NBA

Phoenix Mercury at Connecticut Sun

· Women's National Basketball Association
13-8, 7-4 Away
Final
95 - 100

10-11, 3-7 Home

Mercury blows 22-point lead, rallies for win over Sun in OT

Brianna Turner had 10 points, a career-high 21 rebounds, five assists and four blocks for Phoenix (13-8). The Mercury have won seven of their last eight games to pull within a half-game of the fourth-place Minnesota Lynx.

DeWanna Bonner had 32 points and 10 rebounds and Alyssa Thomas added 18 points, 17 rebounds, five assists and three steals for Connecticut (10-11).

Second in the NBA in offensive rebounds at 9.7 per game, the Sun had a season-high 19 against Phoenix, including one by Thomas with 18.5 seconds left in regulation and the game tied at 84-all. But after Connecticut called a timeout, Kaila Charles threw the in-bound pass directly to the Mercury's Shey Peddy and Diggins-Smith made a layup.

Bonner answered with a 3-pointer and then forced Taurasi out of bounds before hitting two free throws to make it 89-86 with 3.4 seconds to go. Diggins-Smith hit a runner to force OT.

The Sun beat Phoenix 85-70 on Monday to snap its six-game win streak.

Phoenix led 40-18 midway through the second quarter but the Sun used a 33-10 run to take a three point lead into the fourth.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Recent Plays

5th 0.0 End of Game 100 - 95
5th 0.0 End of the 1st Overtime 100 - 95
5th 2.0 Shey Peddy makes free throw 2 of 2 100 - 95
5th 2.0 Shey Peddy makes free throw 1 of 2 99 - 95
5th 2.0 Alyssa Thomas personal foul 98 - 95

Statistics

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35-82 FG 31-84
43 Field Goal % 37
9-33 3PT 8-28
27 Three Point % 29
21-25 FT 25-30
84 Free Throw % 83
39 Rebounds 55
10 Offensive Rebounds 21
29 Defensive Rebounds 34
24 Assists 13
7 Steals 8
7 Blocks 5
11 Turnovers 16
1 Team Turnovers 0
12 Total Turnovers 16
1 Technical Fouls 1
1 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
6 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 21
10 Fast Break Points 4
44 Points in Paint 42
24 Fouls 23
22 Largest Lead 4

Game Information

Venue: IMG Academy

Location: Bradenton, FL
Capacity:

2025-26 Western Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Las Vegas - 2 L1 0.6666667 4
Minnesota - 2 W2 0.6666667 4
Golden State - 2 W1 0.6666667 4
Dallas 0.5 3 W1 0.5714286 4
Portland 0.5 3 W2 0.5714286 4
Los Angeles 1 3 W2 0.5 3
Seattle 1.5 4 W2 0.42857143 3
Phoenix 2.5 5 L3 0.2857143 2

2025-26 Eastern Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Atlanta - 1 W2 0.8 4
Indiana 0.5 2 W3 0.6666667 4
Chicago 1.5 3 L2 0.5 3
Toronto 2 4 L2 0.42857143 3
New York 2 4 L3 0.42857143 3
Washington 2 3 L2 0.4 2
Connecticut 4.5 7 L2 0.125 1
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