{"id":296225,"date":"2025-10-12T02:57:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T02:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/296225\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T02:57:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T02:57:15","slug":"kahleah-copper-tells-mercury-teammates-to-feel-the-hurt-after-wnba-finals-sweep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/296225\/","title":{"rendered":"Kahleah Copper Tells Mercury Teammates to &#8216;Feel the Hurt&#8217; After WNBA Finals Sweep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/phoenix-mercury\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phoenix Mercury<\/a> losing all four games to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/las-vegas-aces\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Las Vegas Aces<\/a> in the WNBA Finals, it didn\u2019t impact Kahleah Copper\u2019s belief in the team.<\/p>\n<p>Although an air of disappointment could be felt the moment she entered the press conference room, Copper still spoke with clarity.<\/p>\n<p>She shared her message to teammates as they watched the Aces celebrate after the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted us to feel it, I wanted us to hear the celebrations,\u201d she said postgame. \u201cI want us to really feel the moment, feel the hurt, and hear what was the celebration and to let it just fuel us for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kahleah Copper shared what she told the Mercury after the Aces won the 2025 WNBA championship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted us to feel it. I wanted us to hear the celebrations. I want us to really feel the moment, feel the hurt, and hear what was the celebration and to let it just fuel us for the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/USWYPK9WBm\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/USWYPK9WBm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hayden Cilley (@HaydenCilley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HaydenCilley\/status\/1976847532719518040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Copper\u2019s Finals Experience Could Reignite Mercury<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Copper has been on both sides of the WNBA Finals. In 2021, she was a champion with the Chicago Sky, where she took home the Finals MVP award. Now, she\u2019s on the losing end.<\/p>\n<p>Her personal journey this season was arguably the toughest of her career. She endured two injuries that kept her out for extended periods before returning to the court.<\/p>\n<p>But the veteran forward gained perspective through those struggles that Phoenix desperately needs. Although she has been with the Mercury for only two seasons, she has stepped up and shown leadership when it mattered most.<\/p>\n<p>That leadership was on display during arguably the most painful moment of the season for her and the team.<\/p>\n<p>Reaching the WNBA Finals in your second season with a team isn\u2019t something to be taken lightly. Copper posted 31 points, six rebounds and one assist in Friday\u2019s series-clinching loss to the Aces. But unfortunately, her efforts weren\u2019t enough to stage a comeback.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, her message is one teammates will likely keep in mind as they enter the offseason and prepare for next season\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img alt=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760237835_864_802c3003547685b578fd7f4e8a81a7dbe8d1cf2e4c476dec63817c479fdb718f\"  class=\"avatar avatar-70 photo\" height=\"70\" width=\"70\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"low\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\tSince  his  first  foray  into  online  journalism  in  2019,  Peter  Okereke  has  written  widely  on  Entertainment  and  Pop  Culture  &#8230; More about <a class=\"more-bio\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/author\/peter-okereke\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Okereke<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t                        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite the Phoenix Mercury losing all four games to the Las Vegas Aces in the WNBA Finals, it&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":296226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[4144,1502,62,67,132,68,232],"class_list":{"0":"post-296225","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-las-vegas-aces","9":"tag-phoenix-mercury","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us","14":"tag-wnba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115358954380696668","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}