{"id":800154,"date":"2026-05-16T08:19:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T08:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/800154\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T08:19:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T08:19:17","slug":"phoenix-mercury-put-defensive-identity-back-on-display-vs-chicago-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/800154\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix Mercury put defensive identity back on display vs. Chicago Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX \u2014 The Phoenix Mercury bounced back from their short two-game skid, taking a 91-83 win over the Chicago Sky that showcased the defensive identity they\u2019ve hung their hat on.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-119201\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-119201\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/USATSI_28971630_168398863_lowres.jpg\" alt=\"Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas (25) screams after a call during a game at Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix on May 15, 2026. \u00a9 Patrick Breen\/The Republic \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-119201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas (25) screams after a call during a game at Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix on May 15, 2026. \u00a9 Patrick Breen\/The Republic \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX \u2014 The Phoenix Mercury bounced back from their short two-game skid, taking a 91-83 win over the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":800155,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-800154","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-phoenix","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116583280741350212","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800154","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=800154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}