | '19 in double figures 5 of the final 8 games of the regular season...scored 8 points in Mercury's Round 1 win on 9/15 vs. WAS Became 4th player in WNBA history (youngest ever) to record at least 11 re- bounds, 5 assists and 5 blocks in a postseason game, joining , Tamika 4.0 Catchings and ...grabbed a franchise record 21 rebounds on 9/9 21 F | 6-3 | 170 | Notre Dame '19 4.0 11.0 against CON, the first ever Mercury player with at least 20 rebounds in a game... (blks) averaged 12.6 rebounds and 3.5 blocks over last 10 games of regular season... ranked 1st in blocks per game (2.0), 1st in total blocks (43) and 2nd in FG% (57.9). Stared in 9 games for the Mercury this season...scored a season-high 16 points twice in back-to-back games on August 23 and 28 against Washington both 1 12.0 4.0 1.0 times and grabbed season-high eight rebounds on August 2 against New C | 6-4 | 205 | Rutgers '09 York...scored 12 points on 9/15 vs. WAS, her most playoffs points since 12 on 9/1/10 2020 MERCURY SCHEDULE/RESULTS 2020 MERCURY PLAYOFF RECORDS DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME (TV) SEASON HOME ROAD OVERTIME 7/25 vs. L, 76-99 OVERALL 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 WEST 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 7/29 at Indiana L, 100-106 EAST 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 7/31 vs. W, 102-95 STREAK W1 W1 -- -- 8/2 at New York W, 96-67 8/4 at Atlanta W, 81-74 TONIGHT'S KEY STAT: Since the WNBA implemented the new, and 3-0 current, prior to the start of the 2016 season, the Mercury 8/6 vs. W, 96-86 is 3-0 in single elimination, second round, games and 7-1 overall in first 8/8 at Seattle L, 68-74 and second round games. With Diana Taurasi playing, the Mercury is 8/10 at Dallas W, 91-79 7-0 in such games. 8/12 at Chicago L, 71-89 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE: (braun-DELL-oh); Jessica Breeland 8/14 vs. Atlanta W, 96-80 (BREE-land); Nia (NEE-uh) Coffey; Alanna (uh-LON-uh) Smith; Diana Taurasi (tuh- rah-SEE); Kia (KEE-us) Vaughn; Shatori Walker-Kimbrough (kim-BRO) 8/16 vs. Dallas L, 89-95 8/19 at Los Angeles L, 74-83 INJURIES: - NWT (Media Exemption for Season); - NWT (Personal); - NWT (Knee); - OUT (Ankle) 8/21 vs. Minnesota L, 80-90 8/23 at Washington W, 88-87 2020 TRANSACTIONS: February 11: Traded F DeWanna Bonner to Connecticut in exchange for the 7th overall (via Seattle) and 10th overall picks in the 2020 WNBA 8/28 vs. Washington W, 94-72 , as well as a future first round pick from Connecticut; February 12: Acquired G 8/30 at Minnesota W, 83-79 Skylar Diggins-Smith from Dallas in exchange for the 5th overall and 7th overall (via Seattle) picks in the 2020 WNBA Draft along with a future first round pick in a sign 9/1 at Las Vegas W, 92-85 and trade deal; February 13: Re-Signed C Brittney Griner to a multi-year contract; 9/3 vs. Indiana W, 105-81 Signed free agent G Bria Hartley to a contract; February 19: Acquired F Nia Coffey and F Jessica Breland from Atlanta in a three-team trade that sent G 9/5 vs. New York W, 83-67 and a 2021 second-round pick to Connecticut and a 2020 second-round pick to 9/7 vs. Connecticut L, 70-85 Atlanta; February 24: Signed free agent C Kia Vaughn to a contract; April 9: Signed 9/9 at Connecticut W. 100-95 (OT) G Olivia Epoupa and F to training camp contracts; April 17: Selected G Te’a Cooper (18th overall) and G Stella Johnson (29th overall) in the WNBA Draft; 9/11 vs. Seattle L, 60-83 Acquired G Shatori Walker-Kimbrough from New York on draft night in exchange - PLAYOFFS - for the 10th overall pick in the 2020 WNBA Draft; May 26: Waived G Olivia Epopua, F Sara Blicavs, G Te’a Cooper and G Stella Johnson; August 19: Signed G Shey 9/16 vs. Washington W, 85-84 Peddy; September 7: SIgned F Alisia Jenkins 9/17 at Minnesota 7 p.m. (ESPN2) *All Times Phoenix Time

Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com 1 PHOENIX MERCURY ROSTER No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate Exp From/Year 51 Jessica Breland F 6-2 166 02/23/1998 8 North Carolina/2011 10 Nia Coffey F 6-1 182 06/11/1995 3 Northwestern/2017 9 Sophie Cunningham G 6-1 170 08/16/1996 1 Missouri/2019 4 Skylar Diggins-Smith G 5-9 145 08/02/1990 6 Notre Dame/2013 42 Brittney Griner C 6-9 205 10/18/1990 7 Baylor/2013 14 Bria Hartley G 5-8 148 09/30/1992 6 Connecticut/2014 12 Alisia Jenkins F 6-1 175 02/21/1994 R South Florida/2016 11 F 6-4 180 11/10/1996 1 Stanford/2019 5 G 5-7 145 10/28/1988 1 Temple/2012 3 Diana Taurasi G 6-0 163 06/11/1982 15 Connecticut/2004 21 Brianna Turner F 6-3 170 07/05/1996 1 Notre Dame/2019 1 Kia Vaughn C 6-4 205 01/24/1987 10 Rutgers/2009 2 Shatori Walker-Kimbrough G 5-9 140 05/18/1995 3 Maryland/2017 HEAD COACH: Sandy Brondello () ASSISTANT COACHES: Julie Hairgrove (), (NC State) PLAYER DEVELOPMENT COACH: Zach O'Brien (Saint Joseph's College of Maine) HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER: Hannah Breck ( University) STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH: Derrick Nillessen (Iowa Wesleyan) NUMERICAL ROSTER 1 Kia Vaughn 9 Sophie Cunningham 21 Brianna Turner 2 Shatori Walker-Kimbrough 10 Nia Coffey 42 Brittney Griner 3 Diana Taurasi 11 Alanna Smith 51 Jessica Breland 4 Skylar Diggins-Smith 12 Alisia Jenkins 5 Shey Peddy 14 Bria Hartley

HOW THE TEAM WAS BUILT

Through the Draft Diana Taurasi 1st overall pick, 2004 Brittney Griner 1st overall pick, 2013 Alanna Smith 8th overall pick, 2019 Sophie Cunningham 13th overall pick, 2019

Via Free Agency Bria Hartley Signed February 12, 2020 Kia Vaughn Signed February 12, 2020 Shey Peddy Signed August 19, 2020 Alisia Jenkins Signed September 7, 2020

Via Trade Skylar Diggins-Smith From Dallas, February 12, 2020 Shatori Walker-Kimbrough From New York, April 17, 2020 Jessica Breland From Atlanta, February 19, 2020 Nia Coffey From Atlanta, February 19, 2020 Brianna Turner Draft Rights Acquired from Atlanta, April 10, 2019

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National Local EST Broadcast First Round Schedule #6 Chicago vs. #7 Connecticut

Game 1 Tuesday, September 15 Chicago vs. Connecticut 7:00PM 7:00PM ESPN2

#5 Phoenix vs. #8 Washington

Game 1 Tuesday, September 15 Phoenix vs. Washington 9:00PM 9:00PM ESPN2

Second Round Schedule #4 Minnesota vs. #5 Phoenix

Game 1 Thursday, September 17 Minnesota vs. Phoenix 7:00PM 7:00PM ESPN2

#3 Los Angeles vs. #7 Connecticut

Game 1 Thursday, September 17 Los Angeles vs. Connecticut 9:00PM 9:00PM ESPN2

Semi-Finals #1 (#1 Las Vegas) Semi-Finals #2 (#2 Seattle) WNBA Finals Game 1 Septmeber 20 Game 1 Septmeber 20 Game 1 October 2 Game 2 Septmeber 22 Game 2 Septmeber 22 Game 2 October 4 Game 3 Septmeber 24 Game 3 Septmeber 24 Game 3 October 6 Game 4* Septmeber 27 Game 4* Septmeber 27 Game 4* October 8 Game 5* Septmeber 29 Game 5* Septmeber 29 Game 5* October 11

Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com 3 TONIGHT'S OPPONENT | MINNESOTA LYNX (REGULAR SEASON: 14-8) SERIES QUICK NOTES - Phoenix and Minnesota split the regular season matchup with Minnesota, 1-1, this season. The Lynx came away with a 90-80 win on August 21, while the Mercury won 83- 79 on August 30 behind 25 points from Skylar Diggins-Smith. - Phoenix and Minnesota have met in the playoffs 12 times, however the Lync have won 10 of the 12 meetings. Phoenix's wins came in 2014 during the Western Conference Finals. - Tonight's game will mark the first time Phoenix and Minnesota meet in the playoffs on a neutral court.

Mercury vs. Lynx 2020 (1-1) Date Site PHX-MIN PHX High Scorer PHX High Rebounds MIN High Scorer MIN High Rebounds August 21 IMG 80-90 Hartley-24 Turner-9 Collier-20 Collier-9 August 30 IMG 83-79 Diggins-Smith-25 Turner-15 Dangerfield-20 Collier-6

TALE OF THE TAPE (2020 REGULAR SEASON RANKINGS) All-Time Regular Season Results MERCURY CATEGORY LYNX Mercury vs. Lynx at Phoenix...... 22-18 86.1/4th 84.4/6th Mercury vs. Lynx at Minnesota...... 12-27 84.1/8th Points Allowed Per Game 80.6/5th Mecury vs. Lynx on Neutral Court...... 1-1 45.0/6th Pct. 45.6/5th Mercury vs. Lynx Overall...... 35-46 34.3/8th 3P Field Goal Pct. 38.5/3rd 82.5/1st Pct. 81.8/5th All-Time Playoff Results 34.0/7th Rebounds Per Game 34.4/6th Mercury vs. Lynx at Phoenix...... 2-4 20.4/4th Assists Per Game 19.7/6th Mercury vs. Lynx at Minnesota...... 0-6 5.6/1st Blocks Per Game 3.0/T-9th Mercury vs. Lynx Overall...... 2-10

4 Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com PHOENIX MERCURY NEWS AND NOTES

CHASING MORE HISTORY: Already the WNBA's MOST SEASONS LEADING YOUR LEAGUE IN 3’s MADE, all-time leader in scoring and three-point field BASKETBALL HISTORY: goals, Diana Taurasi will continue to chase history TOTAL PLAYER LEAGUE in 2020. After becoming the first player in league 10 Diana Taurasi* WNBA history to scores 8,000 career points on June 5, 5 Stephen Curry* NBA 2018, Taurasi is now 343 points shy of 9,000. 4 WNBA LEAGUE OF HER OWN: 3 Ray Allen NBA In the Mercury’s season opener against the Dallas 3 Bill Keller ABA Wings on Friday, May 18, 2018, Diana Taurasi 3 WNBA became the first and only WNBA player in history to 2 * NBA reach 1,000 career made three-pointers. Additionally, 2 Michael Adams NBA having done so in her 399th career game, Taurasi 2 NBA joined Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Damian 2 Cynthia Cooper WNBA Lillard as the only players in WNBA/NBA history to 2 Louie Dampier ABA reach 1,000 career three-pointers in 400 games or 2 Darrell Griffith NBA less. 2 NBA Fastest NBA Players to 1,000 3-point makes 2 NBA 1. Steph Curry...... 369 games 2. Klay Thompson...... 372 games WNBA 3-POINT RECORD TAURASI OWNS: 3. ...... 385 games 3-Pointers Made in a Career...... 1,164, current 4. Diana Taurasi...... 399 games 3-Pointers Made in a Season...... 121, 2006 5. Dennis Scott...... 457 games Seasons Leading WNBA in 3-Point Makes...... 10 ...... 2006-2011, 2016-18, 2020 DEE FOR THREE: In Phoenix’s 99-91 win on June 1, 2017 at Chicago, Diana Taurasi became the league’s ANOTHA ONE: On July 5, 2018 against Connecticut all-time leader in three-point makes, passing Katie Diana Taurasi added yet another record to her resume, Smith. Taurasi now continues to increase that lead in passing for first on the WNBA’s all- 2020, as she now sits over 1,000 in her career. time field goals made list.

WNBA ALL-TIME 3-POINT MAKES LEADERS: WNBA ALL-TIME FGM LEADERS: 1. Diana Taurasi...... 1,164 (456 games) 1. Diana Taurasi...... 2,821 2. Katie Smith...... 906 (482 games) 2. ...... 2,768 3. ...... 829 (450 games) 3. Tina Thompson...... 2,630 4. ...... 2,455 *In Persepctive: Taurasi’s current 1,164 made 5. ...... 2,446 3-pointers in 456 career games is 2.55 made threes per game for her career. Ray Allen, the NBA’s all- AGED LIKE FINE WINE: In the Mercury's win over time leader, made 2,973 in 1,300 career games, the on July 31, 2020, Diana Taurasi which is 2.29 threes per game. became the first player in WNBA history to notch at least 20 points and 10 assists in a game at the age ATOP THE CHARTS: After leading the league in of 38 or older. Only four NBA players in the history three-pointers in 2018, Taurasi claims the top 6 spots of the league, age 38+, have finished with at least for most three-pointers in a season. 2018 marked 20 and 10 in a game in John Stockton (eight times), just the second time in WNBA history a player has (twice), Karl Malone and . reached 100 made three-pointers in a season, both times by her. POINTS/ASSISTS DOUBLE-DOUBLES: On July 31, 2020 Diana Taurasi notched her 19th career double- MOST 3-POINT FIELD GOALS IN A SEASON double, finishing with 20 points and 10 assists. It Was 1. Diana Taurasi...... 121 (2006) Taurasi's 13th career double-double with points and 2. Diana Taurasi...... 106 (2018) assists, moving her into a for fourth with Lindsay 2. Diana Taurasi...... 96 (2017) Whalen for most points/assists double-doubles in 4. Diana Taurasi...... 95 (2007) WNBA history. 5. Diana Taurasi...... 89 (2016) 5. Diana Taurasi...... 89 (2008) WNBA ALL-TIME POINTS/ASSISTS DOUBLE-DOUBLES: 7. Katie Smith...... 88 (2000) 1. ...... 30 Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com 5 PHOENIX MERCURY NEWS AND NOTES 2. Sue Bird...... 28 season and appeared in all 34 games), Griner led 3. ...... 18 the league in total blocks in 2018 with 87, 20 more T-4. Diana Taurasi...... 13 than second place (Natasha Howard - 67)...Griner T-4. ...... 13 averaged 3.1 blocks per game in 2016, making her the first WNBA player in history to average 3.0+ MVP TAURASI?: In her 17th season at the age of 38, blocks per game in each of her first four seasons... Diana Taurasi become an MVP contender this year, The last player in the NBA to average 3.0 blocks per finishing fifth in the league in scoring (18.7 ppg) game in each of his first four seasons in the NBA and eighth in assists (4.5 apg). Taurasi strengthened was Shawn Bradley (1993-94 to 1996-97)...She also the debate over the final nine games of the regular became the 11th player in WNBA history to record season, averaging 21.2 points, 4.2 rebounds, 3.9 400 career blocks on 9/2 at Connecticut...She did so assists and 4.1 made three-pointers during such in 115 career games, making her the fastest player stretch and since wearing the No. 8 'BRYANT' jersey. in WNBA history to reach 400 career blocks. Manute STAT LAST 9 GAMES FIRST 10 GAMES Bol, and are the only NBA players to have ever recorded 400 career blocks Points/GM 21.2 16.5 in 115 games or less...Griner tied for the league lead Rebounds/GM 4.2 4.1 during the 2019 season in blocks per game with 2.0 Assists/GM 3.9 5.1 ... she has led the league in blocks per game in all 3FGM/GM 4.1 2.4 seven of her WNBA seasons 20+ PT GAMES 5 3 30+ PT GAMES 2 0 WNBA BLOCKS RECORD GRINER OWNS: Blocks In Single Game...... 11, 6/29/14 at TUL MAMBA MENTALITY: In the Mercury's game on Blocks In A Season...... 129, 2014 August 23 against Washington, Diana Taurasi wore a Season Blocks Average...... 4.04, 2015 No.8 'BRYANT' jersey for the duration of the game on Career Blocks Average...... 3.0, Current what would have been Kobe's 42nd birthday. Taurasi Blocks In A Playoff Game...... 11, 9/17/15 vs. TUL finished with a season-high 34 points after knocking down seven triples in the game. In the game, Taurasi WNBA All-Time Blocks Leaders: became the first player in WNBA history to record at 1. ...... 877 (323 games) least 34 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks, make 2. Lisa Leslie...... 822 (363 games) 7 three-pointers, make 10 free throws and shoot 3. Brittney Griner...... 656 (224 games) at least 52% from the field. The only player in NBA 4. ...... 629 (347 games) history to do so was on Jan. 31, 2007. 5. ...... 586 (317 games)

20-7-2 CLUB: In 31 games last season Brittney Griner Most Seasons Leading Your League In Blocks Per Game: averaged 20.7 points, 7.2 rebounds and 2.0 blocks PLAYER LEAGUE SEASON LEADER per game, making her the only player in the WNBA in Brittney Griner WNBA 7 Times 2019 to average at least 20 points, 7 rebounds and 2 Margo Dydek WNBA 6 Times blocks per game this year. As the only player in WNBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar NBA 4 Times history to average at least 20-7-2 in more than two Mark Eaton NBA 4 Times seasons (2017-19), she joins , Elton Brand, Shaquille O'Neal and Jermaine O'Neal as the WNBA Single-Season Blocked Shots Leaders only WNBA/NBA players since 2000 the average 20- Player/Season...... Blocked Shots 7-2 in three consecutive seasons. Brittney Griner/2014...... 129 Margo Dydek/1998...... 114 AIN’T NOTHIN BUT A “BG” THANG: Mercury Margo Dydek/2001...... 113 Brittney Griner continues to prove that she may just Brittney Griner/2016...... 107 be the greatest rim protector in league history, as she Margo Dydek/2002...... 107 ranks 3rd on the WNBA’s all-time blocks list with 658 Brittney Griner/2015...... 105 blocks in only 224 career games (ranks 1st among Margo Dydek/2003...... 100 active players)...After leading the league in total blocks during the 2016 season for a fourth-straight GRINER 600: Having tied as year with 107, she recorded her third consecutive the 4th fastest player in NBA/WNBA history to 500 year with 100+ blocks in a season, becoming just career blocks (153 games) on June 1, 2018, Brittney the second WNBA player (Margo Dydek) to do so... Griner became the third player in WNBA history to After finishing second in total blocks in 2017 with 65 reach 600 career blocks on July 7, 2019 against (missed 8 games due to injury - Sylvia Fowles and Atlanta. Having done so in her 193rd career game, Elizabeth Williams each finished with 67 blocks that she became the eigth-fastest player in NBA/WNBA 6 Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com PHOENIX MERCURY NEWS AND NOTES history to reach 600 blocks, and the second-fastest 2018 YEAR IN REVIEW: In the most recent season among WNBA players. Skylar Diggins-Smith played in (2018), the four-time All-Star put up eye-turning numbers, finishing 10th in Fastest NBA/WNBA Players to 600 Career Blocks points per game (17.9) and 3rd in assists per game 1. Manute Bol...... 141 games (career-high 6.2). Diggins-Smith became just the third 2. Mark Eaton...... 157 games player in WNBA history to average at least 17 points and 6 assists in a season, joining Diana Taurasi and 3. David Robinson...... 158 games Candace Parker. 4. ...... 179 games 5. Alonzo Mourning...... 186 games PLAYER (Year) PPG APG 5. Shawn Bradley...... 186 games Diana Taurasi (2013) 20.3 6.2 7. Margo Dydek (WNBA)...... 189 games Skylar Diggins-Smith (2018) 17.9 6.2 8. Brittney Griner...... 193 games Candace Parker (2015) 19.4 6.3 9. ...... 197 games * Provided by Elias Sports Bureau 3,000-1,000-200 CLUB: Through 21 games of the ** The NBA began tracking blocks in 1973-74 season 2020 WNBA season, Skylar Diggins-Smith has tallied 3,058 career points, 919 assists and 245 steals in 189 games. She could be on pace to become the WNBA JAM: Mercury center Brittney Griner has 19th player in WNBA history to reach 3,000 career recorded 12 regular-season dunks over her 224- points, 1,000 assists and 200 setals this season (Diana game career....dunked in her 204th career game on Taurasi, Sue Bird, Candace Parker, and August 10, 2019 vs. Dallas, 187th career game on are only active players to have June 14, 2019 vs. Los Angeles, 138th career game reached such numbers). No player has reached such on July 12, 2017 vs. Atlanta, 133rd career game a milestone in fewer than 200 career games played. on June 23, 2017 at Seattle, 115th career game on Additionally, in the Mercury's win on September 1 September 2, 2016 at Connecticut, 86th career game against Las Vegas, Diggins-Smith reached 500 career on September 11, 2015 vs. Los Angeles, 82nd career rebounds, becoming the fastest player in WNBA game on August 28, 2015 at Washington, 64th career hisotry to 2,500 career points, 500 rebounds, 800 game on July 5, 2015 at Los Angeles, 47th career assists and 200 steals (185 career games). Previous game on July 15, 2014 vs. Washington, her 43rd record holder was Cappie Pondexter in190 games. career game on July 6, 2014 at Los Angeles and twice ATOP THE SPORTS WORLD: Since 2007, the Phoenix in her May 27, 2013 WNBA debut vs. Chicago making Mercury has appeared in the WNBA Semifinals/ her the first player in WNBA history to dunk twice in Conference Finals 10 times, the most in the league one game…..the rest of the WNBA combined enters during such span. It ties for the most Semifinals/ the 2019 season with a total of three dunks (Elias Conference Finals appearances in pro sports since Sports Bureau)…..Griner also dunked in Game 2 of 2007. the Western Conference Finals at Los Angeles on August 24, 2014, at the WNBA All-Star Game on July TEAM LEAGUE APPEARANCES 19, 2014 in Phoenix, at the WNBA All-Star Game on T-1. Phoenix Mercury WNBA 10 July 25, 2015 in Connecticut and dunked three times T-1. Patriots NFL 10 at the WNBA All-Star game on July 27, 2019 in Las T-3. WNBA 7 T-3. Minnesota Lynx WNBA 7 Vegas. T-5. NBA 6 T-5. Los Angeles Dodgers MLB 6 Regular Season Dunks in WNBA History T-5. Spurs NBA 6 Brittney Griner...... 12 4TH QUARTER SPECIALISTS: In 2016, the Phoenix Candace Parker...... 2 Mercury finished the season 12-7 when leading at Lisa Leslie...... 1 the end of the 3rd quarter. Since then, the Mercury is a combined 53-3 when leading entering the 4th TWO-OF-THREE: With the addition of Skylar Diggins- Smith, the Mercury's back court now feature two of quarter over the last three seaons. the best guards in the WNBA. Diggins-Smith and Diana Taurasi make up two of the only three players 2017: 15-0 in WNBA history to rank in the top-20 in both career 2018: 19-2 points and assists per game (Cynthia Cooper). 2019: 10-1 2020: 9-0 PLAYER PPG RANK APG RANK Diana Taurasi 19.6 (5th) 4.3 (15th) *It ranks as the best record in the WNBA since 2017 Skylar Diggins-Smith 16.0 (19th) 4.9 (7th) when entering the 4th quarter with the lead. Cynthia Cooper 21.0 (1st) 4.9 (8th)

Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com 7 PHOENIX MERCURY NEWS AND NOTES Phoenix Record vs. Western Conference Foes *In the Mercury's first five games of the season, Bria Opponent 2012-13 2014-20 Hartley totaled 91 points off the bench, which is the Los Angeles...... 2-7 (.222) 9-13 (.409) most points by a player off the bench through the first Minnesota...... 0-9 (.000) 7-16 (.304) five games of a season in WNBA history. San Antonio/Las Vegas.... 4-5 (.444) 17-5 (.773) Seattle...... 1-8 (.111) 14-9 (.609) PLAYER DATE POINTS Tulsa/Dallas...... 6-2 (.750) 14-12 (.538) 1. Bria Hartley 2020 91 Totals...... 13-31 (.295) 55-44 (.556) 2. 2011 86 3. 2008 85 100 CLUB: With the Mercury’s win in Minneosta on June 1, 2018 Mercury head coach Sandy Brondello BRIA'S BREAKOUT SEASON: Prior to a knee injury on recorded her 100th-career win as a WNBA head August 28, Bria Hartley's stellar play this season had coach. Brondello became the 15th coach in league made her a leading candidate for the league's Most history to reach 100 career wins, and was the 7th- Improved Player of the Year award, as well as Sixth fasted to the milestone. Woman of the Year. Hartley is averaging career highs in scoring (15.4 ppg), assists (4.8 rpg) and steals (1.3 Fastest WNBA Coaches to 100 Career Wins spg), while shooting a career high from three-point 1. ...... 124 games range (37.5 percent). Having entered this season with 2. ...... 125 games two 20+ point games (both in 2014), she has tallied 3. ...... 143 games four this season, three of which came off the bench. 4. ...... 159 games 5. ...... 165 games STAT 2020 2019 CAREER 6. ...... 169 games Points/Gm 14.6* 9.8 8.3 7. Sandy Brondello...... 176 games Rebounds/GM 2.9 3.2 2.3 Assists/Gm 4.5* 3.2 2.8 COACHING STAFF: Mercury head coach Sandy Steals/Gm 1.2* 0.8 ix0.7 Brondello returns for her seventh year with the FG% .420* .376 .385 Mercury...Brondello was signed to a multi-year 3-Point% .385* .329 .330 contract following the 2016 season on October 13, 20-point Games 4* 0 6 2016....Brondello is assisted by Julie Hairgrove (16th season), the longest tenured assistant coach in the * Denotes career high WNNBA, and former WNBA player Chasity Melvin (1st season)...The Mercury also afeature Zach O'Brien BREEZY'S BREAKOUT SEASON: Coming off an to its staff as Player Development Coach. Brondello impressive rookie season in which she was named has a career record of 145-114 as head coach in the to the WNBA All-Rookie Team, Brianna Turner WNBA and a 131-94 record with the Mercury as head has only continued to improved and is a leading coach, the winningest coach in franchise history. candidate for this year's Defensive Player of the Year Additionally, she has the most playoff wins by a coach award. After tallying just eight blocks in the first 12 in Mercury history with 17. In the Mercury's win on games of the season, Turner swatted 35 shots in the August 4, 2020 againt Atlanta, Brondello moved into final 10 games of the regular season and averaged 10th place on the WNBA's all-time wins list with 135 12.6 rebounds and 3.5 blocks over those past nine career wins. games, while always guarding the team's best post player. She ranked 2nd in the league in blocks per BRIA'S BIG NIGHT: Mercury guard Bria Hartley game (2.0) and 2nd in total blocks this season with finished with a career game in the Mercury's loss 43. Additionally, Turner ranked 2nd in the league in to the Fever on July 29, matching her then career field goal percentage at 57.9 percent shooting this high in scoring (26) to go along with five assists off summer and 3rd in the league in total rebounds (198). the bench. Hartley's 26 points on the night tied as the second-most points by a Mercury player off the STAT LAST 10 GAMES FIRST 12 GAMES bench in franchise history. Total Rebounds 126 71 Total Blocks 35 8 MERCURY ALL-TIME SCORING OFF THE BENCH Rebounds/GM 12.6 5.9 PLAYER DATE POINTS Blocks/GM 3.5 0.7 DeWanna Bonner 6/18/18 38 Bria Hartley 7/29/20 26 BREEZY BOARDS: In the Mercury's game against DeWanna Bonner 6/21/16 26 Connecticut on September 9, Brianna Turner set a franchise record for rebounds in a game, grabbing Plenette Pierson 7/15/03 26 21 boards in the win. The 21 boards marked the first 6/2/01 26 8 Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com PHOENIX MERCURY NEWS AND NOTES time a Mercury player reached 20 in a game and she MERCURY'S BEST RECORD OVER FINAL 9 GAMES: was three shy of matching the WNBA record of 24 in YEAR RECORD a game. 2006 8-1 MERCURY SINGLE-GAME REBOUNDING LEADERS: 2020 7-2 1998 7-2 PLAYER DATE POINTS 2007 7-2 Brianna Turner 9/9/20 21 2014 7-2 Candice Dupree 9/3/11 19 NEW FACES WITH THE MERCURY: Following a busy 6 Times --- 18 free agency period, the Mercury feature several new faces on this year's squad. Of the 10-player roster in TURNER'S REBOUNDING RECORDS: In addition to Phoenix, 50 percent of last year's squad remains in setting the franchise record for rebounds in a game Diana Taurasi, Brittney Griner, Alanna Smith, Sophie this season, Brianna Turner set the franchise record Cunningham and Brianna Turner. New to this year's for rebounds per game in a season at 9.0 rpg. The team is Skylar Diggins-Smith (aquired in a trade with previous marks was 8.2 rpg by Candice Dupree in Dallas), Kia Vaughn (signed as a free agent), Bria 2011. Additionally, over the course of the final 10 Hartley (signed as a free agent), Nia Coffey (aquired games of the season, Turner set several franchise in a three-team trade from Atlanta) and Shatori rebounding records for toal rebounds of a span of Walker-Kimbrough (aquired in a trade on draft night 2-10 games. from New York). Additionally, the Mercury aquired Jessica Breland in the same trade as Coffey, however MERCURY SINGLE-SEASON REBOUNDS PER GAME LEADERS: Breland will miss the 2020 season after receiving a PLAYER SEASON RPG medical exemption. 1. Brianna Turner 2020 9.0 2. Candice Dupree 2011 8.2 THE SECOND SEASON: The Phoenix Mercury 3. Brittney Griner 2015 8.1 enter the 2020 WNBA Playoffs with an all-time postseason record of 41-33 (.554).....the Mercury is one of five teams in WNBA history with 30 or more TURNER'S TOTAL REBOUNDS SPANNING 2-10 GAMES: playoff wins and one-of-four teams in WNBA history SPAN OF GAMES/DATES TOTAL REBOUNDS FRANCHISE RANK with three or more championships (, 4; 2, 9/1-9/3 32 T-1st Minnesota, 4; , 3; Los Angeles, 3).....Phoenix 3, 9/5-9/9 42 2nd qualified for the postseson for the 15th time this 4, 9/3-9/9 54 T-1st season and is one of three WNBA franchises in 5, 9/1-9/9 67 1st history with 15 or more playoff appearances. 6, 8/30-9/9 82 1st 7, 8/20-9/11 93 1st 8, 8/23-9/9 106 1st Playoff Appearances, 9, 8/23-9/11 117 1st WNBA Playoff History 10, 8/21-9/11 126 1st Team (Championships) Appearances (3)...... 20 (2)...... 16 BREEZY BLOCKS: This season, the Mercury is Phoenix Mercury (3)...... 15 teaming up with ABUS for the second installment (0)...... 15 of the 'Brianna Blocks' promotion. For every Indiana Fever (1)...... 13 'Breezy' has this season, ABUS will donate $50 to the (1)...... 13 Arizona Human Society to provide impactful funds ...... 13 to continue the nonprofit’s mission to save the most vulnerable animals across the Valley and help enrich MERC PLAYOFFS: The Mercury clinched its franchise- the lives of pets and people. In the promotion's record eighth consecutive playoff berth this season. first season last year, ABUS donated $3,000 to the It will be Phoenix’s 12th playoff appearance in last 14 Arizona Humane Society as part of 'BG Blocks' seasons and the 15th in the franchise’s 24-year history. : Over the last nine games of the FINISHING STRONG : Shey Peddy was the hero of the regular season, the Mercury finished 7-2. It ranks tied PEDDY'S BIG NIGHT for second as the best record i franchise history over night in the Mercury's 85-84 win over the Washington the final nine games of the season. Mystics on September 15, knocking down a three- pointer from the corner as time expired to seal the win and advance Phoenix into the second round of the WNBA playoffs. Peddy, who was initially signed to a Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com 9 seven-day contract by the Mercury on August 19 after being waived by the Washington Mystics, came off the bench to finish with 12 points, 4 rebounds and3 steals. It marked the 11th time in WNBA history a player has come off the bench in the WNBA postseason and finished with at least such numbers, and the first time in Mercury franchise history (h/t Across The Timeline).

PEDDY'S JOURNEY: Shey Peddy has had quite the journey up to her game-winning shot last night. Below is a timeline of her WNBA career (h/t Lindsay Gibbs, @ linzsports)

- Drafted 23rd-overall in the 2012 WNBA Draft - Cut from the in 2012 - Invited to the Washington Mystics' training camp in 2013, but cut before season - Invited to the Washington Mystics' training camp in 2019, but cut before season - Signed as a replacement player for the Washington Mystics in 2019 when players left to go overseas and participate in Eurobasket play - Made her WNBA debut with the Mystics at the age of 30 during 2019 WNBA season - Cut by the Mystics when players returned from Eurobasket play - Hired by the Washington Mystics for the remainder of the 2019 WNBA season as a coach, where the team went on to win the WNBA Championship - Signed by the Washington Mystics in 2020 as a player inside the WNBA bubble - Waived by the Washington Mystics in Mid-August, 2020 - Signed by the Mercury to a seven-day contract on August 19, 2020, then to a another seven-day contract a week later by Phoenix - Signed to a rest-of-the-season contact by the Mercury on September 2, 2020 - September 15, 2020: appears in her first career playoff game as a player, finishing with 12 points, 4 rebounds and 3 steals, the 11th time in WNBA postseason history a player has recorded such numbers off the bench in a playoff game and the first time in franchise history. She knocks down the game- winning three-pointer as time expires to eliminate her former team, the Mystics.

10 Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com Sandy Brondello HEAD COACH

SEVENTH SEASON AS HEAD COACH OF PHOENIX

Veteran WNBA player, coach and former Australian Olympian Sandy Brondello (braun-DELL-oh) was named the ninth head coach in franchise history on November 15, 2013. Brondello also serves as the team’s vice president of player personnel. On October 13, 2016, the Mercury signed Brondello to a multi-year contract extension. Known for her intense preparation for each opponent, Brondello has compiled an overall regular season record of 131-95 in her first seven seasons with the Mercury, ranking her first on the all-time wins list as a Mercury coach. Additionally, Brondello has compiled a 18-13 postseason record at the helm of the Mercury, ranking her as the winningest coach in franchise history in the postseason. She was named the 2014 WNBA Coach of the Year marking the first time a Mercury coach picked up the honor. She led the team to a WNBA regular season-record 29 wins and capped the season with a WNBA Championship. An 15-year veteran of the WNBA coaching ranks, Brondello has been affiliated with the league for 21 of the league’s 24 seasons, including her time as a player. A proven winner internationally and in the WNBA, her 15 total years as an assistant coach and head coach have featured 11 playoff appearances, including seven semifinals round berths (formerly conference finals), the 2014 WNBA Championship and a spot in the 2008 WNBA Finals. Brondello joins the Mercury after serving as lead assistant coach for the Los Angeles Sparks (2011-13) under 2012 WNBA Coach of the Year . Brondello led the San Antonio Silver Stars to a 2010 playoff berth in her lone season at the helm following five seasons on the Silver Stars bench as an assistant under (2005-09), the third-winningest coach in league WNBA Head Coaching Record history. A 2010 inductee into the Australian Basketball Hall of Year Team Record Pct. Fame, Brondello was named the 11th head coach for the 2010 San Antonio 14-20 .412 Australian Women’s National Basketball team on April 2014 Phoenix 29-5 .853 17, 2017. While she continues to serve in her role as head 2015 Phoenix 20-14 .588 coach for the Mercury, Brondello will spend her off seasons 2016 Phoenix 16-18 .471 preparing the Aussies for a trip to the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Most recently, Brondello led the Australian National 2017 Phoenix 18-16 .529 Team to the gold medal in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, 2018 Phoenix 20-14 .588 finishing with a perfect 5-0 in the games and winning by an 2019 Phoenix 15-19 .441 average of 53 points per game. 2020 Phoenix 13-9 .591 During the WNBA offseason, Brondello used to serve as an assistant coach with Russian League team UMMC Career Total 145-115 .558 Ekaterinburg. Now the Mercury’s head of player personnel, Phoenix’s pro scouting efforts are buoyed by Brondello’s knowledge of and exposure to overseas talent. Brondello finished a stellar 17-year professional playing career with a five-year run in the WNBA in which she played for Detroit (1998-99), (2001-02) and Seattle (2003), and was named a 1999 WNBA All-Star. She began her career with the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) in Australia (1986-96), and was named the league MVP in 1995. The 5-7 guard was a 10-time German Cup champion while playing with BTV Wuppertal (1992-2002), a three-time European Cup All-Star selection (1994, 1996, 1997), and the 1996 European Cup MVP when she led her team to the title. An 18-year member of the Australian National Team, Brondello is a four-time Olympian, a two-time silver medalist (2000, 2004) and was named the 1992 Australian International Player of the Year. In her time with the national team, she was a teammate of former Mercury forward, and current Director of Player Performance for Phoenix, . Brondello is married to Olaf Lange, who is an assitant coach for the Chicago Sky, and the couple has two children, Brody and Jayda.

SANDY BRONDELLO CAREER WNBA REGULAR SEASON STATS FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS POINTS Year-Team G MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS PPG 1998/Detroit 30 993 157 367 .428 16 44 .364 96 104 .923 18 69 87 98 58 0 38 64 1 426 14.2 1999/Detroit 32 1002 152 347 .438 37 76 .487 83 98 .847 29 37 66 73 75 0 25 75 5 424 13.3 2001/Miami 29 850 142 344 .413 26 66 .394 57 70 .814 10 40 50 63 36 0 28 36 4 367 12.7 2002/Miami 30 763 97 266 .365 14 44 .318 55 67 .821 7 34 41 46 40 0 26 40 4 263 8.8 2003/Seattle 34 975 117 282 .415 21 48 .438 25 31 .806 19 37 56 69 37 0 31 37 4 280 8.2 TOTALS 155 4583 665 1606 .414 114 278 .410 316 370 .854 83 217 300 349 252 0 148 252 16 1760 11.4

Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com 11 #10 Nia Coffey 6-1 • 182 • Forward • Northwestern, ‘17 • Saint Paul, MN Fourth WNBA Season • Acquired by Phoenix from Atlanta in a trade on February 19, 2020

CAREER PLAYOFFS HISTORY - Did not appear in the Mercury's playoff win over the Mystics, due to a foot injury - This marks her first postseason run in her fourth year in the WNBA

2020 WNBA REGULAR SEASON - Averaged 2.7 points (42.1 FG%, 33.3 3PT%) and 2.5 rebounds in 15.3 minutes in 15 games (one start)... Her field goal percentage was the best in one season in her career - Missed the last two regular season Mercury games due to a foot injury... She missed six games on the season due to injury, four with a hand injury and two with a foot injury - Had one double-digit scoring game, dropping 10 points on 4-of-7 shooting, including 2-of-3 from distance, adding a season-high six rebounds in a season-high 24 minutes at the Wings on Aug. 10... Marked her first 10+ point game since July 21, 2019, while with Atlanta

PROFESSIONAL/COLLEGIATE CAREER - Has averaged 3.8 points (35.2 3PT%) and 2.4 rebounds in 12.4 minutes in 98 WNBA games (18 starts) - Is in her fourth WNBA season, having also played for Atlanta (2019) and Las Vegas/San Antonio (2017-18) - Acquired by Phoenix on Feb. 19 from Atlanta in a three-team trade also involving Connecticut - Drafted by San Antonio with the fifth overall pick in the 2017 WNBA Draft - Appeared in 28 games for Atlanta last season, starting in six of them... Averaged 5.0 points and a career-best 2.8 rebounds in 13.9 minutes of action last season - Spent this past offseason playing briefly for Cukurova in ... Averaged 14.5 points, 9.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists in six games - Was a four-year standout at Northwestern University where she was named to the All-Big Ten First Team in all four seasons - Finished her collegiate career at Northwestern as the program's career leader in rebounds, field goal attempts, free throws made and attempted... Finished second in scoring and blocks - Became the fifth player in Big Ten women's basketball history with 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds in a career

PERSONAL - Both Nia and her brother, , have played for their respective WNBA and NBA teams on the same day four times this year (Aug. 6, 12, 14, 21)... Amir plays for the - Daughter of Sheba and - Father, Richard, played one season in the NBA with the ... Sister, Sydney, played basketball at Marist Col- lege... Brother, Amir, played basketball at Minnesota and is currently a member of the Los Angeles Clippers on a Two-Way contract

12 Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com #10 Nia Coffey 6-1 • 182 • Forward • Northwestern, ‘17 • Saint Paul, MN Fourth WNBA Season • Acquired by Phoenix from Atlanta in a trade on February 19, 2020 MIN FG-FGA 3PM-3PA FT-FTA ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS 2020 TOTALS 230 16 - 38 7 - 21 1 - 6 5 32 37 12 5 5 7 30 40 2020 AVG. 15.3 42.1 33.3 16.7 0.3 2.1 2.5 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.5 2.0 2.7 CAREER TOTALS 1215 131 - 373 31 - 88 82 - 138 66 165 231 47 33 30 80 165 375 CAREER AVG. 12.4 35.1 35.2 59.4 0.7 1.7 2.4 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.8 1.7 3.8 ------PLAYOFFS TOTALS ------PLAYOFFS AVG. ------2020 GAME-BY-GAME GAME MIN FG FGA FG% 3FM 3FA 3FG% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB REB AST TO STL BLK PF PTS Start/Bench W/L H/R 7/25 vs. LA 9 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 Start L H 7/29 at IND 13 1 1 1.000 0 0 0.0 0 2 0.0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 Bench L R 7/31 vs. LV 12 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 Bench W H 8/2 at NY 13 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 2 0.0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 Bench W R 8/4 at ATL 15 0 3 0.0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Bench W R 8/6 vs. CHI 14 1 2 .500 0 0 0.0 1 2 .500 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 4 3 Bench W H 8/8 at SEA 19 2 5 .400 1 3 .333 0 0 0.0 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 2 5 Bench L R 8/10 at DAL 24 4 7 .571 2 3 .667 0 0 0.0 0 6 6 1 0 0 0 1 10 Bench W R 8/12 at CHI 21 1 1 1.000 1 1 1.000 0 0 0.0 0 3 3 1 1 1 0 2 3 Bench L R 8/14 vs. ATL 18 0 2 0.0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 Bench W H 8/16 vs. DAL 15 3 5 .600 2 4 .500 0 0 0.0 0 3 3 2 0 0 2 0 8 Bench L H 8/19 at LA 16 2 3 .667 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 2 4 Bench L R 8/21 vs. MIN 8 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 Bench L H 8/23 at WAS ***DND - Injury/Illness - Hand*** 8/28 vs. WAS ***DND - Injury/Illness - Hand*** 8/30 at MIN ***DND - Injury/Illness - Hand*** 9/1 at LV ***DND - Injury/Illness - Hand*** 9/3 vs. IND ***DNP - Coach's Decision*** 9/5 vs. NY 10 0 2 0.0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 Bench W H 9/7 vs. CON 22 2 4 .500 1 2 .500 0 0 0.0 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 2 5 Bench L H 9/9 at CON ***DND - Injury/Illness - Foot*** 9/11 vs. SEA ***DND - Injury/Illness - Foot*** ------9/15 vs. WAS ***DND - Injury/Illness - Foot*** CAREER-HIGHS PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE Minutes 32 05/22/2018 LV @ WAS PLAYOFF GAMES: None Field Goals 8 05/27/2018 SEA @ LV FINALS GAMES: None Field Goal Attempts 14 06/19/2018 LV @ SEA None Three-Point Field Goals 3 06/23/2019 WAS @ ATL CHAMPIONSHIPS: Three-Point Attempts 7 06/23/2019 WAS @ ATL Free Throws 7 06/01/2018 WAS @ LV (Twice) Free Throw Attempts 10 05/20/2018 LV @ CT Offensive Rebounds 3 05/31/2019 SEA @ ATL (4 times) Defensive Rebounds 9 06/17/2018 PHO @ LV Total Rebounds 12 06/17/2018 PHO @ LV Assists 6 06/03/2018 LV @ CHI Steals 2 08/29/2019 PHO @ ATL (4 times) Turnovers 4 06/17/2018 PHO @ LV Blocks 2 08/16/2020 DAL @ PHO (Twice) Points 23 05/27/2018 SEA @ LV PLAYOFF CAREER-HIGHS None

Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com 13 #9 Sophie Cunningham 6-1 • 170 • Guard • Missouri, '19 • columbia, mo Second WNBA Season • Selected 13th overall by Phoenix in the 2019 WNBA Draft

CAREER PLAYOFFS HISTORY - Played eight minutes in the win over the Mystics on Tuesday, securing one - Has helped the Mercury make the playoffs for the second straight year - In her lone playoff game in her rookie year, she tallied three points (1-1 FG, 1-1 3PT) in eight minutes against the Chicago Sky in the first round of the 2019 WNBA Playoffs

2020 WNBA REGULAR SEASON - Averaged 5.0 points (88.0 FT%) and 1.0 rebounds in 18.8 minutes in 21 games (11 starts)... Her scoring average was the best in one season in her career - Played some of her best basketball in the last four games of the season, averaging 8.3 points and 2.5 rebounds... She posted two double-digit scoring games over her last four contests after not scoring 10+ points in a game since Aug. 12 - Had four double-digit scoring games on the year, surpassing the number of such games she had in her rookie year (three) - Earned the start in 11 of her 21 games played... Mercury went 7-4 this year when she started and 5-5 when she came off the bench - Had the best plus-minus on the team and the 22nd best plus-minus in the WNBA at +75 - Scored a season-high 15 points on 4-of-7 shooting, including 3-of-5 from beyond the arc, against the Sky on Aug. 12

PROFESSIONAL/COLLEGIATE CAREER - Has averaged 3.8 points (88.1 FT%) and 1.3 rebounds in 14.8 minutes in 53 WNBA games (16 starts) - Is in her second WNBA season, both with the Mercury - Selected 13th overall by Phoenix in the 2019 WNBA Draft - Appeared in 32 of the Mercury's 34 games last season, starting in five of them - Last season she became just the second rookie in franchise history to shoot over 88 percent from the free throw line during a rookie season (min. 30 attempts), joining Bridget Pettis (1997) - Had her 2019 breakout game against Indiana on June 28, scoring a career-high 19 points on 5-of-6 shooting, 3-of-3 from deep, 6-of- 7 from the stripe... It was the seventh ever game in franchise history a player scored at least 19 points and made every attempt from beyond the arc (min. 3 attempts) - Led all rookies in free-throw percentage in 2019, shooting 88.2 percent (30-of-34) from the charity stripe - Recorded a career high six rebounds in her first career start on July 5 against New York last season - Played for the Boomers in Australia’s WNBA during the 2019-2020 WNBA offseason...averaged 11.6 points, 3.6 re- bounds and 2.3 assists per game…shot 57 percent from the field (57-of-100), 33.7 percent from three-point range (29-of-86) and 89.6 percent from the free throw line (43-of-48) - Finished four-year career at Missouri with career averages of 17.0 points on 50.1 percent shooting (40.3 3PT%), 5.4 rebounds and 3.0 assists - Led the program to four straight NCAA appearances after Missouri missed 10 straight appearances to the “Big Dance” - Ranks No. 8 in Missouri all-time scoring (1,563 points)... No. 4 in career 3-pointers made (153)... No. 4 in PPG (16.6)… No. 5 in free- throws made (386)… No. 3 in three-point percentage (.404)… No. 3 in free-throw percentage (.839)… No. 8 in field goal percentage (.508)

PERSONAL - Favorite WNBA player growing up was Diana Taurasi - Sister, Lindsey, also played basketball at Missouri… Mother (track and field), father (football) aunt (basketball), uncle (football) and grandfather (football) all played at Missouri

14 Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com #9 Sophie Cunningham 6-1 • 170 • Guard • Missouri, '19 • columbia, mo Second WNBA Season • Selected 13th overall by Phoenix in the 2019 WNBA Draft MIN FG-FGA 3PM-3PA FT-FTA ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS 2020 TOTALS 396 35 - 91 12 - 51 22 - 25 9 13 22 16 11 3 15 46 104 2020 AVG. 18.9 38.5 23.5 88.0 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.1 0.7 2.2 5.0 CAREER TOTALS 785 63 - 170 26 - 97 52 - 59 15 52 67 41 22 7 35 99 204 CAREER AVG. 14.8 37.1 26.8 88.1 0.3 1.0 1.3 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.7 1.9 3.8 ------PLAYOFFS TOTALS 16 1 - 2 1 - 2 0 - 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 PLAYOFFS AVG. 8.0 50.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.5 2020 GAME-BY-GAME GAME MIN FG FGA FG% 3FM 3FA 3FG% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB REB AST TO STL BLK PF PTS Start/Bench W/L H/R 7/25 vs. LA 15 2 4 .500 1 3 .333 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 5 Bench L H 7/29 at IND 17 1 4 .250 1 2 .500 2 2 1.000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 Bench L R 7/31 vs. LV 19 4 6 .667 0 0 0.0 3 3 1.000 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 5 11 Start W H 8/2 at NY 22 1 1 1.000 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 5 2 Start W R 8/4 at ATL 19 1 4 .250 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 2 Start W R 8/6 vs. CHI 18 1 2 .500 1 2 .500 0 0 0.0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 Start W H 8/8 at SEA 26 1 6 .167 0 3 0.0 7 8 .875 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 9 Start L R 8/10 at DAL 14 1 3 .333 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 2 Start W R 8/12 at CHI 23 4 7 .571 3 5 .600 4 6 .667 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 15 Start L R 8/14 vs. ATL 19 1 5 .200 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 Start W H 8/16 vs. DAL 13 1 3 .333 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 Start L H 8/19 at LA 16 2 3 .667 1 1 1.000 1 1 1.000 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 6 Start L R 8/21 vs. MIN 18 0 2 0.0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 Bench L H 8/23 at WAS 12 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Bench W R 8/28 vs. WAS 17 1 5 .200 0 4 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 2 Bench W H 8/30 at MIN 16 1 3 .333 1 3 .333 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 Bench W R 9/1 at LV 10 1 1 1.000 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 Start W R 9/3 vs. IND ***DND - Injury/Illness - Hip*** 9/5 vs. NY 24 4 10 .400 2 6 .333 0 0 0.0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 2 10 Bench W H 9/7 vs. CON 24 3 5 .600 1 2 .500 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 9 Bench L H 9/9 at CON 23 2 6 .333 0 4 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 4 Bench W R 9/11 vs. SEA 32 3 11 .273 1 7 .143 3 3 1.000 2 3 5 2 1 0 0 3 10 Bench L H ------9/15 vs. WAS 8 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bench W H CAREER-HIGHS PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE Minutes 32 09/11/2020 SEA @ PHO PLAYOFF GAMES: 2 Field Goals 5 06/28/2019 IND @ PHO FINALS GAMES: None Field Goal Attempts 11 09/11/2020 SEA @ PHO (Twice) None Three-Point Field Goals 3 08/12/2020 PHO @ CHI (Twice) CHAMPIONSHIPS: Three-Point Attempts 7 09/11/2020 SEA @ PHO Free Throws 7 08/08/2020 PHO @ SEA Free Throw Attempts 8 08/08/2020 PHO @ SEA Offensive Rebounds 2 09/11/2020 SEA @ PHO (Twice) Defensive Rebounds 5 07/05/2019 NY @ PHO Total Rebounds 6 07/05/2019 NY @ PHO Assists 3 08/28/2020 WAS @ PHO (Twice) Steals 2 08/08/2020 PHO @ SEA (3 times) Turnovers 3 07/31/2020 LV @ PHO (Twice) Blocks 1 09/05/2020 NY @ PHO (7 times) Points 19 06/28/2019 IND @ PHO PLAYOFF CAREER-HIGHS Minutes 8 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO (Twice) Field Goals 1 09/11/2019 PHO @ CHI Field Goal Attempts 1 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO (Twice) Three-Point Field Goals 1 09/11/2019 PHO @ CHI Three-Point Attempts 1 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO (Twice) Free Throws --- Free Throw Attempts 2 09/11/2019 PHO @ CHI Offensive Rebounds --- Defensive Rebounds 1 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Total Rebounds 1 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Assists --- Steals --- Turnovers --- Blocks --- Points 3 09/11/2019 PHO @ CHI Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com 15 #4 Skylar Diggins-Smith 5-9 • 145 • Guard • Notre Dame, '13 • South Bend, IN Seventh WNBA Season • Acquired by Phoenix in a trade with Dallas on February 12, 2020

CAREER PLAYOFFS HISTORY - Scored a team-high 24 points (3-8 3PT, 7-8 FT), to go with six rebounds, five assists and a in 38 minutes in the Mercury's win on Tuesday... She earned playoff career-highs in points, rebounds, steals, three-point makes, free throw makes and minutes... With Diana Taurasi tallying 23 points (4-8 3PT), six assists and four rebounds, the two players are the first set of teammates in WNBA play- offs history with 20+ points, 5+ assists and 3+ 3PM in the same game - Has scored 20+ points in two straight playoff games... Over her last two playoff games, she has averaged 23.5 points (13-14 FT), 6.0 assists and 5.0 rebounds - Has made the playoffs in her third straight year after missing out on the postseason her first four years - In her second playoff game, on Aug. 21, 2018, with Dallas at Phoenix, she posted a team-high 23 points on 8-of-19 shooting, a team-high seven assists, and four rebounds in 38 minutes in the 101-83 Mercury win - In her first playoff game with Dallas at Washington on Sept. 6, 2017, she tallied 15 points, three assists and two rebounds

2020 WNBA REGULAR SEASON RECOGNIZED o Was named the WNBA’s Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of Aug. 31 through Sept. 6. It marked her fourth career honor and her first as a member of the Mercury. In the week, she averaged 26.0 points, 5.7 rebounds and 5.3 assists in three games.

END-OF-SEASON TRENDS o Scored a season-high 33 points on 12-of-22 shooting, to go with six assists and two steals, against the Sun on Sept. 9. It was the tied-ninth highest scoring game in the WNBA this season and her highest scoring game since June 8, 2018 (35 points, DAL @ IND) o Had two 30+ point games on the year, the tied-2nd most such games in the WNBA o Lost a season-long streak of scoring 15+ points at SEVEN consecutive games. She last had a seven-game 15+ point streak from May 26 through June 19, 2018 o Scored 20 or more in a season-high FIVE consecutive games from Aug. 28 through Sept. 5, her longest such stretch since her career-best streak of six straight from July 5-25, 2017 (with Dallas) o LAST EIGHT (6-2 record): Averaged 22.3 points on 45.6 percent shooting (57/125), 38.9 percent from three (21/54), 91.5 percent from the line (43/47)… 2.6 3FGM/game, 5.9 FTAs/game o 20 or more in SEVEN of TEN, EIGHT OF TWELVE

- Leading candidate for Comeback Player of the Year after missing the entire 2019 season due to the birth of her and husband Daniel’s first child - One of only three players in the WNBA who averaged 16+ points (17.7) and 4+ assists (4.2)... Diana Taurasi and were the others

DYNAMIC DUO - Diggins-Smith and Diana Taurasi were the highest scoring duo in the WNBA (36.4) o 36.4 – Phoenix (Taurasi, Diggins-Smith) o 35.9 – Dallas (Ogunbowale, Gray) o 35.2 – Seattle (Stewart, Loyd) o 35.2 – Connecticut (Bonner, Thomas) o 34.9 – Vegas (Wilson, McCoughtry) - Diggins-Smith and Taurasi combined for the most made threes of any teammates (107) o 107 – Phoenix (Taurasi, Diggins-Smith) o 100 – Indiana (K. Mitchell, Allemand) - Diggins-Smith and Taurasi were the first pair of teammates each ranked in the top-4 in total threes made since 2004 and just the third pair of teammates all-time o 2004 – Phoenix; Anna Deforge (1st), Diana Taurasi (4th) o 1998 – Houston; Cynthia Cooper (1st), Tina Thompson (2nd), (3rd) - Diggins-Smith (6) had the most 20-point, 5- games in the WNBA this season, with Taurasi (5) barely trailing her teammate

SCORING: o 7th in the WNBA in scoring o Team-high 10 20-point games, tied-third-most in the WNBA (Ogunbowale-15, Wilson-15, Bonner-10, Stewart-10) o Phoenix was 8-2 (.800) when Diggins-Smith scored 20 or more

ASSISTS: o 10th in the WNBA in assists – the Mercury had two players in the top 10 (Taurasi)… LA and WAS only others with two 16 Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com #4 Skylar Diggins-Smith 5-9 • 145 • Guard • Notre Dame, '13 • South Bend, IN Seventh WNBA Season • Acquired by Phoenix in a trade with Dallas on February 12, 2020 THREES/FREE THROWS: o Tied-4th in the WNBA in 3FGM (46) o 17th in the WNBA in 3FG% (39.7), second-highest percentage of career (44.8, 2015) o 107 combined 3FGM by Diggins (46) and Taurasi (61) was more than the entire Las Vegas Aces (93) o 6th most FTM (90), 8th most FTA (100), 6th best percentage (90.0)

MILESTONES: o In her 187th career game (Sept. 5 vs. NY), became the fastest player in WNBA history to 3,000 career points, 900 assists and 500 rebounds. No other player had done so in fewer than 200 games (previous fastest was 209). o In her 185th career game (Sept. 1 at LV), became the fastest player in WNBA history to 2500 points, 800 assists, 500 rebounds, 200 steals (Pondexter – 190 games) o Aug. 30, went 11-of-11 from the line, her most makes without a miss in a game since July 8, 2014 (12) o Aug. 28, recorded the seventh game in WNBA history with at least 24 points, 6 3FGM and zero 2FGM

OTHER CAREER NOTES - Has averaged 16.1 points (85.5 FT%), 4.8 assists, 2.7 rebounds and 1.3 steals in 16.1 minutes in 190 WNBA games (177 starts) - Is in her seventh WNBA season, her first with the Mercury... She spent 2013-18 with Tulsa/Dallas... Acquired by Phoenix in a sign and trade deal with Dallas on Feb. 12, 2020... Did not play during the 2019 WNBA season - Four-time WNBA All-Star (2018, 2017, 2015, 2014)... Two-time All-WNBA First Team member (2017, 2014)... 2018 All-WNBA Second Team member... 2014 WNBA Most Improved Player - Has ranked in the top-10 in scoring, assists and steals three times each (2018, 2017, 2014) - One of only two players in the WNBA since 2013 to rank in the top-10 in both scoring and assists in the same season at least three times, joining Diana Taurasi (four times, 2018, 2016, 2014, 2013) - Became just the third player in WNBA history to average at least 17 points and six assists per game in a season during 2018 (Diana Taurasi – 2013; Candace Parker – 2015) - Averaged 20.1 points and 5.0 assists per game in 2014, becoming one of only three players in WNBA history to average at least 20 points and five - assists in the same season (Diana Taurasi – 2018 and 2013, Cynthia Cooper – 1999) - One of only three players (Diana Taurasi, Cynthia Cooper) to rank in the top-20 in both the WNBA’s all-time points and assists per game charts

PERSONAL - Was married in April of 2017 to Daniel Smith, who played football at Notre Dame - Daughter of Renee Scott and Tige Diggins and stepdaughter to Maurice Scott - Has three brothers (Destyn Diggins, Maurice Scott Jr. and Tige Diggins Jr.) an one sister (Haneefah Davis)

Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com 17 #4 Skylar Diggins-Smith 5-9 • 145 • Guard • Notre Dame, '13 • South Bend, IN Seventh WNBA Season • Acquired by Phoenix in a trade with Dallas on February 12, 2020 MIN FG-FGA 3PM-3PA FT-FTA ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS 2020 TOTALS 675 127 - 268 46 - 116 90 - 100 11 62 73 93 20 11 70 50 390 2020 AVG. 30.7 47.4 39.7 90.0 0.5 2.8 3.3 4.2 0.9 0.5 3.2 2.3 17.7 CAREER TOTALS 6020 990 - 2419 234 - 729 846 - 990 118 402 520 919 245 95 517 425 3060 CAREER AVG. 31.7 40.9 32.1 85.5 0.6 2.1 2.7 4.8 1.3 0.5 2.7 2.2 16.1 ------PLAYOFFS TOTALS 111 21 - 55 5 - 19 15 - 16 2 10 12 15 1 0 12 8 62 PLAYOFFS AVG. 37.0 38.2 26.3 93.8 0.7 3.3 4.0 5.0 0.3 0.0 4.0 2.7 20.7 2020 GAME-BY-GAME GAME MIN FG FGA FG% 3FM 3FA 3FG% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB REB AST TO STL BLK PF PTS Start/Bench W/L H/R 7/25 vs. LA 28 5 8 .625 3 5 .600 1 2 .500 0 0 0 6 3 0 0 1 14 Start L H 7/29 at IND 26 3 4 .750 2 3 .667 4 5 .800 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 4 12 Start L R 7/31 vs. LV 34 9 11 .818 4 5 .800 0 1 0.0 1 1 2 5 1 1 1 3 22 Start W H 8/2 at NY 24 2 10 .200 0 3 0.0 6 6 1.000 0 4 4 3 1 0 4 2 10 Start W R 8/4 at ATL 26 5 10 .500 0 2 0.0 2 2 1.000 1 3 4 3 2 2 0 0 12 Start W R 8/6 vs. CHI 31 5 11 .455 2 5 .400 5 5 1.000 0 2 2 3 6 2 0 5 17 Start W H 8/8 at SEA 32 4 11 .364 0 4 0.0 4 5 .800 1 6 7 4 6 3 0 4 12 Start L R 8/10 at DAL 36 7 13 .538 2 6 .333 10 10 1.000 0 5 5 7 1 1 0 1 26 Start W R 8/12 at CHI 32 6 13 .462 2 5 .400 1 2 .500 1 3 4 4 5 1 0 3 15 Start L R 8/14 vs. ATL 25 4 8 .500 3 6 .500 6 6 1.000 0 3 3 4 1 1 0 0 17 Start W H 8/16 vs. DAL 32 8 14 .571 4 8 .500 0 0 0.0 0 2 2 4 5 1 0 3 20 Start L H 8/19 at LA 30 2 9 .222 0 3 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 4 4 5 4 0 0 2 4 Start L R 8/21 vs. MIN 31 7 13 .538 2 5 .400 5 5 1.000 0 2 2 3 5 1 1 3 21 Start L H 8/23 at WAS 27 3 8 .375 1 2 .500 3 4 .750 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 2 10 Start W R 8/28 vs. WAS 35 6 12 .500 6 8 .750 6 6 1.000 0 3 3 6 1 1 1 2 24 Start W H 8/30 at MIN 35 6 15 .400 2 7 .286 11 11 1.000 1 2 3 3 6 0 0 2 25 Start W R 9/1 at LV 35 7 15 .467 3 6 .500 3 4 .750 1 5 6 7 4 1 1 4 20 Start W R 9/3 vs. IND 33 9 20 .450 2 7 .286 8 9 .889 1 3 4 8 1 0 0 1 28 Start W H 9/5 vs. NY 30 11 19 .579 2 8 .250 6 7 .857 0 7 7 1 3 0 1 2 30 Start W H 9/7 vs. CON 34 6 16 .375 3 6 .500 1 1 1.000 3 3 6 6 5 1 0 0 16 Start L H 9/9 at CON 42 12 22 .545 3 8 .375 6 7 .857 0 1 1 6 5 2 1 4 33 Start W R 9/11 vs. SEA 17 0 6 0.0 0 4 0.0 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 2 Start L H ------9/15 vs. WAS 38 7 18 .389 3 8 .375 7 8 .875 1 5 6 5 5 1 0 2 24 Start W H CAREER-HIGHS PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE Minutes 44 07/16/2017 CHI @ DAL PLAYOFF GAMES: 3 Field Goals 14 07/22/2014 TUL @ SA FINALS GAMES: None Field Goal Attempts 27 08/11/2018 DAL @ ATL None Three-Point Field Goals 7 06/23/2017 DAL @ SA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Three-Point Attempts 11 06/23/2017 DAL @ SA Free Throws 14 06/08/2018 DAL @ IND Free Throw Attempts 16 06/08/2018 DAL @ IND Offensive Rebounds 5 05/17/2014 TUL @ SA Defensive Rebounds 11 06/08/2018 DAL @ IND Total Rebounds 12 06/08/2018 DAL @ IND Assists 12 07/10/2014 MIN @ TUL Steals 6 06/22/2014 TUL @ CHI Turnovers 7 06/22/2014 TUL @ CHI (Twice) Blocks 4 08/02/2020 PHO @ NY (Twice) Points 35 06/08/2018 DAL @ IND PLAYOFF CAREER-HIGHS Minutes 38 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO (Twice) Field Goals 8 08/21/2018 DAL @ PHO Field Goal Attempts 19 08/21/2018 DAL @ PHO Three-Point Field Goals 3 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Three-Point Attempts 8 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Free Throws 7 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Free Throw Attempts 8 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Offensive Rebounds 1 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO (Twice) Defensive Rebounds 5 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Total Rebounds 6 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Assists 7 08/21/2018 DAL @ PHO Steals 1 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Turnovers 5 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO (Twice) Blocks --- Points 24 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO 18 Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com #42 Brittney Griner 6-9 • 205 • Center • Baylor, ‘13 • Houston, TX Eighth WNBA Season • Selected by Phoenix with the first overall pick in the 2013 WNBA Draft

CAREER PLAYOFFS HISTORY - Was not with team for the Mercury's win over the Mystics on Tuesday, due to personal reasons - Has made the playoffs in every year of her career with the Mercury, starting in 2013 - Has played in 34 career playoff games, averaging 16.5 points (56.2 FG%, 81.1 FT%), 6.8 rebounds and 2.4 blocks - Scored her most points in a playoff game vs. Seattle on Sept. 2, 2018, with 29 points on 12-of-18 shooting, adding 12 rebounds, tied for the most rebounds she had in a playoff game (at Tulsa on Sept. 19, 2015) - Member of the 2014 WNBA Champion Phoenix Mercury - Ranks third on the WNBA all-time postseason leaders with 82 blocks; the only active player ahead of her is Candace Parker (84) - In her first six seasons, she advanced to at least the semifinals each year - Holds the WNBA Playoff record for highest field-goal percentage in a playoff game after going a perfect 9-for-9 from the field on Aug. 24, 2014 in Game 2 of the first round vs. Los Angeles - Holds the playoff record for blocked shots in Game 1 of the Western Conference Semifinals with 11 vs. Tulsa on Sept. 17, 2015

2020 WNBA REGULAR SEASON - Averaged 17.7 points (49.7 FG%, 80.9 FT%), 7.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.8 blocks in 31.8 minutes in 12 games (all starts) - Missed the last 10 Mercury games due to personal reasons - Scored a season-high 29 points on 12-of-17 shooting, adding seven rebounds, five assists, two steals and a block against Dallas on Aug. 16... Surpassed her previous season-high of 23 points at Indiana on July 29... Was one of three players to shoot 70+ FG% on 15+ shots in a game this season (Los Angeles' , Minnesota's ) - On Aug. 14, tied her season-high in blocks at four against Atlanta, adding 14 points (5-8 FG), eight rebounds and four assists - On Aug. 12 at Chicago, surpassed current Mercury assistant coach Chasity Melvin (3,814 career points) on the WNBA's all-time scoring list at 43rd... Next on the list is No. 40 at 3,955 points... Griner is at 3,879 points - One of four players to average 17+ points and 5+ rebounds... One of three to average 1+ blocks as well - Achieved her first double-double of the season on Aug. 10, the 41st of her career... She's now one short of tying the franchise record for most career double-doubles at 42, a record held by DeWanna Bonner - Earned her third straight 20+ point game on Aug. 10 with 22 points, a season-high 13 rebounds, five assists and three blocks... She was the first to record 20+ points, 10+ rebounds, 5+ assists and 3+ blocks since ATL's Jessica Breland on July 11, 2018, at WAS - Had five 20+ point games this year, the third most such games on the team (Skylar Diggins-Smith had 10, Diana Taurasi had eight) - Before missing her first game (Aug. 21), Griner had the second most blocks in the WNBA with 22, was second in blocks per game at 1.8 bpg, had the fifth most points at 212, was seventh in scoring at 17.7 ppg, was seventh in the league in total rebounds at 90, was 10th in rebounding average at 7.5 rpg, had made the second most field goals in the WNBA (87) and played the fourth most minutes (382) - Posted a tied-team-high +29 (Sophie Cunningham, Diana Taurasi) on Aug. 2 at New York, marking her highest plus-minus in a game since June 16, 2018 (+32 vs. Connecticut on June 16, 2018) - Dished a season-high seven assists on July 31 against Las Vegas... Added 18 points and six rebounds in the win

PROFESSIONAL/COLLEGIATE CAREER - Has averaged 17.3 points (55.7 FG%, 79.9 FT%), 7.3 rebounds and 2.9 blocks in 30.6 minutes in 224 WNBA games (all starts) - Averaged 20.7 points in 2019, the only true center in WNBA history to average 20+ points in three consecutive seasons and the fourth overall player in league history to average 20+ in three straight seasons (Cynthia Cooper, Diana Taurasi, Angel McCoughtry) - Averaged 20+ points, 7+ rebounds and 2+ blocks for a third consecutive season last year… Since 2010, Anthony Davis (2014-19) is the only NBA player to average these numbers in consecutive seasons… In addition to Davis, the only NBA players since 2000-01 to average such numbers in three consecutive seasons are , Elton Brand, Jermaine O’Neal and Shaquille O’Neal - Named an All-Star for the sixth time in her career last season… Has been named an All-Star in all six of the seven years an All-Star game has taken place (no All-Star game in 2016 due to Olympics)… Dunked three times in All-Star game in Las Vegas in 2019 - Led the league in blocks per game last year for a seventh consecutive season with a 2.0 average (tied with )… Griner broke a tie with Margo Dydek to become the only player in WNBA history to have led the league in blocks per game in seven con- secutive seasons… Dydek still holds lead for most seasons leading the league in blocks per game with eight - Ranks third on the WNBA's all time blocks list with 658 (first among active players) - Has thrown down the most dunks in WNBA history (15 total, 12 regular season) - Is the only player in Mercury history to win the WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award, winning it in 2014 and 2015... (2009-10) is the only other player to win the award in consecutive seasons

PERSONAL - Daughter of Ray and Sandra Griner... If she weren’t playing basketball, she would follow in her dad's footsteps and be a police officer

Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com 19 #42 Brittney Griner 6-9 • 205 • Center • Baylor, ‘13 • Houston, TX Eighth WNBA Season • Selected by Phoenix with the first overall pick in the 2013 WNBA Draft MIN FG-FGA 3PM-3PA FT-FTA ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS 2020 TOTALS 382 87 - 175 0 - 1 38 - 47 18 72 90 36 4 22 30 30 212 2020 AVG. 31.8 49.7 0.0 80.9 1.5 6.0 7.5 3.0 0.3 1.8 2.5 2.5 17.7 CAREER TOTALS 6863 1513 - 2716 2 - 8 851 - 1065 366 1280 1646 383 117 658 488 697 3879 CAREER AVG. 30.6 55.7 25.0 79.9 1.6 5.7 7.4 1.7 0.5 2.9 2.2 3.1 17.3 ------PLAYOFFS TOTALS 1077 222 - 395 0 - 0 116 - 143 49 181 230 57 18 82 65 126 560 PLAYOFFS AVG. 31.7 56.2 0.0 81.1 1.4 5.3 6.8 1.7 0.5 2.4 1.9 3.7 16.5 2020 GAME-BY-GAME GAME MIN FG FGA FG% 3FM 3FA 3FG% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB REB AST TO STL BLK PF PTS Start/Bench W/L H/R 7/25 vs. LA 26 4 10 .400 0 0 0.0 0 2 0.0 2 7 9 3 5 0 2 2 8 Start L H 7/29 at IND 32 11 22 .500 0 0 0.0 1 2 .500 2 5 7 1 2 0 0 4 23 Start L R 7/31 vs. LV 37 7 15 .467 0 0 0.0 4 4 1.000 0 6 6 7 1 0 3 4 18 Start W H 8/2 at NY 23 7 12 .583 0 0 0.0 2 2 1.000 0 6 6 0 2 0 2 5 16 Start W R 8/4 at ATL 36 8 15 .533 0 0 0.0 2 3 .667 0 6 6 2 3 0 1 1 18 Start W R 8/6 vs. CHI 34 7 13 .538 0 0 0.0 8 8 1.000 2 6 8 3 2 0 1 2 22 Start W H 8/8 at SEA 33 9 19 .474 0 0 0.0 2 2 1.000 1 7 8 2 3 1 4 1 20 Start L R 8/10 at DAL 36 9 20 .450 0 1 0.0 4 5 .800 2 11 13 5 3 0 3 1 22 Start W R 8/12 at CHI 30 3 11 .273 0 0 0.0 3 5 .600 4 2 6 3 3 0 0 3 9 Start L R 8/14 vs. ATL 31 5 8 .625 0 0 0.0 4 5 .800 2 6 8 4 1 0 4 1 14 Start W H 8/16 vs. DAL 30 12 17 .706 0 0 0.0 5 6 .833 3 4 7 5 1 2 1 4 29 Start L H 8/19 at LA 33 5 13 .385 0 0 0.0 3 3 1.000 0 6 6 1 4 1 1 2 13 Start L R 8/21 vs. MIN ***NWT - Personal*** 8/23 at WAS ***NWT - Personal*** 8/28 vs. WAS ***NWT - Personal*** 8/30 at MIN ***NWT - Personal*** 9/1 at LV ***NWT - Personal*** 9/3 vs. IND ***NWT - Personal*** 9/5 vs. NY ***NWT - Personal*** 9/7 vs. CON ***NWT - Personal*** 9/9 at CON ***NWT - Personal*** 9/11 vs. SEA ***NWT - Personal*** ------9/15 vs. WAS ***NWT - Personal*** CAREER-HIGHS PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE Minutes 42 06/18/2016 DAL @ PHO PLAYOFF GAMES: 34 Field Goals 15 08/07/2018 WAS @ PHO (Twice) FINALS GAMES: 4 Field Goal Attempts 26 06/14/2019 LA @ PHO 2014 Three-Point Field Goals 1 08/04/2019 WAS @ PHO (Twice) CHAMPIONSHIPS: Three-Point Attempts 2 06/05/2018 PHO @ NY Free Throws 12 06/04/2017 PHO @ NY Free Throw Attempts 14 08/01/2018 PHO @ LV (3 times) Offensive Rebounds 6 06/14/2019 LA @ PHO (6 times) Defensive Rebounds 17 06/07/2014 PHO @ SA Total Rebounds 18 08/17/2018 ATL @ PHO (3 times) Assists 8 08/04/2019 WAS @ PHO Steals 3 08/29/2019 PHO @ ATL (4 times) Turnovers 7 08/18/2015 PHO @ TUL Blocks 11 06/29/2014 PHO @ TUL Points 38 06/07/2017 PHO @ IND PLAYOFF CAREER-HIGHS Minutes 40 09/04/2018 PHO @ SEA (4 times) Field Goals 12 09/02/2018 SEA @ PHO Field Goal Attempts 23 09/17/2017 LA @ PHO Three-Point Field Goals --- Three-Point Attempts --- Free Throws 12 09/10/2017 PHO @ CT Free Throw Attempts 14 09/10/2017 PHO @ CT Offensive Rebounds 5 09/24/2016 PHO @ NY Defensive Rebounds 11 09/19/2015 PHO @ TUL Total Rebounds 12 09/02/2018 SEA @ PHO (Twice) Assists 6 09/04/2018 PHO @ SEA Steals 2 09/24/2015 PHO @ MIN Turnovers 5 09/12/2017 PHO @ LA Blocks 11 09/17/2015 TUL @ PHO Points 29 09/02/2018 SEA @ PHO 20 Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com #14 Bria Hartley 5-8 • 148 • Guard • Connecticut, ‘14 • North Babylon, NY Seventh WNBA Season • Signed with Phoenix as a free agent on February 12, 2020

CAREER PLAYOFFS HISTORY - Did not play in the Mercury's playoff win over the Mystics on Tuesday due to a knee injury - This is the fourth time Hartley has made the postseason, her first time since 2017 with New York... Also made the playoffs in 2015 and 2014 with Washington - Has played in four career playoff games, averaging 5.5 points (42.9 FG%), 3.8 assists and 2.3 rebounds in 19.1 minutes per game - Had her best playoff game in 2017 with New York, posting 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting, five assists and two rebounds vs. Wash- ington

2020 WNBA REGULAR SEASON - Averaged 14.6 points (42.0 FG%, 38.5 3PT%, 80.5 FT%), 4.5 assists, 2.9 rebounds and 1.2 steals in 24.8 minutes in 13 games (three starts)... Career-highs for a season in points, assists, steals, FG%, 3PT% and FT% - Missed the last seven Mercury games due to a knee injury - Started her last three games after coming off the bench her first 10 games of the year - In her first start on Aug. 21 vs. Minnesota, she scored a game-high 24 points on 8-of-16 shooting, plus 6-of-6 from the free throw line, adding five assists, four rebounds and a steal in 32 minutes... Marked her fourth 20+ point game of the year... She entered this season with only two in her career (both in 2014) - Dished a career-high nine assists on Aug. 19 against the Sparks... Dished out 5+ assists in nine of her 13 games this year, which was tied for the third most such games in the league at the time of her injury - At the time of her first missed game (Aug. 30), she was averaging the 10th most assists in the league at 4.5 apg, had the 13th most total assists (58), was averaging the 19th most points in the league (14.6 ppg) and had the 13th most three-point makes per game (1.9 per, tied-13th in total three-point makes at 25) - On Aug. 14 vs. Atlanta, scored 24 points on 6-of-12 shooting, 4-of-7 from distance, 8-of-8 from the free throw line, adding five assists and four rebounds in 24 minutes... It's the most points scored by someone who played 24 minutes or fewer this season... Scored in double figures in nine of 13 games - Scored the most points in WNBA history off the bench in the first five games of a season (91)... Previous record was 86 points by Danielle Adams in 2011 with San Antonio - Scored a career-high 27 points (10-18 FG, 3-8 3PT, 4-4 FT) on Aug. 2 at New York, adding five rebounds, four assists and two steals in 26 minutes off the bench... 27 points are the second most points off the bench in team history (38 by DeWanna Bonner vs. Dallas on June 18, 2016, in a 3OT game) - Matched the WNBA record for most games with at least 25 points off the bench in the same season (two) - Owns two of the six highest scoring games by a reserve in team history, with 27 points on Aug. 2 and 26 points on July 29 - Scored in double figures in the first five games as a member of the Mercury

PROFESSIONAL/COLLEGIATE CAREER - Has averaged 8.3 points, 2.8 assists and 2.3 rebounds in 21.5 minutes in 188 WNBA games (99 starts) - In her seventh WNBA season, her first with Phoenix... Spent the last three seasons with New York, her first three with Washington - Signed with Phoenix as a free agent on Feb. 12 - Initially drafted by the Storm with the seventh overall pick in the 2014 WNBA Draft before being traded to the Mystics on draft day - Appeared in 24 games with New York last season, starting in 18 of them... Missed 10 games due to an overseas commitment - Member of the French national team that qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics, which have been re-scheduled for 2021 - Spent the 2019-20 WNBA offseason playing for Galatasary in Turkey where she averaged a team-high 19.9 points, 5.2 assists and 3.2 rebounds in Turkish League play and 19.3 points, 4.5 assists and 2.8 rebounds in EuroCup action - Four-year standout at the University of Connecticut - Two-time NCAA champion with UConn in 2013 and 2014 - Selected to the 2011-12 WBCA/ All-America Team, becoming the 15th Husky alltime and only the fourth UConn soph- omore to be honored on the squad - Finished her college career ranked seventh on UConn’s charts for most points (533) and assists (140) by a sophomore - Scored the fourth-most points by a UConn freshman (472) and became the 11th Husky all-time to be selected as the Big East Freshman of the Year

PERSONAL - Born to Dennis and Simone Hartley - Majored in communications sciences while at UConn - Earned a Suffolk Legislature proclamation for high academic achievement, community service and excellence in basketball - Mother to son Bryson, who was born in January of 2017

Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com 21 #14 Bria Hartley 5-8 • 148 • Guard • Connecticut, ‘14 • North Babylon, NY Seventh WNBA Season • Signed with Phoenix as a free agent on February 12, 2020 MIN FG-FGA 3PM-3PA FT-FTA ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS 2020 TOTALS 322 66 - 157 25 - 65 33 - 41 5 33 38 58 15 0 27 33 190 2020 AVG. 24.8 42.0 38.5 80.5 0.4 2.5 2.9 4.5 1.2 0.0 2.1 2.5 14.6 CAREER TOTALS 4033 547 - 1420 188 - 570 287 - 372 90 345 435 525 127 11 335 345 1569 CAREER AVG. 21.5 38.5 33.0 77.2 0.5 1.8 2.3 2.8 0.7 0.1 1.8 1.8 8.3 ------PLAYOFFS TOTALS 76 9 - 21 2 - 8 2 - 3 2 7 9 15 3 0 6 13 22 PLAYOFFS AVG. 19.1 42.9 25.0 66.7 0.5 1.8 2.3 3.8 0.8 0.0 1.5 3.3 5.5 2020 GAME-BY-GAME GAME MIN FG FGA FG% 3FM 3FA 3FG% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB REB AST TO STL BLK PF PTS Start/Bench W/L H/R 7/25 vs. LA 29 2 11 .182 2 7 .286 5 7 .714 0 5 5 5 5 2 0 2 11 Bench L H 7/29 at IND 25 9 15 .600 4 6 .667 4 8 .500 0 3 3 5 1 2 0 1 26 Bench L R 7/31 vs. LV 23 5 11 .455 3 6 .500 2 2 1.000 0 5 5 1 4 0 0 5 15 Bench W H 8/2 at NY 26 10 18 .556 3 8 .375 4 4 1.000 2 3 5 4 1 2 0 0 27 Bench W R 8/4 at ATL 27 4 15 .267 1 4 .250 3 4 .750 1 1 2 5 1 1 0 3 12 Bench W R 8/6 vs. CHI ***DND - Injury/Illness - Foot*** 8/8 at SEA ***DND - Injury/Illness - Foot*** 8/10 at DAL 23 4 10 .400 1 6 .167 0 0 0.0 0 1 1 6 1 2 0 2 9 Bench W R 8/12 at CHI 25 6 18 .333 1 4 .250 0 0 0.0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 13 Bench L R 8/14 vs. ATL 24 6 12 .500 4 7 .571 8 8 1.000 0 4 4 5 3 0 0 4 24 Bench W H 8/16 vs. DAL 26 1 7 .143 1 3 .333 0 0 0.0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 4 3 Bench L H 8/19 at LA 24 4 9 .444 2 5 .400 0 0 0.0 0 3 3 9 3 2 0 3 10 Bench L R 8/21 vs. MIN 32 8 16 .500 2 6 .333 6 7 .857 1 3 4 5 4 1 0 4 24 Start L H 8/23 at WAS 32 5 13 .385 0 2 0.0 1 1 1.000 1 1 2 5 1 1 0 4 11 Start W R 8/28 vs. WAS 8 2 2 1.000 1 1 1.000 0 0 0.0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 Start W H 8/30 at MIN ***DND - Injury/Illness - Knee*** 9/1 at LV ***DND - Injury/Illness - Knee*** 9/3 vs. IND ***DND - Injury/Illness - Knee*** 9/5 vs. NY ***DND - Injury/Illness - Knee*** 9/7 vs. CON ***DND - Injury/Illness - Knee*** 9/9 at CON ***DND - Injury/Illness - Knee*** 9/11 vs. SEA ***DND - Injury/Illness - Knee*** ------9/15 vs. WAS ***DND - Injury/Illness - Knee*** CAREER-HIGHS PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE Minutes 39 05/21/2016 WAS @ CT (Twice) PLAYOFF GAMES: 4 Field Goals 11 06/22/2014 WAS @ SEA FINALS GAMES: None Field Goal Attempts 18 08/12/2020 PHO @ CHI (Twice) None Three-Point Field Goals 4 08/14/2020 ATL @ PHO (7 times) CHAMPIONSHIPS: Three-Point Attempts 9 08/27/2019 PHO @ NY Free Throws 8 08/14/2020 ATL @ PHO (Twice) Free Throw Attempts 8 08/14/2020 ATL @ PHO (5 times) Offensive Rebounds 4 06/01/2019 NY @ IND Defensive Rebounds 6 08/14/2018 NY @ LA Total Rebounds 6 08/11/2019 SEA @ NY (8 times) Assists 9 08/19/2020 PHO @ LA Steals 4 06/18/2014 WAS @ ATL Turnovers 6 08/23/2019 ATL @ NY Blocks 2 06/02/2017 DAL @ NY Points 27 08/02/2020 PHO @ NY PLAYOFF CAREER-HIGHS Minutes 29 09/10/2017 WAS @ NY Field Goals 6 09/10/2017 WAS @ NY Field Goal Attempts 10 09/10/2017 WAS @ NY Three-Point Field Goals 2 09/10/2017 WAS @ NY Three-Point Attempts 5 09/10/2017 WAS @ NY Free Throws 1 09/10/2017 WAS @ NY (Twice) Free Throw Attempts 2 08/21/2014 WAS @ IND Offensive Rebounds 1 08/23/2014 IND @ WAS (Twice) Defensive Rebounds 2 09/10/2017 WAS @ NY (3 times) Total Rebounds 3 08/23/2014 IND @ WAS (Twice) Assists 5 09/10/2017 WAS @ NY (Twice) Steals 2 08/21/2014 WAS @ IND Turnovers 5 09/10/2017 WAS @ NY Blocks --- Points 15 09/10/2017 WAS @ NY 22 Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com #12 Alisia Jenkins 6-1 • 175 • Forward • South Florida, ‘16 • Statesboro, GA First WNBA Season • Signed with Phoenix on September 7, 2020

CAREER PLAYOFFS HISTORY - The rookie did not play in the Mercury's playoff win on Tuesday, per coach's decision

2020 WNBA REGULAR SEASON - Averaged 5.5 points in 5.5 minutes in five total games in her rookie year between the Mercury, Fever and Sky - Ended the season with her best career game, totaling seven points and three rebounds in 21 minutes, all career-highs - Made her Mercury debut on Sept. 7, scoring her first career point in the WNBA against the Sun - Originally signed with the Indiana Fever on Aug. 17, where she played one game... Joined the Chicago Sky two weeks later, getting action in two games

PROFESSIONAL/COLLEGIATE CAREER - Is in her rookie year in the WNBA - Has seen overseas stints in , Prague, Australia and most recently, Hungary... During her season in Hungary, she averaged a league-best 22.4 points and 12.3 rebounds, as well as 2.6 steals and 2.3 assists per game... Was voted the All-Hungarian League Defensive Player of the Year and won Hungarian A Division Player of the Week twice - Finished her collegiate career as South Florida’s all-time leading rebounder with 1,284 rebounds (next closest is 1,077 rebounds)... She is third all-time in blocks with 159 and is the 14th all-time leading scorer for the Bulls with 1,282 points... She started 119 of 132 games played with South Florida (third most starts in school history, fifth most games played), averaging 9.8 points (48.6 FG%, 74.9 FT%), 9.8 rebounds, 1.2 blocks and 1.1 steals - She was named to an All-Conference team in each of her last three years at South Florida, named to the All-Conference Second Team as a sophomore and junior, and the All-Conference Third Team as a senior - She twice totaled the tied-fourth most rebounds in a game in school history with 21 rebounds vs. Drexel on Nov. 15, 2015, and 21 rebounds at Penn State on Dec. 21, 2014... Had the tied-second most blocks in a game in school history with eight blocks vs. East Carolina on Dec. 28, 2014 - In 2015, Jenkins and Courtney Williams became the first USF student athletes to receive invitations to national team training... The pair were invited to the 2015 USA Basketball Women’s and World University Games team trials

PERSONAL - Daughter of Wonda Jenkins... Has two brothers, Jonathan Newkirk and Jordan Jenkins, and one sister, Amie Newkirk

Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com 23 #12 Alisia Jenkins 6-1 • 175 • Forward • South Florida, ‘16 • Statesboro, GA First WNBA Season • Signed with Phoenix on September 7, 2020 MIN FG-FGA 3PM-3PA FT-FTA ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS 2020 TOTALS 28 2 - 8 0 - 3 4 - 6 0 4 4 0 0 0 3 3 8 2020 AVG. 5.6 25.0 0.0 66.7 0.0 0.8 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.6 1.6 CAREER TOTALS 28 2 - 8 0 - 3 4 - 6 0 4 4 0 0 0 3 3 8 CAREER AVG. 5.6 25.0 0.0 66.7 0.0 0.8 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.6 1.6 ------PLAYOFFS TOTALS ------PLAYOFFS AVG. ------2020 GAME-BY-GAME GAME MIN FG FGA FG% 3FM 3FA 3FG% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB REB AST TO STL BLK PF PTS Start/Bench W/L H/R 8/18 at CON ***NOT WITH TEAM*** 8/20 vs. SEA ***NOT WITH TEAM*** 8/22 at CHI ***NOT WITH TEAM*** INDIANA 8/25 at SEA 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bench L R ------8/31 at IND 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bench W R 9/2 vs. MIN ***DNP - Coach's Decision*** 9/4 at WAS 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bench L R CHICAGO ------9/7 vs. CON 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 2 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Bench L H 9/9 at CON ***DNP - Coach's Decision*** 9/11 vs. SEA 21 2 8 .250 0 3 0.0 3 4 .750 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 3 7 Bench L H ------PHOENIX 9/15 vs. WAS ***DNP - Coach's Decision***

CAREER-HIGHS PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE Minutes 21 09/11/2020 SEA @ PHO PLAYOFF GAMES: None Field Goals 2 09/11/2020 SEA @ PHO FINALS GAMES: None Field Goal Attempts 8 09/11/2020 SEA @ PHO None Three-Point Field Goals --- CHAMPIONSHIPS: Three-Point Attempts 3 09/11/2020 SEA @ PHO Free Throws 3 09/11/2020 SEA @ PHO Free Throw Attempts 4 09/11/2020 SEA @ PHO Offensive Rebounds --- Defensive Rebounds 3 09/11/2020 SEA @ PHO Total Rebounds 3 09/11/2020 SEA @ PHO Assists --- Steals --- Turnovers 3 09/11/2020 SEA @ PHO Blocks --- Points 7 09/11/2020 SEA @ PHO PLAYOFF CAREER-HIGHS None

24 Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com #5 Shey Peddy 5-7 • 145 • Guard • Temple, ‘12 • Roxbury, MA Second WNBA Season • Signed with Phoenix on August 19, 2020

CAREER PLAYOFFS HISTORY - In her playoff debut, she made a game-winning three-point shot at the buzzer to beat the Mystics 85-84 - In her playoff debut, she totaled the most points she's ever scored in a game, playoffs or regular season, with 12 points on 4-of-7 shooting, including 2-of-4 from distance, to go with four rebounds, three steals and a block... It's just the 11th time a player has had 12+ points, 4+ rebounds and 3+ steals off the bench in a WNBA postseason game, and the first such occurence for a Mercury player - In her playoff debut, she led all bench players in the game in scoring, the only one to reach double figures

2020 WNBA REGULAR SEASON - Averaged 3.8 points (100 FT%), 2.1 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.1 steals in 15.1 minutes in 5.5 minutes in 17 total games between the Mercury and the Mystics... Played eight games with the Mercury and nine games with the Mystics - Averaged 4.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.5 steals for the Mercury - Posted a career-high six assists and a career-high four steals in the last game of the season against the Storm on Sept. 11 - In the Mercury's second-to-last game of the season, she posted her second double-digit scoring affair with a career-high-tying 10 points, a career-high six rebounds and two steals at the Sun on Sept. 9 - Since making her Mercury debut on Aug. 28, the team went 6-2, starting her tenue an undefeated 5-0 - Played in the last eight games of the Mercury's season - Among players who attempted 15+ FTA, she was one of two players not to miss a single free throw, finishing the season a perfect 22-for-22... Seattle's also made 22-of-22 free throws this year - Made her Mercury debut vs. Washington on Aug. 28 with three points (1-2 3PT), one rebound, one assist and a steal - Played in nine games in the "Wubble" with the Washington Mystics, averaging 3.6 points, 1.2 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 12.7 minutes per game

PROFESSIONAL/COLLEGIATE CAREER - Has averaged 2.8 points (100 FT%), 1.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 10.2 minutes in 32 games - Currently in her second year in the WNBA... Played nine games with the Mystics in 2020 before joining the Mercury, played 15 games in her rookie year with Washington in 2019... Averaged 1.7 points (61.5 FG%, 50.0 3PT%, 100 FT%) in 4.7 minutes per contest in 2019... Held a career average of 2.4 points in 24 career games and hadn't missed a free throw (18-for-18) upon signing with Phoenix - Has not missed a free throw in her WNBA career, a perfect 28-of-28 - Was drafted with the 23rd pick in the 2012 WNBA Draft by the Fever (traded to the Sky)… Signed by the Mystics on June 8, 2019 - Has played internationally since 2012... Last played for Botas SK (Turkey-KBSL) and Lattes Montpellier (- LFB) in 2019-20, where she averaged 10.3 points and 2.5 assists in play… Played two seasons with TTT Riga (2018-19, 2017-18), two seasons for TSV 1880 Wasserburg (2016-17, 2015-16, 2014-15), the Flying Foxes Post SV Wien (2013-14), and Hapoel Rishon Le-Zion (2012-13) - In her collegiate career at Wright State and Temple, averaged 15.2 points and 4.4 rebounds in 125 games (121 starts) - Averaged 15.8 points and 5.0 rebounds on 46.4 percent shooting at Temple (2010-11, 2011-12)... Her final year, she was named both the Atlantic 10 Player of the Year and Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year after she averaged 17.6 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.1 steals, starting in all 33 games... She ranked first in the A-10 in scoring and second in steals... In 2010-11, she led the Owls with 14.1 points per game (eighth in the A-10), settting Temple’s all-time record for single-season steals with 104... Atlantic 10 First Team and A-10 All-Defensive Team both years - Played two years at Wright State (59 games, 56 starts) before transferring to Temple... Was Horizon League First Team in 2007-08, Horizon League Second Team in 2008-09, All-Defensive Team both years... As a freshman averaged 16.7 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.7 assists… Selected as the Horizon League Newcomer of the Year... In 2008-09, she averaged 12.1 points, 3.7 rebounds and 4.0 assists

Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com 25 #5 Shey Peddy 5-7 • 145 • Guard • Temple, ‘12 • Roxbury, MA Second WNBA Season • Signed with Phoenix on August 19, 2020 MIN FG-FGA 3PM-3PA FT-FTA ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS 2020 TOTALS 256 19 - 63 4 - 34 22 - 22 9 26 35 30 19 1 15 22 64 2020 AVG. 15.1 30.2 11.8 100 0.5 1.5 2.1 1.8 1.1 0.1 0.9 1.3 3.8 CAREER TOTALS 327 27 - 76 8 - 42 28 - 28 10 34 44 38 23 1 18 30 90 CAREER AVG. 10.2 35.5 19.0 100 0.3 1.1 1.4 1.2 0.7 0.0 0.6 0.9 2.8 ------PLAYOFFS TOTALS 27 4 - 7 2 - 4 2 - 2 1 3 4 1 3 1 0 4 12 PLAYOFFS AVG. 27.0 57.1 50.0 100 1.0 3.0 4.0 1.0 3.0 1.0 0.0 4.0 12.0 2020 GAME-BY-GAME GAME MIN FG FGA FG% 3FM 3FA 3FG% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB REB AST TO STL BLK PF PTS Start/Bench W/L H/R 7/25 vs. IND 16 3 5 .600 0 1 0.0 4 4 1.000 1 3 4 2 2 2 0 2 10 Bench W H 7/28 at CON 16 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 2 1.000 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 Bench W R 7/30 vs. SEA 14 1 4 .250 1 2 .500 0 0 0.0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 3 Bench W H 8/1 at CHI 11 2 3 .667 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 Bench L R 8/5 vs. LV 9 0 2 0.0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 Bench L H 8/7 vs. NY 11 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 Bench L H 8/9 at IND 13 0 3 0.0 0 3 0.0 4 4 1.000 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 Bench L R WASHINGTON 8/11 at MIN 15 2 6 .333 1 3 .333 0 0 0.0 0 3 3 2 1 2 0 1 5 Bench L R 8/13 vs. LV 10 1 3 .333 0 2 0.0 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 Bench L H 8/15 at LV ***DND - Injury/Illness - Right Hip Pointer*** ------8/19 at LA ***DNP - Coach's Decision*** 8/21 vs. MIN ***DNP - Coach's Decision*** 8/23 at WAS ***DNP - Coach's Decision*** 8/28 vs. WAS 8 1 2 .500 1 2 .500 0 0 0.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 Bench W H 8/30 at MIN 22 2 7 .286 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 3 2 5 5 0 2 1 3 4 Bench W R 9/1 at LV 14 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 Bench W R 9/3 vs. IND 23 4 7 .571 1 3 .333 0 0 0.0 0 5 5 2 2 3 0 3 9 Bench W H PHOENIX 9/5 vs. NY 10 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Bench W H 9/7 vs. CON 11 0 2 0.0 0 2 0.0 4 4 1.000 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 4 Bench L H 9/9 at CON 25 3 9 .333 0 4 0.0 4 4 1.000 1 5 6 1 3 2 0 2 10 Bench W R 9/11 vs. SEA 28 0 5 0.0 0 4 0.0 2 2 1.000 1 2 3 6 1 4 0 3 2 Bench L H ------9/15 vs. WAS 27 4 7 .571 2 4 .500 2 2 1.000 1 3 4 1 0 3 1 4 12 Bench W H CAREER-HIGHS PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE Minutes 28 09/11/2020 SEA @ PHO PLAYOFF GAMES: 1 Field Goals 4 09/03/2020 IND @ PHO (Twice) FINALS GAMES: None Field Goal Attempts 9 09/09/2020 PHO @ CT None Three-Point Field Goals 1 09/03/2020 IND @ PHO (7 times) CHAMPIONSHIPS: Three-Point Attempts 4 09/11/2020 SEA @ PHO (Twice) Free Throws 4 09/09/2020 PHO @ CT (3 times) Free Throw Attempts 4 09/09/2020 PHO @ CT (3 times) Offensive Rebounds 3 08/30/2020 PHO @ MIN Defensive Rebounds 5 09/09/2020 PHO @ CT (Twice) Total Rebounds 6 09/09/2020 PHO @ CT Assists 6 09/11/2020 SEA @ PHO Steals 4 09/11/2020 SEA @ PHO Turnovers 3 09/09/2020 PHO @ CT Blocks 1 08/30/2020 PHO @ MIN Points 10 09/09/2020 PHO @ CT PLAYOFF CAREER-HIGHS Minutes 27 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Field Goals 4 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Field Goal Attempts 7 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Three-Point Field Goals 2 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Three-Point Attempts 4 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Free Throws 2 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Free Throw Attempts 2 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Offensive Rebounds 1 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Defensive Rebounds 3 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Total Rebounds 4 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Assists 1 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Steals 3 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Turnovers --- Blocks 1 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Points 12 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO 26 Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com #11 Alanna Smith 6-4 • 180 • Forward • stanford, ‘19 • melbourne, victoria, au Second WNBA Season • Selected with the 8th overall pick in the 2019 WNBA Draft

CAREER PLAYOFFS HISTORY - Made her playoff debut in the Mercury's win on Tuesday with two points, two rebounds, a steal and a block in nine minutes off the bench - This is the second year she's made the playoffs, although she did not play in the Mercury's playoff game in her rookie year

2020 WNBA REGULAR SEASON - Averaged 6.1 points and 3.6 rebounds in 15.6 minutes in 19 games - Missed the last three games of the season due to an ankle injury - Had five 10+ point games this season after not earning one in her rookie year - Achieved a career-high eight rebounds, to go with a tied-career-high 14 points on 5-of-10 shooting, including 2-of-4 from distance, in 18 minutes off the bench against the Mystics on Aug. 28... Had three 10+ point games over her last eight - Totaled 10 rebounds over her last two games... Averaged 4.7 rebounds over her last six games - Notched a career-high four assists and a career-high four blocks at the Mystics on Aug. 23, to go with five points and five rebounds in 21 minutes... Had one of eight 4+ assists/4+ blocks games in the WNBA this year - Scored 10+ points in two straight games from Aug. 19-21, her first streak of double-digit scoring in her career - Had the 23rd highest plus-minus in the WNBA at +75, the second highest mark on the team (Sophie Cunningham) - Had the 17th most blocks in the league at 15, averaging the 16th most at 0.8 bpg - Recorded a team-high plus-minus of +22 on Aug. 6 vs. Chicago, tallying seven points (3-4 FG, 1-1 3PT), two rebounds, two assists and two blocks in 14 minutes in the process - Scored her second career 10+ point game on Aug. 2 (11 points on 5-of-8 shooting, seven rebounds)... She had two such perfor- mances in her first four games of the season after not reaching double figures once in her first 19 career games

PROFESSIONAL/COLLEGIATE CAREER - Has averaged 3.6 points and 2.8 rebounds in 11.6 minutes in 37 games - Is in her second season in the WNBA, both seasons with the Mercury - Selected with the eighth overall pick by Phoenix in the 2019 WNBA Draft - After playing in 18 games last year, underwent successful right ankle surgery on Aug. 23, causing her to miss the rest of the season - Member of the Australian National Team under Mercury head coach Sandy Brondello - Played in 12 games for the Shinhan S-Birds during the 2019-20 WNBA offseason in ... Averaged 11.8 ppg, 6.8 rpg and 1.8 bpg... Notched three double-doubles, including a 28-point, 11-rebound outing in her first game with the team on Dec. 12, 2019 - Averaged career-highs in scoring (19.4) and rebounding (8.6) as a senior at Stanford and also averaged 2 blocks per game… One of two players that year to average 19 points, 8 rebounds, and 2 blocks - Second Team All-America selection and All-Pac 12 selection as a senior in 2018 - Finished her Stanford career 10th in school history in scoring (1,703) and second in blocks (225) and had 155 career 3PM - Fourth NCAA women’s basketball player over the past 20 years to put together a career of 1,600 points, 150 made triples and 22 blocks… Since 1990, only others to do that are (3,039 points; 206 3-pointers; 273 blocks), (3,036 points; 311 3-pointers; 204 blocks) and (2,676 points; 152 3-pointers; 414 blocks) - Smith had 81 triples, 78 blocks and 699 points... Is the only NCAA women's basketball player to accumulate 70 3-pointers, 70 blocks and 600 points in a season in the last 20 years... It has been done once on the men's side during that span, by for Duke in 2000-01 (124 3-pointers; 88 blocks; 778 points). - Her 81 made 3-pointers for Standford are the second most for a player her height over the past 20 seasons

PERSONAL - Born in Tasmania, Australia - Daughter of Simone and Darren Smith - Father had a 12-year professional career in Australia, playing for four teams in the NBL

Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com 27 #11 Alanna Smith 6-4 • 180 • Forward • stanford, ‘19 • melbourne, victoria, au Second WNBA Season • Selected with the 8th overall pick in the 2019 WNBA Draft MIN FG-FGA 3PM-3PA FT-FTA ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS 2020 TOTALS 296 43 - 102 10 - 43 20 - 29 21 48 69 23 5 15 18 47 116 2020 AVG. 15.6 42.2 23.3 69.0 1.1 2.5 3.6 1.2 0.3 0.8 1.0 2.5 6.1 CAREER TOTALS 430 51 - 143 12 - 61 21 - 31 32 72 104 27 10 20 26 65 135 CAREER AVG. 11.6 35.7 19.7 67.7 0.9 2.0 2.8 0.7 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.8 3.6 ------PLAYOFFS TOTALS 9 0 - 3 0 - 1 2 - 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 PLAYOFFS AVG. 9.0 0.0 0.0 100 0.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 3.0 2.0 2020 GAME-BY-GAME GAME MIN FG FGA FG% 3FM 3FA 3FG% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB REB AST TO STL BLK PF PTS Start/Bench W/L H/R 7/25 vs. LA 12 0 3 0.0 0 3 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 4 0 Bench L H 7/29 at IND 20 5 9 .556 2 4 .500 2 4 .500 3 4 7 2 2 0 1 3 14 Bench L R 7/31 vs. LV 5 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 Bench W H 8/2 at NY 17 5 8 .625 0 1 0.0 1 2 .500 2 5 7 1 1 1 0 2 11 Bench W R 8/4 at ATL 16 2 9 .222 1 4 .250 0 0 0.0 1 5 6 1 0 0 1 2 5 Bench W R 8/6 vs. CHI 14 3 4 .750 1 1 1.000 0 0 0.0 0 2 2 2 0 1 2 1 7 Bench W H 8/8 at SEA 18 2 3 .667 0 1 0.0 2 2 1.000 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 6 Bench L R 8/10 at DAL 17 2 5 .400 1 2 .500 0 0 0.0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 3 5 Bench W R 8/12 at CHI 19 0 3 0.0 0 2 0.0 1 2 .500 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 1 Bench L R 8/14 vs. ATL 12 2 4 .500 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 2 3 3 2 0 0 1 4 Bench W H 8/16 vs. DAL 11 0 4 0.0 0 2 0.0 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 Bench L H 8/19 at LA 13 4 5 .800 0 1 0.0 2 2 1.000 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 10 Bench L R 8/21 vs. MIN 22 5 10 .500 1 4 .250 2 3 .667 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 5 13 Bench L H 8/23 at WAS 21 1 6 .167 1 4 .250 2 2 1.000 0 5 5 4 3 0 4 4 5 Bench W R 8/28 vs. WAS 18 5 10 .500 2 4 .500 2 2 1.000 2 6 8 0 2 0 0 3 14 Bench W H 8/30 at MIN 14 2 3 .667 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 3 4 Bench W R 9/1 at LV 12 2 7 .286 1 4 .250 0 0 0.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 3 5 Bench W R 9/3 vs. IND 23 2 6 .333 0 3 0.0 3 6 .500 1 4 5 1 0 2 2 4 7 Bench W H 9/5 vs. NY 10 1 2 .500 0 0 0.0 1 2 .500 1 4 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 Bench W H 9/7 vs. CON ***DND - Injury/Illness - Ankle*** 9/9 at CON ***DND - Injury/Illness - Ankle*** 9/11 vs. SEA ***DND - Injury/Illness - Ankle*** ------9/15 vs. WAS 9 0 3 0.0 0 1 0.0 2 2 1.000 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 Bench W H CAREER-HIGHS PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE Minutes 23 09/03/2020 IND @ PHO PLAYOFF GAMES: None Field Goals 5 08/28/2020 WAS @ PHO (4 times) FINALS GAMES: None Field Goal Attempts 10 08/28/2020 WAS @ PHO (Twice) None Three-Point Field Goals 2 08/28/2020 WAS @ PHO (Twice) CHAMPIONSHIPS: Three-Point Attempts 4 09/01/2020 PHO @ LV (7 times) Free Throws 3 09/03/2020 IND @ PHO Free Throw Attempts 6 09/03/2020 IND @ PHO Offensive Rebounds 3 07/29/2020 PHO @ IND Defensive Rebounds 6 08/28/2020 WAS @ PHO Total Rebounds 8 08/28/2020 WAS @ PHO Assists 4 08/23/2020 PHO @ WAS Steals 2 09/03/2020 IND @ PHO Turnovers 3 08/23/2020 PHO @ WAS Blocks 4 08/23/2020 PHO @ WAS Points 14 08/28/2020 WAS @ PHO (Twice) PLAYOFF CAREER-HIGHS Minutes 9 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Field Goals --- Field Goal Attempts 3 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Three-Point Field Goals --- Three-Point Attempts 1 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Free Throws 2 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Free Throw Attempts 2 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Offensive Rebounds --- Defensive Rebounds 2 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Total Rebounds 2 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Assists --- Steals 1 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Turnovers 1 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Blocks 1 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Points 2 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO 28 Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com #3 Diana Taurasi 6-0 • 163 • Guard • Connecticut, '04 • Glendale, CA Sixteenth WNBA Season • Selected by Phoenix with the 1st overall pick in the 2004 WNBA Draft #MVDee 1st 1st T-2nd 4th 5th 5th in 3PM at 61 in 3PA at 167 in 30+ Point in FTM at 103 in FTA at 113 in FT% at .912 Games at 2 5th T-6th 8th 9th 11th T-18th in PPG at 18.7 in 20+ Point in APG at 4.5 in PTS at 356 in ASTS at 86 in 10+ Point Games at 8 Games at 16 - Only player in the WNBA to average 18+ points, 4+ rebounds and 4+ assists this season o No WNBA player has averaged those numbers in a full season since Maya Moore in 2016 o Taurasi had previously been the oldest WNBA player to average those numbers when she did so seven seasons ago in 2013 at the age of 31 o The last NBA player 36 or older to average those numbers was Kobe Bryant in 2014-15 o The last NBA player 38 or older (Taurasi’s age) to average those numbers was Karl Malone in 2002-03 - Over the final eight games of the season (not including season finale in which she only played one half), Taurasi averaged 23.3 points (43.0 percent from the field, 39.8 percent from three, 88.2 percent from the line), 4.5 rebounds and 4.3 assists o Mercury were 7-1 in those games (following a 6-7 start to the season) - Averaged her most rebounds in a season (4.2 rpg) since 2013 and the most steals per game (1.0 spg) since 2010

MAMBA BIRTHDAY o In honor of Kobe’s birthday on Aug. 23, changed her jersey number (8) and name (Bryant) for the Mercury’s game against Washington… Wearing his name and number, scored a season-high 34 points and seven made threes to lead the Mercury to a come-from-behind victory

DYNAMIC DUO - Taurasi and Skylar Diggins-Smith were the highest scoring duo in the WNBA (36.4) o 36.4 – Phoenix (Taurasi, Diggins-Smith) o 35.9 – Dallas (Ogunbowale, Gray) o 35.2 – Seattle (Stewart, Loyd) o 35.2 – Connecticut (Bonner, Thomas) o 34.9 – Vegas (Wilson, McCoughtry) - Taurasi and Diggins-Smith combined for the most made threes of any teammates (107) o 107 – Phoenix (Taurasi, Diggins-Smith) o 100 – Indiana (K. Mitchell, Allemand) - Taurasi and Diggins-Smith were the first pair of teammates each ranked in the top-4 in total threes made since 2004 and just the third pair of teammates all-time o 2004 – Phoenix; Anna Deforge (1st), Diana Taurasi (4th) o 1998 – Houston; Cynthia Cooper (1st), Tina Thompson (2nd), Sheryl Swoopes (3rd) - Taurasi (5) had the second-most 20-point, 5-assist games in the WNBA this season, trailing only teammate Diggins-Smith (6)

SCORING: - After playing just six games a season ago due to back surgery and a hamstring injury, was a leading candidate for WNBA’s Comeback Player of the Year - Averaged a team-high 18.7 points (5th-WNBA) - EIGHT 20-point games - TWO 30-point games (tied-second-most this season), extending her league record (49 for her career)

Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com 29 #3 Diana Taurasi 6-0 • 163 • Guard • Connecticut, '04 • Glendale, CA Sixteenth WNBA Season • Selected by Phoenix with the 1st overall pick in the 2004 WNBA Draft THREE-POINT SHOOTING: TOTAL THREES - Led the league with 61 made threes despite playing just 19 games - In 14 seasons (in which she has played at least 10 games), has led the league 10 times - NBA record for seasons leading the league in threes made is FIVE (Steph Curry) - Only one other player in league history has made 900 or more threes (Katie Smith – 906) – Taurasi has now made a league-record 1164 - Owns the six highest seasons of total threes in league history WNBA RECORD THREES - Set WNBA records for: o Threes in a TWO-game span with 15 (Sept. 1-3) o Threes in a FIVE-game span with 28 (Aug. 23-Sept. 3) o Threes in a SIX-game span with 30 (Aug. 21-Sept. 3) o Threes in a SEVEN-game span with 34 (Aug. 19-Sept. 3) - Tied WNBA record for threes made in a three-game span (19), an eight-game span (36), a nine-game span (39), and a 10-game span (43) - Once again made EIGHT threes in a game, tied for a career-high (Sept. 3) and a WNBA season-high THREES PER GAME - League-best 3.2 3FGM per game - Trails only her 3.5 per game in 2006 for the most in a WNBA season all-time - Taurasi is the only player in league history to average 3.0 3FGM in a season – she has done so FIVE times (2006 – 3.5; 2020 – 3.2; 2018 – 3.2; 2017 – 3.1; 2007 – 3.0) - NINE times has led the league in 3FGM per game (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020)

FREE THROW SHOOTING: - Always improving… Taurasi shot 76.0 percent from the line as a WNBA rookie in 2004… This season marked the FIFTH consecutive season she has shot better than 90 percent (91.2) from the line and the EIGHTH time in her career - Began the season by making 23 consecutive free-throws, the best start to a season in her career

OTHER: - FOUR games with 10 or more free throws made this season, the most in the W since Taurasi had SIX in 2018 - SEVEN career point-rebound double-doubles, including FIVE 20-10 games... Added to her totals with 23 points and 12 rebounds on Aug. 30 at MIN

CAREER PLAYOFFS HISTORY - Totaled 23 points (7-14 FG, 4-8 3PT, 5-5 FT), six assists and four rebounds in the Mercury's win on Tuesday... Marked her highest scoring playoff game since Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals against the Seattle Storm on Aug. 28, 2018 (28 points)... With Skylar Diggins-Smith tallying 24 points (3-8 3PT), six rebounds and five assists, the two players are the first set of teammates in WNBA playoffs history with 20+ points, 5+ assists and 3+ 3PM in the same game - WNBA playoff leader in points (1,251), field goal makes (417) and attempts (918), three-point makes (170) and attempts (451) - Third in playoff history in assists (253), third in free throw makes (247), fourth in free throw attempts (281), and fifth in minutes (1,982) - Fourth in WNBA playoff history in average scoring at 20.9 points per game (min. 10 GP) - Two-time WNBA Finals MVP in 2014 and 2009; just the fourth player in league history to win the WNBA Finals MVP more than once (Cynthia Cooper, 4; Lisa Leslie, 2; Sylvia Fowles, 2) - Holds a career record of 14-1 in deciding Game 3’s in best-of-three series, Game 5’s in best-of-five series and single elimination games in the WNBA Playoffs... She's 7-0 in single-elimination games since the new playoff format started in 2016 (team is 7-1, but she didn't play in the loss to Chicago last year)... A 51-7 record throughout basketball career in elimination games (WNBA, NCAA Tournament, Olympics) - Hit a go-ahead shot against Chicago with 14.3 seconds left in Game 3 of the 2014 WNBA Finals to clinch the third title in team history

OTHER CAREER NOTES - Mercury all-time franchise leader in 16 categories; seasons, games played, games started, minutes played, points scored, scoring average, field goals made, field goal attempts, 3-pointers, 3-point attempts, free throws made, free throw attempts, defensive rebounds, assists, steals and championships - Became first player in WNBA history to make 1,000 career three-pointers in 399th career game…Only three players in NBA history reached 1,000 career three-point makes in 400 games or less (Steph Curry – 369 games, Klay Thompson – 372 games, Damian Lillard – 385 games) - WNBA’s all-time leading scorer with 8,931 career points… Moved past Tina Thompson (7,488 points in 496 career games) on June 18, 2017 while playing the Los Angeles Sparks… Basket came with 45.3 seconds remaining in the second quarter while playing in her 377th career game - WNBA all-time leader in made field goals with 2,821 and three-point field goals with 1,164 - 2009 WNBA MVP... Two-time WNBA Finals MVP (2014, 2009)… One of four players in league history to win the WNBA Finals MVP more than once (Cynthia Cooper, 4; Lisa Leslie, 2; Sylvia Fowles, 2) - Nine-Time WNBA All-Star (2018, 2017, 2014, 2013, 2011, 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005)… No All-Star Game in 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012 or 2016, and Taurasi did not play in 2015… Voted a starter in all nine appearances - 10-time All-WNBA First Team (2018, 2014, 2013, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2004)… Most All-WNBA First Team selections in WNBA history 30 Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com #3 Diana Taurasi 6-0 • 163 • Guard • Connecticut, '04 • Glendale, CA Sixteenth WNBA Season • Selected by Phoenix with the 1st overall pick in the 2004 WNBA Draft MIN FG-FGA 3PM-3PA FT-FTA ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS 2020 TOTALS 533 96 - 235 61 - 167 103 - 113 2 77 79 86 19 8 44 52 356 2020 AVG. 28.1 40.9 36.5 91.2 0.1 4.1 4.2 4.5 1.0 0.4 2.3 2.7 18.7 CAREER TOTALS 14152 2821 - 6527 1164 - 3175 2125 - 2441 214 1589 1803 1953 458 302 1243 1449 8931 CAREER AVG. 31.0 43.2 36.7 87.1 0.5 3.5 4.0 4.3 1.0 0.7 2.7 3.2 19.6 ------PLAYOFFS TOTALS 1982 417 - 918 170 - 451 247 - 281 34 229 263 253 55 37 162 204 1251 PLAYOFFS AVG. 33.0 45.4 37.7 87.9 0.6 3.8 4.4 4.2 0.9 0.6 2.7 3.4 20.9 2020 GAME-BY-GAME GAME MIN FG FGA FG% 3FM 3FA 3FG% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB REB AST TO STL BLK PF PTS Start/Bench W/L H/R 7/25 vs. LA 22 4 12 .333 1 7 .143 7 7 1.000 0 2 2 0 4 1 0 2 16 Start L H 7/29 at IND 26 1 5 .200 0 4 0.0 4 4 1.000 0 2 2 5 0 4 0 3 6 Start L R 7/31 vs. LV 32 7 12 .583 4 8 .500 4 4 1.000 0 1 1 10 1 0 0 2 22 Start W H 8/2 at NY 29 3 10 .300 2 7 .286 10 11 .909 0 3 3 9 2 3 2 3 18 Start W R 8/4 at ATL 29 4 9 .444 2 5 .400 10 10 1.000 1 5 6 6 1 1 0 2 20 Start W R 8/6 vs. CHI 32 7 14 .500 4 8 .500 4 6 .667 0 4 4 6 4 2 0 3 22 Start W H 8/8 at SEA 25 5 10 .500 3 7 .429 1 1 1.000 0 6 6 5 5 2 0 5 14 Start L R 8/10 at DAL ***DND - Injury/Illness - Back*** 8/12 at CHI ***DND - Injury/Illness - Back*** 8/14 vs. ATL ***DND - Injury/Illness - Back*** 8/16 vs. DAL 28 3 10 .300 2 7 .286 6 6 1.000 0 9 9 5 2 2 0 3 14 Start L H 8/19 at LA 31 6 17 .353 4 10 .400 3 4 .750 0 6 6 4 3 1 1 2 19 Start L R 8/21 vs. MIN 29 3 12 .250 2 9 .222 6 6 1.000 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 3 14 Start L H 8/23 at WAS 32 8 15 .533 7 13 .538 11 13 .846 0 4 4 3 4 0 2 3 34 Start W R 8/28 vs. WAS 29 5 9 .556 2 5 .400 2 2 1.000 0 6 6 7 3 1 0 2 14 Start W H 8/30 at MIN 29 7 18 .389 4 15 .267 5 7 .714 1 11 12 4 4 0 0 3 23 Start W R 9/1 at LV 32 10 22 .455 7 15 .467 5 6 .833 0 4 4 7 1 0 2 4 32 Start W R 9/3 vs. IND 25 8 14 .571 8 13 .615 3 3 1.000 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 3 27 Start W H 9/5 vs. NY 22 3 10 .300 3 8 .375 0 0 0.0 0 3 3 2 2 2 1 2 9 Start W H 9/7 vs. CON 30 4 14 .286 1 9 .111 10 10 1.000 0 3 3 1 3 0 0 4 19 Start L H 9/9 at CON 39 7 19 .368 5 15 .333 9 10 .900 0 2 2 7 1 0 0 3 28 Start W R 9/11 vs. SEA 12 1 3 .333 0 2 0.0 3 3 1.000 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 Start L H ------9/15 vs. WAS 35 7 14 .500 4 8 .500 5 5 1.000 0 4 4 6 1 0 0 3 23 Start W H CAREER-HIGHS PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE Minutes 49 07/14/2010 SEA @ PHO PLAYOFF GAMES: 60 Field Goals 17 08/10/2006 PHO @ HOU FINALS GAMES: 13 Field Goal Attempts 33 07/14/2010 SEA @ PHO (Twice) 2014, 2009, 2007 Three-Point Field Goals 8 09/03/2020 IND @ PHO (4 times) CHAMPIONSHIPS: Three-Point Attempts 17 06/23/2017 PHO @ SEA Free Throws 17 08/01/2018 PHO @ LV (Twice) Free Throw Attempts 18 08/01/2018 PHO @ LV (Twice) Offensive Rebounds 4 06/16/2013 PHO @ TUL (Twice) Defensive Rebounds 11 08/30/2020 PHO @ MIN (Twice) Total Rebounds 13 07/26/2009 PHO @ NY Assists 14 08/17/2018 ATL @ PHO (Twice) Steals 7 08/08/2006 MIN @ PHO Turnovers 11 07/03/2010 NY @ PHO Blocks 5 08/31/2013 CT @ PHO (3 times) Points 47 08/10/2006 PHO @ HOU PLAYOFF CAREER-HIGHS Minutes 40 09/23/2013 PHO @ LA (Twice) Field Goals 12 09/02/2014 MIN @ PHO Field Goal Attempts 23 08/31/2014 PHO @ MIN (Twice) Three-Point Field Goals 7 09/05/2010 SEA @ PHO (Twice) Three-Point Attempts 14 09/08/2007 PHO @ DET Free Throws 11 09/30/2016 PHO @ MIN (Twice) Free Throw Attempts 13 09/19/2013 PHO @ LA Offensive Rebounds 2 08/26/2018 PHO @ SEA (11 times) Defensive Rebounds 7 08/31/2018 SEA @ PHO (5 times) Total Rebounds 9 09/29/2013 MIN @ PHO (Twice) Assists 12 08/21/2018 DAL @ PHO Steals 4 09/05/2007 PHO @ DET Turnovers 6 08/26/2018 PHO @ SEA (4 times) Blocks 4 10/01/2009 IND @ PHO Points 34 08/22/2014 LA @ PHO Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com 31 #21 Brianna Turner 6-3 • 170 • Forward • NOTRE DAME, ‘19 • Pearland, TX Second WNBA Season • SELECTED WITH THE 11TH overall pick in the 2019 WNBA Draft

CAREER PLAYOFFS HISTORY - In her second career playoff game, Turner tallied four points, 11 rebounds, five assists, four blocks and a steal in 40 minutes in a win... She's just the fourth player in WNBA playoff history to have 11+ rebounds, 5+ assists and 4+ blocks in a game, joining Lisa Les- lie, Tamika Catchings and Candace Parker - Owns one of three 10+ rebound games in the playoffs so far this year, the only one with 10+ rebounds and 2+ blocks - Played in the Mercury's first round playoff game last year, securing four rebounds and a block in 23 minutes at Chicago

2020 WNBA REGULAR SEASON - Averaged 7.2 points (57.9 FG%), 9.0 rebounds, 2.0 blocks and 1.1 steals in 27.9 minutes in 22 games (all starts) - Her 9.0 rebounds per game average is a franchise record for rebounds per game in a season... The previous record was 8.2 rpg - Turned finished fourth in the league in rebounding... She finished second in blocks per game at 2.0 bpg and had the second most total blocks at 43, just one behind A'ja Wilson's 44 blocks... Turner had the third most total rebounds in the WNBA at 198 - Finished second in the league in field goal percentage at 57.9 percent, behind ' 60.5 percent clip... She shot 50+ percent in 15 of 22 games this year - Recorded 10 points, 21 rebounds (seven offensive, 14 defensive), five assists, four blocks and two steals on Sept. 9 at the Sun... The 21 rebounds are the most in a game in franchise history, surpassing the 19 rebounds secured by Candice Dupree vs. Los Angeles on Sept. 3, 2011... Her 21 rebounds are tied-most in a game in the WNBA this season (New York's Amanda Zahui B), just three short of the WNBA record... She became the first player in WNBA history to total at least 10 points, 20 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 blocks in a game - Had three 15+ rebound games on the year, the most such games in the league - Had nine 10+ rebound games, including seven such games over her last nine contests - Had four double-doubles on the year, the most on the team and the tied-11th most in the WNBA - Recorded a career-high 16 points on 8-of-9 shooting, 12 rebounds, four assists and a tied career-high six blocks against the Fever on Sept. 3... Became just the third player in WNBA history to record at least 16 points, 12 rebounds, 6 blocks and 4 assists in a game, joining Lisa Leslie (June 5, 2004) and Candace Parker (May 29, 2008) - Over the last 10 games, she totaled 126 rebounds and 35 blocks, averages of 12.6 rpg and 3.5 bpg... Since Aug. 21, Turner had the most rebounds in the league (next closest was 111) and the most blocks (next closest was 26) - On Sept. 5, she marked her fourth straight 10+ rebounding game (a career-long streak) - Totaled 10 points on 5-of-5 shooting, 15 rebounds, four blocks and two steals against the Lynx on Sept. 1... Marked the first 15+ rebound, 4+ block, 2+ steal game in the WNBA since 2017 - Had 159 points and 198 rebounds on the year... Only 13 players had 150+ points and 150+ rebounds this season - On Aug. 21 against the Lynx, she earned four points, nine rebounds, four steals and four blocks... Was the only player to achieve 4+ steals and 4+ blocks in a game this season, the first since Seattle's Natasha Howard on July 19, 2019, vs. Las Vegas - Achieved her first career double-double on Aug. 10 at Dallas with a career-high 13 points (6-9 FG) and 11 rebounds

PROFESSIONAL/COLLEGIATE CAREER - Has averaged 5.4 points (56.1 FG%), 6.2 rebounds and 1.3 blocks in 21.1 minutes in 51 games (34 starts) - Is in her second season in the WNBA, both seasons with the Mercury - Named to the WNBA's All-Rookie Team in 2019 as well as the AP's All-Rookie Team a season ago... Became just the fifth player in franchise history to be named to the WNBA All-Rookie Team and the first since Brittney Griner in 2013 - Averaged 4.0 points, 4.1 rebounds and 0.7 blocks in 29 games during 2019 season... Held Per 36 averages of 9.1 points, 9.4 rebounds and 1.6 blocks... Started in 12 of the Mercury's final 14 games of the season in 2019, averaging 7.0 rebounds in the stretch - Ranked third among rookies in rebounding during the 2019 season (4.1 rpg) - Matched the Mercury franchise record for rebounds by a rookie with a career-high 14 against Los Angeles on Aug. 8, 2019, tying Brittney Griner's record - Matched the franchise rookie record for blocks in a game with six on Aug. 20, 2019, against Las Vegas, tying Brittney Griner's mark - Became just the eighth rookie in WNBA history to record at least seven points, 11 rebounds and six blocks in a game last season against Las Vegas on Aug. 20 - Became just the seventh rookie in franchise history to finish rookie season with at least 100 points, 100 rebounds and 20 blocks - Played for the in Australia’s WNBL during the 2019-2020 WNBA offseason... Ranked fifth in the league in scoring (16.8 ppg), third in rebounding (10.7 rpg) and first in blocks (2.4 bpg)… Finished second in MVP voting behind … named the Chemist Warehouse WNBL Show Player of the Year

PERSONAL - Daughter of Kellye and Howard Turner...both parents played collegiate basketball - Uncle, Shannon Jones, was a linebacker on the football team at USC - Was a competitive swimmer up until age 11 32 Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com #21 Brianna Turner 6-3 • 170 • Forward • NOTRE DAME, ‘19 • Pearland, TX Second WNBA Season • SELECTED WITH THE 11TH overall pick in the 2019 WNBA Draft MIN FG-FGA 3PM-3PA FT-FTA ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS 2020 TOTALS 613 66 - 114 0 - 1 27 - 42 57 141 198 39 24 43 31 66 159 2020 AVG. 27.9 57.9 0.0 64.3 2.6 6.4 9.0 1.8 1.1 2.0 1.4 3.0 7.2 CAREER TOTALS 1075 115 - 205 0 - 1 46 - 68 102 216 318 54 31 64 50 116 276 CAREER AVG. 21.1 56.1 0.0 67.6 2.0 4.2 6.2 1.1 0.6 1.3 1.0 2.3 5.4 ------PLAYOFFS TOTALS 63 2 - 6 0 - 0 0 - 2 5 10 15 5 1 5 2 3 4 PLAYOFFS AVG. 31.5 33.3 0.0 0.0 2.5 5.0 7.5 2.5 0.5 2.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2020 GAME-BY-GAME GAME MIN FG FGA FG% 3FM 3FA 3FG% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB REB AST TO STL BLK PF PTS Start/Bench W/L H/R 7/25 vs. LA 23 4 5 .800 0 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 3 3 6 2 3 4 0 3 8 Start L H 7/29 at IND 16 2 4 .500 0 0 0.0 2 2 1.000 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 6 Start L R 7/31 vs. LV 22 4 6 .667 0 0 0.0 1 2 .500 1 8 9 4 1 1 3 4 9 Start W H 8/2 at NY 23 2 2 1.000 0 0 0.0 3 4 .750 3 8 11 3 2 0 0 3 7 Start W R 8/4 at ATL 24 4 6 .667 0 0 0.0 2 3 .667 4 3 7 0 3 1 0 4 10 Start W R 8/6 vs. CHI 19 1 4 .250 0 0 0.0 1 2 .500 1 2 3 0 1 0 3 2 3 Start W H 8/8 at SEA 19 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 Start L R 8/10 at DAL 32 6 9 .667 0 0 0.0 1 1 1.000 4 7 11 4 1 1 1 0 13 Start W R 8/12 at CHI 19 1 2 .500 0 0 0.0 1 2 .500 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 2 3 Start L R 8/14 vs. ATL 20 4 8 .500 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 4 4 1 0 3 0 2 8 Start W H 8/16 vs. DAL 28 4 5 .800 0 0 0.0 1 3 .333 2 3 5 0 1 2 0 3 9 Start L H 8/19 at LA 26 4 6 .667 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 5 2 7 0 1 0 0 4 8 Start L R 8/21 vs. MIN 34 1 2 .500 0 1 0.0 2 4 .500 0 9 9 0 1 4 4 4 4 Start L H 8/23 at WAS 32 4 6 .667 0 0 0.0 1 2 .500 4 13 17 3 2 0 3 2 9 Start W R 8/28 vs. WAS 30 3 3 1.000 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 5 7 2 3 0 4 3 6 Start W H 8/30 at MIN 38 5 5 1.000 0 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 5 10 15 2 3 2 4 4 10 Start W R 9/1 at LV 36 2 6 .333 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 11 13 3 0 2 5 3 4 Start W R 9/3 vs. IND 33 8 9 .889 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 3 9 12 4 2 0 6 4 16 Start W H 9/5 vs. NY 34 1 5 .200 0 0 0.0 2 3 .667 2 11 13 4 1 0 2 6 4 Start W H 9/7 vs. CON 29 1 4 .250 0 0 0.0 2 2 1.000 2 6 8 1 1 1 0 4 4 Start L H 9/9 at CON 43 4 11 .364 0 0 0.0 2 4 .500 7 14 21 5 1 2 4 5 10 Start W R 9/11 vs. SEA 34 1 5 .200 0 0 0.0 6 6 1.000 4 7 11 1 2 1 3 1 8 Start L H ------9/15 vs. WAS 40 2 4 .500 0 0 0.0 0 2 0.0 3 8 11 5 2 1 4 2 4 Start W H CAREER-HIGHS PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE Minutes 43 09/09/2020 PHO @ CT PLAYOFF GAMES: 2 Field Goals 8 09/03/2020 IND @ PHO FINALS GAMES: None Field Goal Attempts 11 09/09/2020 PHO @ CT None Three-Point Field Goals --- CHAMPIONSHIPS: Three-Point Attempts 1 08/21/2020 MIN @ PHO Free Throws 6 09/11/2020 SEA @ PHO Free Throw Attempts 6 09/11/2020 SEA @ PHO (Twice) Offensive Rebounds 8 08/08/2019 PHO @ LA Defensive Rebounds 14 09/09/2020 PHO @ CT Total Rebounds 21 09/09/2020 PHO @ CT Assists 5 09/09/2020 PHO @ CT Steals 4 08/21/2020 MIN @ PHO (Twice) Turnovers 4 08/14/2019 CT @ PHO Blocks 6 09/03/2020 IND @ PHO (Twice) Points 16 09/03/2020 IND @ PHO PLAYOFF CAREER-HIGHS Minutes 40 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Field Goals 2 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Field Goal Attempts 4 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Three-Point Field Goals --- Three-Point Attempts --- Free Throws --- Free Throw Attempts 2 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Offensive Rebounds 3 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Defensive Rebounds 8 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Total Rebounds 11 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Assists 5 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Steals 1 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Turnovers 2 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Blocks 4 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Points 4 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com 33 #1 Kia Vaughn 6-4 • 205 • Center • Rutgers, '09 • New York, NY Eleventh WNBA Season • Signed with Phoenix as a free agent on February 24, 2020

CAREER PLAYOFFS HISTORY - Recorded 12 points on 6-of-10 shooting and four rebounds in the Mercury's win on Tuesday... Marked her seventh double-digit scoring game in the playoffs and her first since Sept. 22, 2015, with Washington at New York - This is the eighth season Vaughn has made the playoffs out of her 11 years in the WNBA... Last made the playoffs in 2017 with the Liberty... Also made the playoffs with the Liberty in 2012, 2011, and 2010... Made the playoffs with the Mystics in 2015, 2014 and 2013 - Has averaged 6.2 points (49.5 FG%) and 4.9 rebounds in 20 games (10 starts) in the playoffs - Her highest scoring game in the playoffs was 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting, adding seven rebounds, with New York vs. Indiana on Sept. 1, 2010

2020 WNBA REGULAR SEASON - Averaged 6.1 points (48.8 FG%), 3.6 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 18.9 minutes in 22 games (10 starts) - Earned 12 points on 6-of-12 shooting, seven rebounds, three assists and two blocks on Sept. 9, marking her fifth double-digit scoring game over an eight-game span... With five 10+ point games, she had the most such games in one season since 2016 (eight such games) - Over her last nine games, she averaged 10.8 points on 48.9 percent shooting, 5.1 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 28.4 minutes per game... Totaled 97 points over the last nine games (had 38 points entering the stretch over the first 13 games)... Mercury went 7-2 over the stretch - Since becoming a regular starter on Aug. 21, she secured the second most rebounds on the team with 51 (5.1 rpg over the nine games), only trailing Brianna Turner (126) - Made 10 straight starts after coming off the bench the first 12 games of the season... Mercury went 7-3 when she started - Had back-to-back 10+ point games from Aug. 23-28 for the first time since July 1-3, 2018... Tied her season-high in scoring at 16 points (6-of-9 shooting) against the Mystics on Aug. 28 while tying her career-high with six assists, her first six-assist game since July 29, 2014, at New York with Washington - Scored 11 points in the first quarter on 5-of-5 shooting on Aug. 23 for her first 10+ point game of the season... Was her highest scoring game since June 28, 2018, at the Mystics while with New York... Entered the game with 38 total points on the year - Recently reached the 2,000 career point mark, the 123rd player in WNBA history to score 2,000 career points - Earned her first start of the season on Aug. 21 against the Lynx... Was her first start since Aug. 15, 2018, with New York at Las Vegas - Posted a season-high eight rebounds, to go with five points and a steal in 17 minutes off the bench at New York on Aug. 2... Marked her best rebounding game since Aug. 14, 2018, at Los Angeles (also eight)

PROFESSIONAL/COLLEGIATE CAREER - Averaged 6.3 points (47.3 FG%) and 4.4 rebounds in 19.2 minutes in 329 games (164 starts) - Signed with the Mercury as a free agent on Feb. 24, 2020, after not playing during the 2019 WNBA season - Is in her 11th season in the WNBA, her first season with the Mercury - In 2018 with New York, she appeared in 29 games for the Liberty, starting in 27 of them - Averaged 5.7 points and 4.0 rebounds during the 2018 WNBA season, shooting 53.5 percent from the field, which nearly tied her career-best field goal percentage set in 2017 (53.6 percent)... Scored in double figures four times in 2018 and had one double-double - Was involved in a trade on Jan. 30, 2017 that sent both her and current Mercury teammate Bria Hartley to New York where the two were teammates in New York for two seasons - In her most recent international stint, she averaged a team-high 20.0 points to go along with 9.0 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 17 games while playing for Elazif in the Turkish League

PERSONAL - Oldest daughter of Aja Ellington and has seven brothers... Born and raised in the Bronx... Has a dog named Prince - Began playing basketball in middle school by the influence of her mother... Was named the 2005 New York State Player of the Year before playing at Rutgers

34 Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com #1 Kia Vaughn 6-4 • 205 • Center • Rutgers, '09 • New York, NY Eleventh WNBA Season • Signed with Phoenix as a free agent on February 24, 2020 MIN FG-FGA 3PM-3PA FT-FTA ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS 2020 TOTALS 415 62 - 127 0 - 2 11 - 19 24 56 80 34 11 7 34 39 135 2020 AVG. 18.9 48.8 0.0 57.9 1.1 2.5 3.6 1.5 0.5 0.3 1.6 1.8 6.1 CAREER TOTALS 6302 921 - 1949 1 - 8 242 - 361 479 978 1457 260 193 161 384 661 2085 CAREER AVG. 19.2 47.3 12.5 67.0 1.5 3.0 4.4 0.8 0.6 0.5 1.2 2.0 6.3 ------PLAYOFFS TOTALS 420 51 - 103 0 - 1 22 - 32 29 69 98 14 6 7 24 42 124 PLAYOFFS AVG. 21.0 49.5 0.0 68.8 1.5 3.5 4.9 0.7 0.3 0.4 1.2 2.1 6.2 2020 GAME-BY-GAME GAME MIN FG FGA FG% 3FM 3FA 3FG% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB REB AST TO STL BLK PF PTS Start/Bench W/L H/R 7/25 vs. LA 19 3 4 .750 0 0 0.0 0 2 0.0 3 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 6 Bench L H 7/29 at IND 12 1 3 .333 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 Bench L R 7/31 vs. LV 16 2 3 .667 0 0 0.0 1 3 .333 0 4 4 0 2 1 0 1 5 Bench W H 8/2 at NY 17 2 3 .667 0 0 0.0 1 2 .500 2 6 8 0 3 1 0 4 5 Bench W R 8/4 at ATL 4 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Bench W R 8/6 vs. CHI 13 1 1 1.000 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 2 Bench W H 8/8 at SEA 10 1 5 .200 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 Bench L R 8/10 at DAL 4 1 2 .500 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 Bench W R 8/12 at CHI 12 1 2 .500 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 Bench L R 8/14 vs. ATL 17 3 4 .750 0 0 0.0 1 2 .500 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 7 Bench W H 8/16 vs. DAL 10 1 2 .500 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 Bench L H 8/19 at LA 8 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 Bench L R 8/21 vs. MIN 20 1 3 .333 0 0 0.0 1 2 .500 2 3 5 2 2 0 0 3 3 Start L H 8/23 at WAS 28 7 9 .778 0 0 0.0 2 2 1.000 2 3 5 1 2 0 0 3 16 Start W R 8/28 vs. WAS 32 6 9 .667 0 0 0.0 4 4 1.000 0 4 4 6 2 2 1 2 16 Start W H 8/30 at MIN 28 4 9 .444 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 8 Start W R 9/1 at LV 31 7 12 .583 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 4 5 2 1 0 1 3 14 Start W R 9/3 vs. IND 24 4 11 .364 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 2 4 3 2 1 0 3 8 Start W H 9/5 vs. NY 29 6 14 .429 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 6 8 2 2 0 0 2 12 Start W H 9/7 vs. CON 31 4 10 .400 0 0 0.0 1 2 .500 0 7 7 2 6 1 0 2 9 Start L H 9/9 at CON 33 6 12 .500 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 5 7 3 1 1 2 5 12 Start W R 9/11 vs. SEA 20 1 6 .167 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 2 4 2 3 1 0 2 2 Start L H ------9/15 vs. WAS 29 6 10 .600 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 2 4 1 1 0 0 3 12 Start W H CAREER-HIGHS PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE Minutes 38 06/22/2014 WAS @ SEA PLAYOFF GAMES: 20 Field Goals 12 06/23/2011 NY @ TUL FINALS GAMES: None Field Goal Attempts 16 08/08/2014 WAS @ IND None Three-Point Field Goals 1 06/08/2010 NY @ CHI CHAMPIONSHIPS: Three-Point Attempts 1 09/01/2020 PHO @ LV (8 times) Free Throws 6 09/13/2013 CT @ WAS Free Throw Attempts 7 07/01/2018 NY @ CHI (Twice) Offensive Rebounds 9 06/24/2012 ATL @ NY Defensive Rebounds 11 09/15/2013 NY @ WAS Total Rebounds 13 06/20/2014 WAS @ MIN Assists 6 08/28/2020 WAS @ PHO (Twice) Steals 4 06/06/2014 IND @ WAS (Twice) Turnovers 6 09/07/2020 CT @ PHO (Twice) Blocks 4 05/18/2016 DAL @ WAS Points 24 06/23/2011 NY @ TUL PLAYOFF CAREER-HIGHS Minutes 29 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Field Goals 6 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO (Twice) Field Goal Attempts 12 09/19/2013 WAS @ ATL Three-Point Field Goals --- Three-Point Attempts 1 09/18/2015 WAS @ NY Free Throws 6 09/17/2011 IND @ NY Free Throw Attempts 6 09/17/2011 IND @ NY (Twice) Offensive Rebounds 4 09/27/2012 NY @ CT Defensive Rebounds 7 09/22/2015 WAS @ NY (3 times) Total Rebounds 9 09/22/2015 WAS @ NY (Twice) Assists 3 09/17/2011 IND @ NY Steals 3 09/17/2011 IND @ NY Turnovers 3 08/23/2014 IND @ WAS (3 times) Blocks 2 09/19/2013 WAS @ ATL (Twice) Points 13 09/01/2010 IND @ NY Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com 35 #2 Shatori Walker-Kimbrough 5-9 • 140 • Guard• Maryland, '12 • , MD Fourth WNBA season • Acquired by Phoenix from New York in a trade on April 17, 2020

CAREER PLAYOFFS HISTORY - Just scored a playoff career-high with eight points (2-2 3PT) in the Mercury's win over the Mystics on Tuesday - Has made 5-of-9 (.556) three-point shots in her playoff career - Helped the Washington Mystics win a championship last year over the Connecticut Sun... Walker-Kimbrough is one of three players on the Mercury who has won a WNBA championship - Has made the playoffs in every year of her four-year career, averaging 2.1 points (46.2 FG%, 55.6 3PT%) in 5.3 minutes in 16 games

2020 WNBA REGULAR SEASON - Averaged 7.3 points (42.9 FG%, 43.1 3PT%, 92.0 FT%), 1.6 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.1 steals in 19.0 minutes in 21 games (10 starts) - In the last game of the season, she scored a career-high 24 points on 7-of-18 shooting, plus 8-of-8 from the free throw line, adding three rebounds and two steals - Recorded 15 points (3-5 3PT), three rebounds, three assists and a career-high three blocks against the Liberty on Sept. 5... Marked her third straight 10+ point game, tied for the longest such streak in her career (Aug. 12-18, 2017) - Had eight 10+ point games this season, 23 in her career - Made 10 starts this year, the most starts she's made in a season in her career (previous season-high was eight starts in 2017) - Over five games from Aug. 28 through Sept. 5, she averaged 11.2 points (48.8 FG%, 50.0 3PT%, 100 FT%), 2.2 assists, 2.0 rebounds and 1.4 steals (Mercury were 5-0 over the stretch) - Was 10th in the league in three-point percentage this year at 43.1 percent - Had two games with 4+ steals, one of 13 players in the league with multiple 4+ steal games this year - On Aug. 14 vs. Atlanta, had 20 points on 7-of-14 shooting, 5-of-7 from distance, adding four rebounds, four assists, and a career-high five steals... Was the third player in the WNBA this season to record 20+ points and 5+ steals in a game - Between Aug. 12-14 (two games), averaged 15.0 points on 12-of-22 (.545) shooting, 5-of-9 (.556) from deep, 3.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 3.5 steals

PROFESSIONAL/COLLEGIATE CAREER - Averaged 5.6 points (34.8 3PT%, 91.1 FT%) and 1.3 rebounds in 14.7 minutes in 101 games (20 starts) - Acquired by the Mercury on 2020 WNBA Draft night from New York - Member of the Washington Mystics from 2017-19 - Was named to the WNBA All-Rookie Team after being drafted by the Mystics with the sixth overall pick in the 2017 WNBA Draft - Entering 2020, one of only two players in WNBA history to hold a career free throw percentage of at least 90 percent (min. 100 attempts), joining Elena Delle Donne - Played in all 34 games during the 2019 season for the first time in her career - Spent the 2019-20 WNBA offseason playing for DVTK MISKOLC in Hungary where she averaged a team-high 20.2 points to go along with 3.2 rebounds and 2.4 assists in 14 games - Three-year standout at the University of Maryland - Two-time AP All-America Third Tam selection (2016, 2017) - Three-time All-Big Ten First Team member (2015. 2016, 2017) - Top 20 Finalist for the Drysdale Award in 2015 - Named to the Preseason All-Big Ten Team entering her senior year - Scored a career-high 41 points on February 2, 2016, at Purdue - Finished with 112 career games scoring in double figures

36 Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com #2 Shatori Walker-Kimbrough 5-9 • 140 • Guard• Maryland, '12 • Baltimore, MD Fourth WNBA season • Acquired by Phoenix from New York in a trade on April 17, 2020 MIN FG-FGA 3PM-3PA FT-FTA ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS 2020 TOTALS 400 54 - 126 22 - 51 23 - 25 6 28 34 32 23 8 21 24 153 2020 AVG. 19.0 42.9 43.1 92.0 0.3 1.3 1.6 1.5 1.1 0.4 1.0 1.1 7.3 CAREER TOTALS 1484 190 - 455 62 - 178 123 - 135 33 99 132 94 73 26 87 99 565 CAREER AVG. 14.7 41.8 34.8 91.1 0.3 1.0 1.3 0.9 0.7 0.3 0.9 1.0 5.6 ------PLAYOFFS TOTALS 85 12 - 26 5 - 9 4 - 6 0 6 6 3 3 1 6 5 33 PLAYOFFS AVG. 5.3 46.2 55.6 66.7 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.3 2.1 2020 GAME-BY-GAME GAME MIN FG FGA FG% 3FM 3FA 3FG% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB REB AST TO STL BLK PF PTS Start/Bench W/L H/R 7/25 vs. LA 17 3 4 .750 2 3 .667 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 8 Bench L H 7/29 at IND 12 0 2 0.0 0 2 0.0 4 4 1.000 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 Start L R 7/31 vs. LV ***DNP - Coach's Decision*** 8/2 at NY 6 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Bench W R 8/4 at ATL 4 1 2 .500 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Bench W R 8/6 vs. CHI 24 6 10 .600 2 3 .667 3 3 1.000 0 4 4 2 2 1 0 1 17 Bench W H 8/8 at SEA 17 0 6 0.0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 Bench L R 8/10 at DAL 14 1 5 .200 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 2 2 Start W R 8/12 at CHI 20 5 8 .625 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 3 3 2 2 2 1 2 10 Start L R 8/14 vs. ATL 35 7 14 .500 5 7 .714 1 2 .500 1 3 4 4 1 5 0 2 20 Start W H 8/16 vs. DAL 8 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 Bench L H 8/19 at LA 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Bench L R 8/21 vs. MIN 8 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 2 .500 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 Bench L H 8/23 at WAS 17 1 4 .250 1 1 1.000 0 0 0.0 0 2 2 2 1 2 0 1 3 Bench W R 8/28 vs. WAS 24 4 6 .667 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 10 Bench W H 8/30 at MIN 19 2 5 .400 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 0 1 1 4 1 0 2 1 6 Start W R 9/1 at LV 30 5 10 .500 3 5 .600 2 2 1.000 0 4 4 3 0 1 1 1 15 Bench W R 9/3 vs. IND 38 5 10 .500 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 1 1 1 3 4 0 4 10 Start W H 9/5 vs. NY 31 5 12 .417 3 5 .600 2 2 1.000 1 2 3 3 0 1 3 3 15 Start W H 9/7 vs. CON 19 1 5 .200 1 5 .200 0 0 0.0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 Start L H 9/9 at CON 20 1 3 .333 1 2 .500 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 3 Start W R 9/11 vs. SEA 35 7 18 .389 2 5 .400 8 8 1.000 2 1 3 0 1 2 0 2 24 Start L H ------9/15 vs. WAS 14 2 5 .400 2 2 1.000 2 4 .500 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 8 Start W H CAREER-HIGHS PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE Minutes 38 09/03/2020 IND @ PHO PLAYOFF GAMES: 16 Field Goals 7 09/11/2020 SEA @ PHO (3 times) FINALS GAMES: 8 Field Goal Attempts 18 09/11/2020 SEA @ PHO 2019 Three-Point Field Goals 5 08/14/2020 ATL @ PHO CHAMPIONSHIPS: Three-Point Attempts 7 08/14/2020 ATL @ PHO (Twice) Free Throws 8 09/11/2020 SEA @ PHO Free Throw Attempts 8 09/11/2020 SEA @ PHO (3 times) Offensive Rebounds 3 05/25/2019 WAS @ CT Defensive Rebounds 5 06/29/2019 CT @ WAS (3 times) Total Rebounds 8 05/25/2019 WAS @ CT Assists 4 08/30/2020 PHO @ MIN (3 times) Steals 5 08/14/2020 ATL @ PHO Turnovers 5 06/18/2019 WAS @ LA Blocks 3 09/05/2020 NY @ PHO Points 24 09/11/2020 SEA @ PHO PLAYOFF CAREER-HIGHS Minutes 15 10/06/2019 WAS @ CT Field Goals 3 10/08/2019 WAS @ CT Field Goal Attempts 5 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO (Twice) Three-Point Field Goals 2 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO (Twice) Three-Point Attempts 2 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO (3 times) Free Throws 2 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO (Twice) Free Throw Attempts 4 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO Offensive Rebounds --- Defensive Rebounds 2 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO (Twice) Total Rebounds 2 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO (Twice) Assists 1 10/08/2019 WAS @ CT (3 times) Steals 1 10/10/2019 CT @ WAS (3 times) Turnovers 2 10/06/2019 WAS @ CT Blocks 1 10/08/2019 WAS @ CT Points 8 09/15/2020 WAS @ PHO

Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com 37 2020 MERCURY GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Pts by Qtr FB Pts 2nd PtsBench GAME MIN FG FGA FG% 3FM 3FA 3FG% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB REB AST PF STL TO BLK PTS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Pts Paint Pts TO Pts 7/25 vs. LA 200 27 61 .443 9 28 .321 13 21 .619 10 22 32 23 19 10 27 3 76 22 24 8 22 - 0 28 11 17 30 7/29 at IND 200 34 69 .493 9 22 .409 23 33 .697 8 20 28 18 24 6 8 2 100 29 24 22 25 - 2 40 15 11 49 7/31 vs. LV 200 38 66 .576 11 20 .550 15 19 .789 2 29 31 30 26 4 14 9 102 30 20 26 26 - 13 38 2 13 20 8/2 at NY 200 32 66 .485 5 19 .263 27 33 .818 9 38 47 20 31 8 13 9 96 25 16 21 34 - 5 36 2 20 43 8/4 at ATL 200 29 75 .387 4 20 .200 19 22 .864 10 23 33 19 18 7 12 2 81 15 18 16 32 - 6 44 10 30 19 8/6 vs. CHI 200 32 61 .525 10 19 .526 22 26 .846 4 23 27 17 20 8 21 7 96 32 23 25 16 - 12 36 6 28 29 8/8 at SEA 200 24 66 .364 4 20 .200 16 18 .889 7 24 31 16 18 11 19 5 68 16 7 29 26 - 6 26 0 21 13 8/10 at DAL 200 35 74 .473 6 22 .273 15 16 .938 8 32 40 27 17 5 11 5 91 22 22 24 23 - 9 48 11 15 26 8/12 at CHI 200 27 65 .415 7 19 .368 10 17 .588 9 17 26 17 16 7 18 3 71 14 22 14 21 - 11 28 7 22 19 8/14 vs. ATL 200 32 65 .492 12 25 .480 20 23 .870 4 26 30 24 17 9 11 4 96 19 25 28 24 - 4 26 9 9 35 8/16 vs. DAL 200 33 67 .493 9 25 .360 14 17 .824 8 24 32 25 19 7 14 3 89 27 17 24 21 - 0 44 8 17 15 8/19 at LA 200 29 66 .439 7 21 .333 9 10 .900 7 30 37 23 19 5 18 3 74 10 16 23 25 - 7 32 10 9 24 8/21 vs. MIN 200 25 60 .417 7 28 .250 23 29 .793 6 23 29 15 27 9 16 5 80 24 18 16 22 - 4 32 10 18 14 8/23 at WAS 200 29 61 .475 10 22 .455 20 24 .833 8 29 37 19 20 5 20 9 88 19 19 23 27 - 10 28 10 13 8 8/28 vs. WAS 200 33 58 .569 13 26 .500 15 15 1.000 4 27 31 25 15 7 17 6 94 16 17 29 32 - 6 26 5 21 29 8/30 at MIN 200 29 65 .446 8 30 .267 17 20 .850 12 29 41 20 19 5 19 7 83 33 18 14 18 - 4 30 13 9 11 9/1 at LV 200 34 74 .459 14 32 .438 10 12 .833 6 30 36 26 19 4 9 12 92 27 25 21 19 - 19 22 7 12 20 9/3 vs. IND 200 40 77 .519 11 28 .393 14 18 .778 7 26 33 22 22 10 10 8 105 35 19 29 22 - 12 52 11 13 16 9/5 vs. NY 200 31 75 .413 10 30 .322 11 14 .786 8 35 43 12 21 4 10 9 83 23 22 23 15 - 10 32 11 14 13 9/7 vs. CON 200 21 60 .350 7 26 .269 21 23 .913 7 25 32 14 15 3 17 1 70 17 17 14 22 - 2 24 7 8 19 9/9 at CON 225 30 67 .448 9 25 .360 17 21 .810 9 22 31 23 19 5 12 7 100 30 21 10 28 11 10 44 11 21 14 9/11 vs. SEA 200 15 62 .242 3 25 .120 27 28 .964 11 21 32 12 16 8 14 4 60 14 12 11 23 - 7 12 10 20 19 - PLAYOFFS - 9/15 vs. WAS 200 28 62 .452 11 24 .458 18 23 .783 7 27 34 18 18 6 12 6 85 16 19 24 26 - 7 24 6 13 14 9/17 at MIN

2020 OPPONENT GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Pts by Qtr FB Pts 2nd PtsBench GAME MIN FG FGA FG% 3FM 3FA 3FG% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB REB AST PF STL TO BLK PTS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Pts Paint Pts TO Pts 7/25 vs. LA 200 38 68 .559 9 20 .450 14 17 .824 6 25 31 21 21 14 18 2 99 22 28 30 19 - 10 40 9 38 43 7/29 at IND 200 36 70 .514 9 20 .450 25 27 .926 9 29 38 17 23 2 14 3 106 27 29 20 30 - 0 44 13 8 33 7/31 vs. LV 200 32 70 .457 7 14 .500 24 28 .857 5 25 30 22 17 8 10 1 95 19 22 22 32 - 6 40 11 24 34 8/2 at NY 200 18 73 .247 5 35 .143 26 29 .897 10 24 34 13 30 4 13 2 67 12 15 29 11 - 0 22 10 13 19 8/4 at ATL 200 29 62 .468 4 13 .308 12 13 .923 5 30 35 15 25 7 23 2 74 15 20 20 19 - 4 40 2 14 14 8/6 vs. CHI 200 32 70 .457 9 24 .375 13 16 .812 12 22 34 19 29 12 21 4 86 18 31 18 19 - 4 30 6 29 20 8/8 at SEA 200 25 65 .385 12 24 .500 12 16 .750 8 33 41 19 20 12 24 3 74 19 23 20 12 - 10 16 5 17 14 8/10 at DAL 200 28 74 .378 7 26 .269 16 21 .762 9 25 34 20 18 9 8 4 79 21 17 16 25 - 8 34 11 11 18 8/12 at CHI 200 11 20 .550 1 11 .091 16 20 .800 12 26 38 20 21 9 16 2 89 17 25 22 25 - 6 52 19 18 24 8/14 vs. ATL 200 32 76 .421 8 20 .400 8 16 .500 12 23 35 22 18 5 12 8 80 12 22 17 29 - 4 36 18 10 31 8/16 vs. DAL 200 34 69 .493 12 27 .444 15 17 .882 7 27 34 18 19 9 13 3 95 28 16 25 26 - 7 38 13 24 18 8/19 at LA 200 30 69 .435 4 15 .267 19 25 .760 5 29 34 17 12 12 9 2 83 24 18 20 21 - 4 32 9 21 20 8/21 vs. MIN 200 26 58 .448 9 19 .474 29 35 .829 8 26 34 20 22 9 15 3 90 26 25 18 21 - 2 26 14 16 18 8/23 at WAS 200 32 77 .416 14 27 .519 9 15 .600 10 20 30 20 21 9 12 4 87 17 22 26 22 - 4 32 20 25 23 8/28 vs. WAS 200 28 70 .400 9 25 .360 7 10 .700 7 14 21 17 16 7 17 3 72 19 22 14 17 - 4 20 9 14 23 8/30 at MIN 200 30 74 .405 6 23 .261 13 14 .929 8 22 30 17 19 11 11 2 79 18 18 15 28 - 8 42 10 20 32 9/1 at LV 200 32 75 .427 3 10 .300 18 21 .857 13 31 44 21 14 6 12 2 85 26 19 19 21 - 7 46 20 10 46 9/3 vs. IND 200 28 67 .418 7 17 .412 18 25 .720 8 27 35 17 17 3 18 4 81 24 22 17 18 - 2 30 13 12 32 9/5 vs. NY 200 22 81 .272 4 35 .114 19 24 .792 21 32 53 10 18 4 9 3 67 19 19 16 13 - 6 34 19 11 42 9/7 vs. CON 200 33 75 .440 7 18 .389 12 15 .800 9 27 36 22 19 7 9 3 85 24 16 17 28 - 2 36 10 22 18 9/9 at CON 225 31 84 .369 8 28 .286 25 30 .833 21 34 55 13 23 8 16 5 95 13 18 33 25 6 4 42 19 6 14 9/11 vs. SEA 200 31 66 .470 7 17 .412 14 17 .824 9 27 36 22 23 5 16 2 83 22 28 19 14 - 8 42 11 22 29 - PLAYOFFS - 9/15 vs. WAS 200 32 74 .432 9 18 .500 11 13 .846 9 25 34 19 18 5 12 5 84 25 21 24 14 - 2 32 9 17 10 9/17 at MIN

38 Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com 2020 PLAYOFFS RECORD BREAKDOWN RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME OVERALL 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 vs. WEST 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 vs. EAST 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 MERCURY ACTIVE STREAKS OVERALL W1 Last Win September 15 vs. Washington Longest Overall W1 Last Loss -- HOME W1 Last Win September 15 vs. Washington Longest Overall W1 Last Loss --

ROAD -- Last Win -- Longest Overall -- Last Loss -- MARGINS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25+ WON BY 1 LOST BY

LARGEST MARGIN OF 1, September 15 vs. WAS LARGEST MARGIN OF --- VICTORY DEFEAT LARGEST LEAD 5, September 15 vs. WAS LARGEST BLOWN LEAD --- LARGEST DEFICIT 13, September 15 vs. WAS LARGEST COMEBACK 13, September 15 vs. WAS

BY MONTH BY DAY BY REST BY OPPONENT September...... 1-0 Sunday...... 0-0 One Day Rest...... 0-0 vs. .500 or >...... 1-0 Monday...... 0-0 Two+ Days Rest...... 1-0 vs. Below .500... 0-0 Tuesday...... 0-0 Wednesday...... 0-0 Thursday...... 0-0 Friday...... 0-0 Saturday...... 0-0

MERCURY STARTING LINE-UPS | TOTAL: 1 Starting Five No. of Games Record Diana Taurasi, Skylar Diggins-Smith, Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, Brianna Turner, Kia Vaughn 1 1-0

Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com 39 2020 PLAYOFFS RECORD BREAKDOWN HOME ROAD TOTAL HOME ROAD TOTAL Lead at the end of the 1st quarter...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 Outrebounded opponent...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 Trail at the end of the 1st quarter...... 1-0 0-0 1-0 Outrebounded by opponent...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 Lead at halftime...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 Score less than 70 points...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 Trail at halftime...... 1-0 0-0 1-0 Score 70-79 points...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 Lead at end of the 3rd quarter...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 Score 80-89 points...... 1-0 0-0 1-0 Shoot higher/same FG% than opponent.... 1-0 0-0 1-0 Score 90-99 points...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 Shoot lower FG% than opponent...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 Score more than 100 points...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 Shoot at least .500 FG%...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 Allow less than 70 points...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 Shoot between .400-.499 FG%...... 1-0 0-0 1-0 Allow 70-79 points...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 Shoot lower than .400 FG%...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 Allow 80-89 points...... 1-0 0-0 1-0 Allow .500 FG% or better...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 Allow 90-99 points...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 Allow less than .500 FG%...... 1-0 0-0 1-0 Allow more than 100 points...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 Shoot higher/same 3PT% than opponent... 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 players score 10+ points...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 Shoot lower 3PT% than opponent...... 1-0 0-0 1-0 4 players score 10+ points...... 1-0 0-0 1-0 Make more/same 3FG than opponent...... 1-0 0-0 1-0 5 players score 10+ points...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 Make fewer 3FG than opponent...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 6 players score 10+ points...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 Attempt more/same FT than opponent...... 1-0 0-0 1-0 Outscore opponent bench...... 1-0 0-0 1-0 Attempt less FT than opponent...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 Outscored by opponent bench...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 Dish more/same assists than opponent...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 Play on ESPN/ESPN2...... 1-0 0-0 1-0 Dish fewer assists than opponent...... 1-0 0-0 1-0 Play on FOX Sports Arizona...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 Commit more/same TO than opponent...... 1-0 0-0 1-0 Play on ABC...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 Commit fewer TO than opponent...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 Play on NBA TV...... 0-0 0-0 0-0

HEAD-TO-HEAD RESULTS CON LA LV MIN SEA WAS WON 1 LOST

2020 INDIVIDUAL PLAYOFFS BESTS MERCURY OPPONENTS POINTS 24, Skylar Diggins-Smith, September 15 vs. WAS 15, , September 15 vs. WAS POINTS (QTR) 13, Diana Taurasi (3rd), September 15 vs. WAS 9, Leilani Mitchell (2nd), September 15 vs. WAS POINTS (HALF) 18, Diana Taurasi (2nd), September 15 vs. WAS 14, Leilani Mitchell (2nd), September 15 vs. WAS MINUTES 40:00, Brianna Turner, September 15 vs. WAS 35:48, Leilani Mitchell, September 15 vs. WAS FGM 7 (Twice), last: Diggins-Smith/Taurasi, September 15 vs. WAS 8 (Twice), last: Meesseman/Mitchell, September 15 vs. WAS FGA 18, Skylar Diggins-Smith, September 15 vs. WAS 16, , September 15 vs. WAS 3-PT FGM 4, Diana Taurasi, September 15 vs. WAS 5, Leilani Mitchell, September 15 vs. WAS 3-PT FGA 8 (Twice), last: Diggins-Smith/Taurasi, September 15 vs. WAS 7, Leilani Mitchell, September 15 vs. WAS FTM 7, Skylar Diggins-Smith, September 15 vs. WAS 4, Leilani Mitchell, September 15 vs. WAS FTA 8, Skylar Diggins-Smith, September 15 vs. WAS 5, Leilani Mitchell, September 15 vs. WAS OFF REBS 3, Brianna Turner, September 15 vs. WAS 2 (3 Times), last: 3 Players, September 15 vs. WAS DEF REBS 8, Brianna Turner, September 15 vs. WAS 9, Myisha Hines-Allen, September 15 vs. WAS TOTAL REBS 11, Brianna Turner, September 15 vs. WAS 9, Myisha Hines-Allen, September 15 vs. WAS ASSISTS 6, Diana Taurasi, September 15 vs. WAS 4 (4 Times), last: 4 Players, September 15 vs. WAS STEALS 3, Shey Peddy, September 15 vs. WAS 2 (2 Times), last: 2 Players, September 15 vs. WAS BLOCKED SHOTS 4, Brianna Turner, September 15 vs. WAS 2 (2 Times), last: 2 Players, September 15 vs. WAS TURNOVERS 5, Skylar DIggins-Smith, September 15 vs WAS 3, (2 Times), last: 2 Players, September 15 vs. WAS

40 Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx • Thursday, September 17, 2020 • IMG Academy • PhoenixMercury.com 2020 PHOENIX MERCURY PLAYOFFS HIGHS AND LOWS HIGHS LOWS TOTAL PTS/NON OT 85, September 15 vs. WAS -- TOTAL PTS (OT) -- -- PTS, 1ST QTR 16, September 15 vs. WAS -- PTS, 2ND QTR 19, September 15 vs. WAS -- PTS, 3RD QTR 24, September 15 vs. WAS -- PTS, 4TH QTR 26, September 15 vs. WAS -- PTS, 1ST HALF 35, September 15 vs. WAS -- PTS, 2ND HALF 50, September 15 vs. WAS -- PTS, OVERTIME PRD. -- -- FGM 28, September 15 vs. WAS -- FGA 62, September 15 vs. WAS -- FG% .452, September 15 vs. WAS -- 3-PT FGM 11, September 15 vs. WAS -- 3-PT FGA 24, September 15 vs. WAS -- 3-PT% .458, September 15 vs. WAS -- FTM 18, September 15 vs. WAS -- FTA 23, September 15 vs. WAS -- FT% .783, September 15 vs. WAS -- OFF REBS 7, September 15 vs. WAS -- DEF REBS 27, September 15 vs. WAS -- TOTAL REBS 34, September 15 vs. WAS -- ASSISTS 18, September 15 vs. WAS -- STEALS 6, September 15 vs. WAS -- TURNOVERS 12, September 15 vs. WAS -- BLOCKED SHOTS 6, September 15 vs. WAS -- PERSONAL FOULS 18, September 15 vs. WAS -- POINTS IN THE PAINT 24, September 15 vs. WAS -- 2ND CHANCE PTS 6, September 15 vs. WAS -- FASTBREAK POINTS 7, September 15 vs. WAS -- POINTS OFF TO 13, September 15 vs. WAS --

2020 OPPONENT PLAYOFFS HIGHS AND LOWS HIGHS LOWS TOTAL PTS/NON OT 84, September 15 vs. WAS -- TOTAL PTS (OT) -- -- PTS, 1ST QTR 25, September 15 vs. WAS -- PTS, 2ND QTR 21, September 15 vs. WAS -- PTS, 3RD QTR 24, September 15 vs. WAS -- PTS, 4TH QTR 14, September 15 vs. WAS -- PTS, 1ST HALF 46, September 15 vs. WAS -- PTS, 2ND HALF 38, September 15 vs. WAS -- PTS, OVERTIME PRD. -- -- FGM 32, September 15 vs. WAS -- FGA 74, September 15 vs. WAS -- FG% .432, September 15 vs. WAS -- 3-PT FGM 9, September 15 vs. WAS -- 3-PT FGA 18, September 15 vs. WAS -- 3-PT% .500, September 15 vs. WAS -- FTM 11, September 15 vs. WAS -- FTA 13, September 15 vs. WAS -- FT% .846, September 15 vs. WAS -- OFF REBS 9, September 15 vs. WAS -- DEF REBS 25, September 15 vs. WAS -- TOTAL REBS 34, September 15 vs. WAS -- ASSISTS 19, September 15 vs. WAS -- STEALS 5, September 15 vs. WAS -- TURNOVERS 12, September 15 vs. WAS -- BLOCKED SHOTS 5, September 15 vs. WAS -- PERSONAL FOULS 18, September 15 vs. WAS -- POINTS IN THE PAINT 32, September 15 vs. WAS -- 2ND CHANCE PTS 9, September 15 vs. WAS -- FASTBREAK POINTS 2, September 15 vs. WAS -- POINTS OFF TO 17, September 15 vs. WAS --

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