Satou Sabally scored a team-high 19 points, Alyssa Thomas notched a record-breaking triple-double and the visiting Phoenix Mercury staved off the Los Angeles Sparks 92-84 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Thomas scored 11 of her 12 points in the second half while finishing with 16 rebounds and 15 assists. Thomas broke her own single-season record by posting her seventh triple-double of 2025.<\/p>\n
The Mercury (23-14) broke a virtual tie with the New York Liberty for fourth in the WNBA standings. They did so with a highly efficient offensive game. Phoenix had 28 assists on 33 made baskets, and its bench shot 9-for-15 from 3-point range.<\/p>\n
Sami Whitcomb (17 points) went 5 of 7 and DeWanna Bonner (14 points) was 2 of 4 from deep to lead that attack. Kahleah Copper added 18 points for Phoenix.<\/p>\n
Dearica Hamby tallied 25 points, eight rebounds and five steals for the Sparks (17-19), Rickea Jackson had 21 points despite an injury scare and Kelsey Plum scored 20.<\/p>\n
Los Angeles trailed by six after the opening quarter but soon rallied for its first lead. Hamby made a layup, grabbed a steal off Monique Akoa Makani and scored again in a span of nine seconds. Hamby was fouled on the latter, and her free throw put the Sparks ahead 25-24.<\/p>\n
Bonner answered with a 3-pointer and Copper had two baskets to help the Mercury restore an eight-point lead. Hamby helped the Sparks get within three in the final minute of the half but Phoenix rookie Lexi Held hit a pull-up and then assisted Whitcomb for a 3-pointer in the dying seconds for a 48-40 halftime lead.<\/p>\n
Jackson swished a pair of 3-pointers to bring Los Angeles within 54-50 with 6:31 left in the quarter. The Mercury got triples from Sabally and Kathryn Westbeld in response, and Copper added a three-point play to forge the largest lead of the game at 13 points with 3:57 to go.<\/p>\n
In the final minute of the quarter, Jackson crumpled to the ground following some lower-body contact with Sabally near midcourt. She was down for a few minutes before being able to walk off with an apparent right ankle injury, but she returned midway through the fourth frame.<\/p>\n
Whitcomb knocked down two long 3-pointers in the opening minutes of the fourth to make it a 76-60 game. The Sparks could not get it back within single digits until the final 1:35, by which point it was too late.<\/p>\n
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