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Kahleah Copper helps Mercury top Tempo, who were missing Marina Mabrey
Kahleah Copper had 27 points and Valeriane Ayayi had a career high 20 as the short-handed Phoenix Mercury ruined Toronto's first home game at Scotiabank Center with a 89-80 win Saturday afternoon.,Phoenix (7-13) has now won three of its last four games. The Mercury finished Saturday's game with just...

Kahleah Copper helps Mercury top Tempo, who were missing Mabrina Mabrey
Kahleah Copper had 27 points and Valeriane Ayayi had a career high 20 as the short-handed Phoenix Mercury ruined Toronto's first home game at Scotiabank Center with a 89-80 win Saturday afternoon.,Phoenix (7-13) has now won three of its last four games. The Mercury finished Saturday's game with just...

Tempo riding high after record night, Mercury reeling after Alyssa Thomas suspension
Fresh off tying the single-game WNBA scoring record with 53 points, Marina Mabrey and the expansion Toronto Tempo host the Phoenix Mercury on Saturday afternoon.,Mabrey is the talk of the league after her record performance in the Tempo's 125-97 win over Los Angeles on Thursday. The veteran guard we...

Kahleah Copper's heroics lift Mercury over Fever
Kahleah Copper scored 28 points and the visiting Phoenix Mercury outlasted the host Indiana Fever for a 111-109 victory Wednesday night in Indianapolis.,Copper made 6 of 10 shots and also made 15 of 16 free throws attempts en route to her third highest-scoring game of the season. Copper's biggest pl...

Report: WNBA will not rescind Caitlin Clark's latest technical foul
Caitlin Clark was whistled for a technical foul on Monday in a contentious meeting between the Indiana Fever and Phoenix Mercury, and her fifth of the season will not be rescinded upon review, The Athletic reported Wednesday.,A player who reaches eight technical fouls in the WNBA receives an automat...

After rallying to beat Mercury, Fever seek faster start in rematch
The Indiana Fever spent the first quarter against the Phoenix Mercury on Monday digging out from a large deficit.,Two nights later, the Fever hope to start quicker when they host the Mercury on Wednesday in Indianapolis.,Indiana (10-7) is 5-2 in its past seven games and bounced back from allowing 10...

Fever dig out of first-quarter hole to turn back Mercury
Caitlin Clark had 24 points and nine assists and the Indiana Fever overcame an early 16-point deficit to defeat the Phoenix Mercury 86-77 on Monday night in Indianapolis.,Kelsey Mitchell added 22 points, Monique Billings had 14 points and 10 rebounds and the Fever (10-7) bounced back from a 19-3 def...

Ball security key for Fever with momentum-seeking Mercury in town
The Indiana Fever have a turnover problem.,It plagued them in consecutive losses to the Atlanta Dream, but in reality, it has been an issue all season.,The Fever (9-7) hope to take better care of the basketball when they meet the Phoenix Mercury on Monday night in Indianapolis.,Indiana had won four ...

Struggling Storm, Mercury attempt to turn things around
Two of the WNBA teams struggling the most -- the Seattle Storm and Phoenix Mercury -- will battle to be the one to end an extended losing streak on Saturday in Phoenix.,Seattle (3-13) has lost nine consecutive games. Phoenix (4-12) has been defeated four straight times and fallen in 10 of its last 1...

A'ja Wilson, Aces top Mercury, make Commissioner's Cup final
The Las Vegas Aces clinched a spot in the Commissioner's Cup title game against the New York Liberty with an 86-76 victory Wednesday night at the Phoenix Mercury behind A'ja Wilson's 33 points, 11 rebounds and five steals.,The Aces (11-4, 6-1 Commissioner's Cup) have won seven of their last eight ga...

Aces chase Commissioner's Cup final berth as Mercury try to stop slide
The second meeting this season between the 2025 WNBA finalists will look very different this time.,The Phoenix Mercury started the season with what looked like a statement victory over the Aces, a convincing 99-66 win in the regular-season opener on May 9 in Las Vegas. However, the teams have been h...

Kelsey Plum's career-high 43 help Sparks outlast Mercury in OT
Kelsey Plum scored a career-high 43 points and made five 3-pointers as the Los Angeles Sparks lost a nine-point fourth-quarter lead but recovered to beat the host Phoenix Mercury 111-102 in overtime in a Commissioner's Cup game Saturday.,Plum's layup with 1.6 seconds remaining in regulation tied it ...

Mercury lug struggling offense home to face Sparks
The Phoenix Mercury return home after a road-heavy start to face the Los Angeles Sparks in a Commissioner's Cup game on Saturday.,But regardless of where the Mercury are playing, coach Nate Tibbetts wants to see more out of his team.,"This was a step backwards tonight," he said Thursday after an 85-...

Paige Bueckers scores season-high 31 points to lead Wings over Mercury
Paige Bueckers poured in a season-high 31 points, 24 of those in the first half, to carry the Dallas Wings to a definitive 85-70 win over the Phoenix Mercury on Thursday in a Commissioner's Cup game in Arlington, Texas.,Dallas (8-4, 3-1 in Commissioner's Cup play) built a nine-point lead at halftime...

Wings welcome Mercury looking to start new win streak
The Dallas Wings and Phoenix Mercury both look to return to their winning ways when they square off Thursday in a Commissioner's Cup clash in Arlington, Texas.,The Wings (7-4, 2-1 in Commissioner's Cup) head home after being thrashed 100-76 by the Minnesota Lynx in Minneapolis on Tuesday. Paige Buec...

Veronica Burton, Gabby Williams guide Valkyries past Mercury
Veronica Burton scored a season-high 25 points and dished out eight assists, Gabby Williams also had 25 points, and the Golden State Valkyries held off the Phoenix Mercury 87-81 in a Commissioner's Cup game in San Francisco on Tuesday.,Kayla Thornton scored 12 points and Janelle Salaun added 11 for ...

Mercury hope rise continues against struggling Valkyries
The Phoenix Mercury will look to build on a two-game winning streak in the third game of a four-game road trip during a Commissioner's Cup contest against the Golden State Valkyries on Tuesday in San Francisco.,The Mercury (4-8, 2-1 Commissioner's Cup) broke a six-game losing streak in Seattle on We...

DeWanna Bonner, Mercury hold off Fire's late surge
DeWanna Bonner scored a game-high 19 points and added five rebounds, five assists and three blocked shots as the injury-plagued Phoenix Mercury defeated the host Portland Fire 78-72 in a WNBA Commissioner's Cup game Friday night.,Natasha Mack added 16 points and Monique Akoa Makani and Noemie Brocha...

Mercury attempt to build momentum in visit to Portland
The Phoenix Mercury halted an unsavory six-game losing streak and now look to earn consecutive wins for the first time this season when they visit the Portland Fire on Friday night.,Two days after Phoenix (3-8) was crushed 111-77 by the visiting Minnesota Lynx -- the 34-point margin representing the...

Mercury halt 6-game skid as Storm drop 4th straight
Natasha Mack scored 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as the Phoenix Mercury snapped a six-game losing streak with a 72-68 victory against the host Seattle Storm in the WNBA Commissioner's Cup on Wednesday night.,Kahleah Copper also scored 16, Monique Akoa Makani tallied seven of her 12 points in th...