{"id":286996,"date":"2025-11-16T15:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T15:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/286996\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T15:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T15:29:08","slug":"how-the-mercury-got-going-early-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/286996\/","title":{"rendered":"How The Mercury Got Going Early This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Phoenix Mercury<\/a> were one of the WNBA’s best teams this year, and their hard work during the regular season paid off. They finished the season with a record of 27-17, and they had a great playoff run. They beat two contenders, and they faced another in the WNBA Finals. <\/p>\n

Phoenix lost to the Las Vegas Aces, but it was still a good season for the team. The Mercury started the season off on a good note, as they beat a tough Western Conference rival in their first game. <\/p>\n

\"Satou<\/p>\n

Jun 7, 2025; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Phoenix Mercury forward Satou Sabally (0) drives on Seattle Storm forward Gabby Williams (5) in the second half at Footprint Center. Mandatory Credit: Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images \/ Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

The Mercury hosted the Seattle Storm in the first game, and Phoenix won 81-59. It was an impressive game, and Satou Sabally,<\/a> one of the team’s newest stars, led the way with 27 points. She also had six rebounds, an assist and a steal. Alyssa Thomas also had a nice debut, as she had 20 points, seven rebounds, six assists and two steals. <\/p>\n

Phoenix’s home opener took place on a Saturday, and they had a break as their next game was on a Wednesday. They faced the Los Angeles Sparks in that game, and they beat them 89-86<\/a>. <\/p>\n

In that game, Sabally had 25 points, five rebounds, three assists, three steals and a block. Thomas had 19 points, seven assists, five rebounds, two blocks and a steal. Then, Monique Akoa Makani had 11 points, three assists and two rebounds. <\/p>\n

\"Alyssa<\/p>\n

Sep 9, 2025; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas (25) against the Los Angeles Sparks during the second half of a WNBA game at PHX Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images \/ Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

After that, the Mercury were back in action a few days later. They faced the Seattle Storm once again, and this time, the Storm came out on top. They beat the Mercury 77-70 in a game where Thomas was the leading scorer with 16 points. She also had 11 rebounds, seven assists and two steals. <\/p>\n

Sabally was the team’s second-leading scorer, and she had 15 points, nine rebounds, two assists and a block. Akoa Makani had 14 points, two rebounds, two assists and a block. <\/p>\n

Things were just getting started for the Mercury. They picked up good wins over the Storm and the Sparks in what were two completely different games. The Storm are a contender, and the Mercury beat them in a blowout. Los Angeles is trying to build something, and this young team put up a fight against Phoenix. <\/p>\n

\"Monique<\/p>\n

May 23, 2025; Seattle, Washington, USA; Phoenix Mercury guard Monique Akoa Makani (8) and Seattle Storm guard Skylar Diggins (4) chase the loose ball during the second half at Climate Pledge Arena. Mandatory Credit: Steven Bisig-Imagn Images \/ Steven Bisig-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Phoenix was headed in the right direction, and as time went on the Mercury continued to shine. <\/p>\n

Please follow us on X to read more about the Mercury’s season and how they played each week when you click right here<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Phoenix Mercury were one of the WNBA’s best teams this year, and their hard work during the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286997,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":{"0":"post-286996","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}