Dallas Wings at Phoenix Mercury
· Women's National Basketball AssociationMercury beat Wings, move into 7th place tie with New York
Phoenix (15-20) is tied with New York for seventh in the WNBA standings with one game remaining. The Mercury, who haven't missed the playoffs since 2012, play at Chicago on Sunday, while the Liberty host Atlanta. Dallas (17-18) is locked into the No. 6 seed and plays Los Angeles on Sunday,
Phoenix started the second half on a 16-5 run, capped by Jennie Simms’ three-point play for a 55-48 lead. DeShields scored 16 of Phoenix’s 23 points through the opening eight minutes of the third quarter and Dallas was 3-of-14 shooting during the same stretch, scoring just 10 points.
Sophie Cunningham made four 3-pointers and scored 16 points for Phoenix, which was without Skylar Diggins-Smith and Diana Taurasi. Simms scored a career-high 14 points.
Dallas was also short-handed without Arike Ogunbowale due to a recent surgery.
Kayla Thornton scored 14 points for Dallas. Allisha Gray added 13 points and Marina Mabrey had 10.
Regular Season Series
Series tied 2-2
Recent Plays
| 4th 0.0 |  |
End of Game | 74 - 86 |
| 4th 0.0 | |
End of the 4th Quarter | 74 - 86 |
| 4th 23.3 |  |
Allisha Gray makes 25-foot three point jumper (Marina Mabrey assists) | 74 - 86 |
| 4th 29.2 | |
Marina Mabrey offensive rebound | 71 - 86 |
| 4th 33.1 | |
Isabelle Harrison misses layup | 71 - 86 |
Statistics
 DAL |
 PHX |
|
|---|---|---|
| 28-62 | FG | 35-68 |
| 45 | Field Goal % | 51 |
| 9-21 | 3PT | 11-22 |
| 43 | Three Point % | 50 |
| 9-14 | FT | 5-6 |
| 64 | Free Throw % | 83 |
| 31 | Rebounds | 25 |
| 11 | Offensive Rebounds | 6 |
| 20 | Defensive Rebounds | 19 |
| 17 | Assists | 25 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
| 16 | Total Turnovers | 10 |
| 1 | Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 1 | Total Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 28 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Fast Break Points | 8 |
| 28 | Points in Paint | 46 |
| 11 | Fouls | 14 |
| 10 | Largest Lead | 19 |
Game Information
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Attendance: 8,047 · Capacity:
2025-26 Western Conference Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Las Vegas |
- | 6 | W2 | 0.73913044 | 17 |
 Minnesota |
- | 6 | W2 | 0.73913044 | 17 |
 Golden State |
0.5 | 7 | W7 | 0.7083333 | 17 |
 Dallas |
1.5 | 8 | W5 | 0.6666667 | 16 |
 Los Angeles |
6 | 11 | W2 | 0.47619048 | 10 |
 Portland |
7 | 13 | W1 | 0.4347826 | 10 |
 Phoenix |
9.5 | 16 | L3 | 0.33333334 | 8 |
 Seattle |
12 | 19 | L2 | 0.24 | 6 |
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