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A pair of the league\u2019s top scorers — Satou Sabally (10th, 16.7 points per game) and Sabrina Ionescu (sixth, 18.8) — match up when the Phoenix Mercury (24-14) host the New York Liberty (24-15) on Saturday, August 30, 2025 at 10 p.m. ET on NBA TV, WWOR, AZFamily, Merc+, and Liberty Live.<\/p>\n
See below to read more about Mercury vs. Liberty leaders, insights, and a predicted winner.<\/p>\n
Watch the WNBA, other live sports and more on Fubo. What is Fubo? Fubo is a streaming service that gives you access to your favorite live sports and shows on demand. Use our link<\/a> to sign up for a free trial.<\/p>\n Mercury vs. Liberty predictionPredicted score: Phoenix Mercury 84, New York Liberty 81Our prediction uses a team strength comparison algorithm, which includes multiple factors such as strength of wins and scoring margin.Mercury vs. Liberty game infoGame day: Saturday, August 30, 2025Game time: 10 p.m. ETTV channel: NBA TV, WWOR, AZFamily, Merc+, and Liberty LiveLocation: Phoenix, ArizonaArena: PHX Arena<\/p>\n Watch the WNBA all season long by signing up for Fubo<\/a>, Paramount+<\/a> and ESPN+<\/a>.<\/p>\n Mercury insightsThe Mercury average 83.2 points per game (fifth in the league) while giving up 80.1 per outing (fourth in the WNBA). They have a +118 scoring differential overall and outscore opponents by 3.1 points per game.The Mercury rank fifth in the league at 34.7 rebounds per game. That\u2019s similar to the 35.0 their opponents average.The Mercury make 9.2 three-pointers per game (fourth-most in the league), 1.2 more than their opponents (8.0).Mercury leadersThe leader in rebounds and assists for the Mercury is Alyssa Thomas, who grabs 9.0 boards and distributes 9.2 assists per game to go with a 15.8 PPG scoring average.Sabally is Phoenix\u2019s leading scorer, averaging 16.7 per game while tacking on 6.2 rebounds and 2.5 assists.Sami Whitcomb leads the Mercury in three-point shooting, knocking down an average of 2.0 shots per game from beyond the arc.Thomas and Natasha Mack lead Phoenix on the defensive end, with Thomas leading the team in steals, averaging 1.7 per game, and Mack in blocks, averaging 1.5 per contest.<\/p>\n Looking for officially licensed WNBA gear? Fanatics<\/a> has jerseys, hats, apparel, memorabilia, trading cards, collectibles and more.<\/p>\n Liberty insightsThe Liberty have a +182 scoring differential, topping opponents by 4.7 points per game. They\u2019re putting up 85.7 points per game, third in the league, and are allowing 81.0 per outing to rank sixth in the WNBA.The Liberty are seventh in the WNBA at 33.8 rebounds per game. That\u2019s 2.3 fewer than the 36.1 their opponents average.The Liberty connect on 9.8 three-pointers per game (second-most in the league), 1.6 more than their opponents. They are shooting 35.8% from deep (second-best in WNBA), and opponents are shooting 31.2%.Liberty leadersThe Liberty\u2019s Ionescu averages enough points (18.8 per game) and assists (5.4 per game) to sit atop the team\u2019s leaderboards.Jonquel Jones\u2019 stat line of 8.7 rebounds, 15.0 points and 2.7 assists per game helps her grab the top spot on the New York rebounding leaderboard.Ionescu is consistent from three-point range and leads the Liberty with 2.2 made threes per game.New York\u2019s leader in steals is Ionescu (1.3 per game), and its leader in blocks is Breanna Stewart (1.3 per game).<\/p>\n Get tickets for this game at StubHub<\/a>, Ticketmaster<\/a> or Vivid Seats<\/a>.<\/p>\n Data Skrive is a provider of fast, accurate and accessible sports content. See AP\u2019s Terms of Use<\/a> and Privacy Policy<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This affiliate content is not influenced by our advertising relationships, but AP and Data Skrive might earn commissions…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117993,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[436,5551,99,434],"class_list":["post-117992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-new-york-liberty","tag-phoenix-mercury","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}