{"id":824330,"date":"2026-08-24T15:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T15:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/824330\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T15:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T15:22:10","slug":"mystics-rally-from-14-point-deficit-and-beat-fire-105-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/824330\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystics rally from 14-point deficit and beat Fire 105-100"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FILE \u2014 Portland Fire guard Carla Leite, right, drives past Phoenix Mercury forward Noemie Brochant (1) during the first half of a WNBA basketball game Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026, in Phoenix.<\/p>\n

Ross D. Franklin \/ AP<\/p>\n

Shakira Austin had a career-high 31 points and 10 rebounds and Georgia Amoore hit two free throws with 4.2 seconds left to help the Washington Mystics rally from a 14-point deficit and beat the Portland Fire 105-100 on Sunday night. <\/p>\n

Kiki Iriafen shot 7 for 11 from the field and finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Mystics (22-15). Sonia Citron added 14 points, and Cotie McMahon and Amoore scored 13 apiece. <\/p>\n

Amoore\u2019s foul on a 3-point shot was upgraded to a flagrant. Carla Leite made all three free throws and then added a layup that cut the Fire\u2019s deficit to 92-90 with 3:09 to play. Amoore responded with a basket inside and Portland got no closer. <\/p>\n

Leite had 27 points and 11 assists, and Emily Engstler hit five 3-pointers and finished with 23 points, both career highs, for the Fire (15-22). Megan DiLeo had 21 points on 7-of-8 shooting and Bridget Carleton added 18 points and five steals. <\/p>\n

Leite hit two 3s and DiLeo scored four points in the final minute before Amoore\u2019s free throws sealed it. <\/p>\n

Portland used a 14-2 run to take a 34-22 lead about two minutes into the second quarter, but the Mystics scored 18 of the next 22 points to take a one-point lead when Citron converted a three-point play about five minutes later. <\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Mystics: Visit Phoenix for games Tuesday and Thursday. <\/p>\n

Fire: Play Tuesday at Dallas. <\/p>\n

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See AP\u2019s full WNBA coverage here<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FILE \u2014 Portland Fire guard Carla Leite, right, drives past Phoenix Mercury forward Noemie Brochant (1) during the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":824331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-824330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824330","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=824330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/824331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}