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Slumping Mercury visit Sparks with Kelsey Plum unavailable to face old team
Kelsey Plum won't be able to compete against her former teammates when the Phoenix Mercury visit the Los Angeles Sparks on Tuesday.,The Mercury (12-22) acquired Plum on Aug. 2 in exchange for second-year guard Monique Akoa Makani as well as draft picks in 2027 and 2028. The five-time All-Star scored...
Kelsey Plum returns to LA as Mercury face Sparks
A little more than a week removed from her trade to the Phoenix Mercury, Kelsey Plum will compete against her former teammates with a visit to the Los Angeles Sparks on Tuesday.,The Mercury (12-22) acquired Plum on Aug. 2 in exchange for second-year guard Monique Akoa Makani as well as draft picks i...
Mercury look to extend Sparks' slide before All-Star break
With their recent losing streak behind them, the Phoenix Mercury will test their newfound form when they visit the Los Angeles Sparks on Wednesday in the finale before the All-Star break for both teams.,The Mercury (9-18) ended a five-game skid with a defensive-minded 72-63 defeat of the Connecticut...
DeWanna Bonner helps Mercury halt losing streak, avenge loss to Sun
DeWanna Bonner scored a game-high 21 points and the host Phoenix Mercury ended a five-game losing streak with a 72-63 victory over the Connecticut Sun on Sunday.,The win avenged a 96-83 loss to the visiting Sun on Friday. But on Sunday, Phoenix led for nearly the entire game and used a fourth quarte...
Valeriane Ayayi, Mercury hand Storm 10th straight loss
In a meeting between the last two teams in the Western Conference standings, rookie Valeriane Ayayi posted career highs of 18 points and 11 rebounds off the bench to help lead the Phoenix Mercury to a 93-73 victory over the visiting Seattle Storm.,Kahleah Copper added 17 points and Noemie Brochant p...
Liberty looking to halt home skid against Mercury
The New York Liberty have dropped three consecutive games at home for the first time since the 2022 season.,They will look to halt the skid Wednesday as they continue a seven-game homestand against the Phoenix Mercury.,"Nobody expected this," Liberty star Breanna Stewart said. "But I'm glad (the slu...
Mercury looking for reset as they hit the road to face Dream
The Mercury's week at home didn't go as planned. As the struggling team begins a three-game road trip with a Sunday afternoon tilt against the Atlanta Dream in College Park, Ga., Phoenix can't afford to fall any further behind.,Since opening the season with a surprising 99-66 blowout of the Las Vega...
Sparks, Mercury both seeking more 'punch' on defense
The visiting Los Angeles Sparks and Phoenix Mercury enter Thursday's game searching for answers following home losses to the expansion Toronto Tempo.,The Mercury (2-3) and the Sparks (1-3) have each dropped three of their last four games.,Los Angeles will play its first game on the road while Phoeni...
Surging Alyssa Thomas and Olivia Miles ready to meet in Phoenix
The Phoenix Mercury's Alyssa Thomas had a near triple-double Sunday, and Minnesota Lynx rookie Olivia Miles scored 21 points in her debut Saturday heading into Tuesday's home opener for Phoenix.,Thomas had 19 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds but committed six of the 17 turnovers for the Mercury,...
Aces, Mercury open schedules in rematch of WNBA Finals
In a rematch of last season's WNBA Finals, the reigning champion Las Vegas Aces play host to the Phoenix Mercury in a matinee Saturday to open the season for both teams.,Las Vegas heads into the 2026 campaign fresh off its third WNBA championship in four seasons led by A'ja Wilson, who is coming off...
Sparks eliminated from playoff race despite win over Mercury
Dearica Hamby scored 16 of her 25 points in the fourth quarter, Rae Burrell had a career-high 20 points, and the Los Angeles Sparks beat the host Phoenix Mercury 88-83 on Tuesday, although it was not enough to keep the Sparks from playoff elimination.,Kelsey Plum had 17 points and Hamby added nine r...
DeWanna Bonner burns former team as Mercury beat Fever
DeWanna Bonner scored 19 points off the bench, including six in the fourth quarter, to lead the Phoenix Mercury to an 85-79 victory over her old team, the Indiana Fever, on Tuesday night in Phoenix.,Bonner began the season with the Fever before they waived her in late June. She then signed in July w...
DeWanna Bonner gets her revenge against her old team as Mercury beat Fever
DeWanna Bonner scored 19 points off the bench, including six in the fourth quarter, to lead the Phoenix Mercury to an 85-79 victory over her old team, the Indiana Fever, on Tuesday night at Phoenix.,Bonner began the season with the Fever before they waived her in late June. She then signed in July w...
Injury-plagued Fever conclude road swing at streaking Mercury
Caitlin Clark will potentially miss her 19th consecutive game because of a right groin injury when the Indiana Fever visit the Phoenix Mercury on Tuesday night.,The Fever (21-19) dropped from sixth to eighth place, the last place to qualify for the WNBA playoffs, after Sunday's 75-63 loss at the Gol...
Aces host Mercury looking to extend 8-game win streak
The WNBA's hottest team will put a season-best eight-game winning streak on the line when the Las Vegas Aces play host to the Phoenix Mercury on Thursday.,The run of success -- with less than a month remaining in the regular season -- has moved the Aces (22-14) within percentage points of the Mercur...
Five WNBA Stars Who Will Decide the 2025 Playoff Race
The WNBA is entering the playoff push. See which five stars will decide the postseason picture, including Caitlin Clark and Alyssa Thomas....
Sky, Mercury meet amid post-break struggles
The Phoenix Mercury have lost four of five since the WNBA All-Star break while the Chicago Sky are 0-5 over that span amid an overall seven-game losing streak.,A much-needed victory will be there for the taking when Phoenix visits Chicago on Sunday after both teams opened August with losses on Frida...
'Resilient' Dream put hot run up against Mercury
Following an emotional pair of games on back-to-back nights, the battle-tested Atlanta Dream will host the visiting Phoenix Mercury on Friday at College Park, Ga.,After the Dream lost 77-75 at home to the Golden State Valkyries on Cecilia Zandalasini's jumper with 3.9 seconds left on Tuesday, Naz Hi...
Fever rising as Mercury visit for season's first meeting
The Indiana Fever might have found a rhythm while superstar guard Caitlin Clark remains sidelined.,However, recording a third consecutive victory Wednesday night in Indianapolis could prove difficult against the visiting Phoenix Mercury, who could be back on track following their longest skid of 202...
Top teams clash as Lynx return home to face Mercury
The Minnesota Lynx avenged one loss on their four-game, six-day road trip and will try to exact payback for the other when they face the Phoenix Mercury in their return home Wednesday afternoon.,The matchup is between the top two teams in the WNBA standings.,The Lynx closed the trip with a 91-78 vic...