NBA

Phoenix Mercury at Atlanta Dream

· Women's National Basketball Association
Phoenix Mercury
3-2, 2-1 Away
Final
74 - 81

Atlanta Dream
2-3, 2-1 Home

Taurasi, Mercury beat Dream for third straight win

Brittney Griner added 18 points and Skylar Digging-Smith and Bria Hartley each scored 10 for Phoenix (3-2), which has won three in a row.

Rookie Chennedy Carter had a season-high 26 points for Atlanta (2-3) and Betnijah Laney added 17 points, seven rebounds, five assists and four steals.

Elizabeth Williams made two free throws to give the Dream a nine-point lead with 48.1 seconds left in the third quarter but Taurasi answered with a 3 and the Mercury went into the fourth quarter trailing by six. Taurasi made eight free throws, had four assists and three rebounds over the final 10 minutes as Phoenix outscored the Dream 32-19.

Regular Season Series

PHX wins series 2-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 81 - 74
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 81 - 74
4th 11.3 Skylar Diggins-Smith vs. Glory Johnson 81 - 74
4th 22.4 Betnijah Laney makes layup (Chennedy Carter assists) 81 - 74
4th 25.2 Atlanta 20 Sec. timeout 81 - 72

Statistics

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29-75 FG 29-62
39 Field Goal % 47
4-20 3PT 4-13
20 Three Point % 31
19-22 FT 12-13
86 Free Throw % 92
33 Rebounds 35
10 Offensive Rebounds 5
23 Defensive Rebounds 30
19 Assists 15
7 Steals 7
2 Blocks 2
10 Turnovers 23
2 Team Turnovers 0
12 Total Turnovers 23
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
14 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 30
6 Fast Break Points 4
44 Points in Paint 40
18 Fouls 25
9 Largest Lead 9

Game Information

Venue: IMG Academy

Location: Bradenton, FL
Capacity:

2025-26 Western Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Minnesota - 6 W3 0.75 18
Las Vegas 1 7 L1 0.7083333 17
Golden State 1 7 W7 0.7083333 17
Dallas 2 8 W5 0.6666667 16
Los Angeles 7 12 L1 0.45454547 10
Portland 8 14 L1 0.41666666 10
Phoenix 10.5 17 L4 0.32 8
Seattle 12.5 19 L2 0.24 6

2025-26 Eastern Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Indiana - 9 W2 0.6086956 14
Atlanta 0.5 10 W1 0.5833333 14
Washington 1.5 10 W2 0.54545456 12
New York 1.5 11 L3 0.5416667 13
Toronto 4.5 14 L1 0.41666666 10
Chicago 7 16 L2 0.3043478 7
Connecticut 8.5 18 W1 0.25 6
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