Mercury vs. Liberty - WNBA Game Summary - 31 July 2022

13-17, 4-12 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	14	13	23	19	69
NY	19	16	24	30	89

New York Liberty

11-18, 6-9 home

Howard leads Liberty to key 89-69 win over Mercury

— Natasha Howard had 23 points and 12 rebounds to help the New York Liberty beat the Phoenix Mercury 89-69 on Sunday.

31/7/2022 - AP

Brianna Turner blocks Stefanie Dolson 's 9-foot two point shot
Natasha Howard makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Sabrina Ionescu misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Crystal Dangerfield makes two point shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Natasha Howard makes two point shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Sabrina Ionescu makes driving layup
Skylar Diggins-Smith blocks Stefanie Dolson 's 4-foot layup
Natasha Howard makes 3-foot layup (Crystal Dangerfield assists)
Crystal Dangerfield makes 25-foot three point jumper (Natasha Howard assists)
Stefanie Dolson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Sabrina Ionescu misses running pullup jump shot
Natasha Howard misses driving layup
Rebecca Allen makes 4-foot two point shot (Stefanie Dolson assists)
Sami Whitcomb misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Sami Whitcomb misses 25-foot three point jumper
Sami Whitcomb makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Sabrina Ionescu misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Sabrina Ionescu misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Marine Johannes misses 23-foot three point jumper
Han Xu makes 15-foot jumper (Crystal Dangerfield assists)
Han Xu misses 5-foot two point shot
Michaela Onyenwere makes driving layup (Crystal Dangerfield assists)
Crystal Dangerfield misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
Crystal Dangerfield misses two point shot
Marine Johannes misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Rebecca Allen misses 24-foot three point jumper
Rebecca Allen makes layup (Stefanie Dolson assists)
Natasha Howard makes 3-foot layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Stefanie Dolson misses layup
Crystal Dangerfield makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Crystal Dangerfield misses 23-foot three point jumper
Crystal Dangerfield makes 4-foot two point shot (Rebecca Allen assists)
Stefanie Dolson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Sabrina Ionescu misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Crystal Dangerfield makes 26-foot three point jumper (Natasha Howard assists)
Stefanie Dolson makes layup (Natasha Howard assists)
Natasha Howard makes 3-foot hook shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Natasha Howard makes free throw 1 of 1
Rebecca Allen makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Sabrina Ionescu misses 23-foot three point jumper
Rebecca Allen makes 25-foot three point shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Stefanie Dolson misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Rebecca Allen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Sabrina Ionescu misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
Sabrina Ionescu makes driving layup (Natasha Howard assists)
Crystal Dangerfield misses 24-foot three point jumper
Marine Johannes misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
Han Xu makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Han Xu misses 10-foot jumper
Crystal Dangerfield misses driving floating jump shot
Crystal Dangerfield makes 9-foot pullup jump shot
Rebecca Allen makes free throw 1 of 2
Rebecca Allen misses free throw 2 of 2
Rebecca Allen makes 23-foot three point jumper (Stefanie Dolson assists)
Natasha Howard makes 3-foot layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Natasha Howard makes free throw 1 of 2
Natasha Howard misses free throw 2 of 2
Sabrina Ionescu makes 26-foot three point jumper (Crystal Dangerfield assists)
Rebecca Allen misses driving floating jump shot
Stefanie Dolson misses tip shot
Sabrina Ionescu misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 1 of 2
Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 2 of 2
Stefanie Dolson makes 2-foot layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Stefanie Dolson makes free throw flagrant 1 of 1
Sabrina Ionescu misses 12-foot two point shot
Natasha Howard makes 3-foot layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Natasha Howard makes layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Sabrina Ionescu makes technical free throw
Skylar Diggins-Smith blocks Natasha Howard 's 3-foot layup
Sophie Cunningham blocks Stefanie Dolson 's 3-foot layup
Sophie Cunningham blocks Natasha Howard 's 2-foot layup
Natasha Howard makes layup (Rebecca Allen assists)
Sabrina Ionescu misses 15-foot two point shot
Stefanie Dolson makes layup (Natasha Howard assists)
Brianna Turner blocks Sabrina Ionescu 's 3-foot two point shot
Crystal Dangerfield makes 11-foot jump bank shot (Natasha Howard assists)
Natasha Howard makes 2-foot layup (Crystal Dangerfield assists)
Jocelyn Willoughby misses two point shot
Han Xu makes tip shot
Sophie Cunningham misses 24-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving layup
Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
Shey Peddy makes 2-foot two point shot (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Brianna Turner makes layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Shey Peddy makes two point shot (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper
Brianna Turner makes 2-foot layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Sophie Cunningham misses 23-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses two point shot
Sophie Cunningham makes free throw 1 of 2
Sophie Cunningham makes free throw 2 of 2
Sophie Cunningham misses two point shot
Sophie Cunningham makes layup (Shey Peddy assists)
Brianna Turner misses layup
Shey Peddy makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot
Reshanda Gray misses 24-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving floating jump shot
Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jennie Simms assists)
Sophie Cunningham misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2
Diana Taurasi misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Shey Peddy makes free throw 1 of 2
Shey Peddy makes free throw 2 of 2
Diana Taurasi makes 10-foot two point shot (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving floating jump shot
Shey Peddy misses 23-foot three point jumper
Sophie Cunningham misses driving layup
Sophie Cunningham makes 2-foot layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Sophie Cunningham misses 24-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
Shey Peddy misses driving layup
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Diana Taurasi misses 15-foot two point shot
Brianna Turner makes tip shot
Sophie Cunningham makes 26-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
Diana Taurasi misses two point shot
Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
Sophie Cunningham makes 26-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Shey Peddy misses driving floating jump shot
Brianna Turner makes 3-foot layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Sophie Cunningham misses 26-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes layup (Shey Peddy assists)
Sophie Cunningham makes two point shot (Shey Peddy assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sophie Cunningham assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses layup
Sophie Cunningham makes free throw 1 of 2
Sophie Cunningham makes free throw 2 of 2
Sophie Cunningham makes layup (Jennie Simms assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving layup
Sophie Cunningham makes 25-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Sophie Cunningham misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shey Peddy misses 26-foot three point jumper
Sophie Cunningham misses driving layup
Diana Taurasi makes 23-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Diana Taurasi makes layup (Brianna Turner assists)
Diana Taurasi misses free throw 1 of 1
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Shey Peddy misses layup
Diana Taurasi misses 20-foot two point shot
Shey Peddy makes free throw flagrant 1 of 3
Shey Peddy makes free throw flagrant 2 of 3
Shey Peddy makes free throw flagrant 3 of 3
Brianna Turner makes 3-foot layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
Shey Peddy misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shey Peddy makes 4-foot layup (Brianna Turner assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Megan Gustafson misses 12-foot pullup jump shot