NBA

Indiana Fever at Phoenix Mercury

· Women's National Basketball Association
5-16, 2-9 Away
Final
99 - 78

9-12, 5-4 Home

Mercury beat Fever for 7th straight time, 99-78

Phoenix (9-12) beat Indiana for a seventh straight time, including an 83-71 victory on Monday.

Shey Peddy and Diamond DeShields each added 13 points for Phoenix, which has won three straight games. Brianna Turner had 11 points and 11 rebounds and Diana Taurasi also scored 11. The Mercury had a season-high 29 assists on 38 made field goals.

Phoenix built a 49-43 lead by halftime behind 28 combined points from Diggins-Smith, Cunningham and Peddy.

Kelsey Mitchell scored 14 of her 21 points in the first half for Indiana (5-16). Victoria Vivians added 13 points.

Regular Season Series

PHX wins series 3-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 78 - 99
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 78 - 99
4th 14.1 Jennie Simms makes free throw 2 of 2 78 - 99
4th 14.1 Jennie Simms makes free throw 1 of 2 78 - 98
4th 14.1 Queen Egbo personal foul 78 - 97

Statistics

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27-63 FG 38-70
43 Field Goal % 54
9-21 3PT 9-24
43 Three Point % 38
15-21 FT 14-19
71 Free Throw % 74
30 Rebounds 32
10 Offensive Rebounds 11
20 Defensive Rebounds 21
18 Assists 29
4 Steals 7
3 Blocks 6
10 Turnovers 8
4 Team Turnovers 0
14 Total Turnovers 8
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
22 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 7
2 Fast Break Points 12
32 Points in Paint 58
18 Fouls 20
4 Largest Lead 21

Game Information

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Location: Phoenix, AZ
Attendance: 5,833 · Capacity:

2025-26 Eastern Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Indiana - 0 W1 1 1
Atlanta 0.5 0 - 0 0
Chicago 0.5 0 - 0 0
Connecticut 0.5 0 - 0 0
Toronto 0.5 0 - 0 0
Washington 0.5 0 - 0 0
New York 1 1 L1 0 0

2025-26 Western Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Dallas - 0 - 0 0
Golden State - 0 - 0 0
Las Vegas - 0 - 0 0
Los Angeles - 0 - 0 0
Minnesota - 0 - 0 0
Phoenix - 0 - 0 0
Portland - 0 - 0 0
Seattle - 0 - 0 0
Full Standings

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