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Phoenix Mercury
Desert confidence with championship standards and no patience for quiet offense
A talented roster still trying to make its best stretches last for four quarters.
Current moodA late pulse could not erase the first half
Panic meter · 78 / 100
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WNBA · Postgame analysis
Mystics 80, Mercury 73: Amoore owned the last quarter
Georgia Amoore scored 16 of her career-high 25 points in the fourth, and Washington closed on a 27-10 run to beat Phoenix 80-73.
WNBA · Postgame analysis
Mystics 94, Mercury 84: Washington made the lead count
Washington shot 59% in the first half, led by 18 at the break, and held Phoenix's veteran comeback to a 10-point final margin.
WNBA · Postgame analysis
Dream 99, Mercury 89: Reese made the night heavier
Angel Reese scored a career-high 31 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, while Atlanta's 26-21 fourth quarter kept Phoenix's Kahleah Copper from stealing the ending.
WNBA · Postgame analysis
Dream 96, Mercury 82: Atlanta turned a big lead into a full-team warning
Howard, Gray, and Plum gave Atlanta several ways to make Phoenix defend, but the Dream still let the final quarter arrive with a small warning attached.