Sabally scores 27, Thomas adds 20 to help new-look Mercury beat Storm 81-59

— Satou Sabally scored 27 points, Alyssa Thomas added 20 and Phoenix never trailed Saturday night as the Mercury beat the Seattle Storm 81-59 in the season opener for both teams.
May 18, 2025, 05:19 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

24.1%
--SEA
75.9%
--PHX

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Skylar Diggins misses driving floating jump shot
  • Gabby Williams misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 4-foot two point shot
  • Kathryn Westbeld makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes 19-foot jumper (Gabby Williams assists)
  • Skylar Diggins misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Satou Sabally makes 3-foot layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Ezi Magbegor misses layup
  • Skylar Diggins misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Gabby Williams blocks Sami Whitcomb 's 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Gabby Williams misses 22-foot three point shot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes two point shot
  • Skylar Diggins makes two point shot (Gabby Williams assists)
  • Skylar Diggins makes two point shot (Gabby Williams assists)
  • Satou Sabally misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Alexa Held misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Satou Sabally blocks Erica Wheeler 's 5-foot driving layup
  • Alexa Held makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Erica Wheeler misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas misses driving layup
  • Ezi Magbegor misses two point shot
  • Kathryn Westbeld makes 26-foot three point jumper (Sevgi Uzun assists)
  • Dominique Malonga misses 6-foot jumper
  • Alexis Prince misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Gabby Williams misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Erica Wheeler misses two point shot
  • Satou Sabally makes 25-foot three pointer (Sevgi Uzun assists)
  • Dominique Malonga makes 3-foot layup (Skylar Diggins assists)
  • Gabby Williams blocks Satou Sabally 's 12-foot jumper
  • Erica Wheeler makes two point shot
  • Skylar Diggins makes 24-foot three point jumper (Li Yueru assists)
  • Gabby Williams makes two point shot
  • Satou Sabally makes 28-foot three point jumper (Sevgi Uzun assists)
  • Kalani Brown blocks Skylar Diggins 's 6-foot driving layup
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Lexie Brown misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Satou Sabally makes 6-foot jumper
  • Li Yueru makes 4-foot layup (Lexie Brown assists)
  • Satou Sabally makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Alysha Clark misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Alexa Held makes 5-foot two point shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Lexie Brown misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Skylar Diggins blocks Alexa Held 's 6-foot two point shot
  • Skylar Diggins makes 13-foot jumper (Li Yueru assists)
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes two point shot (Lexie Brown assists)
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Satou Sabally misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Skylar Diggins makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Li Yueru assists)
  • Alexa Held misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Skylar Diggins misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Satou Sabally makes layup (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Gabby Williams misses driving layup
  • Ezi Magbegor misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Sevgi Uzun misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Li Yueru makes 10-foot two point shot (Gabby Williams assists)
  • Ezi Magbegor blocks Alyssa Thomas 's 7-foot driving layup
  • Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup (Alexa Held assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas makes two point shot
  • Li Yueru misses 19-foot jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 11-foot hook shot
  • Li Yueru misses 4-foot two point shot
  • Ezi Magbegor misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Satou Sabally misses running pullup jump shot
  • Ezi Magbegor misses layup
  • Ezi Magbegor misses two point shot
  • Gabby Williams misses driving layup
  • Alyssa Thomas misses layup
  • Skylar Diggins makes two point shot
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Skylar Diggins misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Satou Sabally makes 19-foot step back jumpshot (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Nneka Ogwumike misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Ezi Magbegor misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Ezi Magbegor blocks Kathryn Westbeld 's 6-foot layup
  • Satou Sabally misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Satou Sabally makes 5-foot hook shot (Kathryn Westbeld assists)
  • Sami Whitcomb makes 26-foot three point jumper (Satou Sabally assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas makes layup (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes driving layup (Skylar Diggins assists)
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes two point shot (Skylar Diggins assists)
  • Satou Sabally misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes 19-foot jumper (Skylar Diggins assists)
  • Kathryn Westbeld makes 6-foot jumper (Alexa Held assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas makes two point shot
  • Gabby Williams misses two point shot
  • Alexa Held misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Ezi Magbegor makes 3-foot layup (Erica Wheeler assists)
  • Nneka Ogwumike misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Sevgi Uzun blocks Nneka Ogwumike 's 4-foot two point shot
  • Ezi Magbegor misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Satou Sabally misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Nneka Ogwumike misses driving layup
  • Satou Sabally makes driving layup (Kalani Brown assists)
  • Gabby Williams misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup
  • Zia Cooke misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Zia Cooke makes 24-foot three pointer
  • Zia Cooke misses driving layup
  • Sami Whitcomb makes 25-foot three point shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Kalani Brown misses driving layup
  • Nneka Ogwumike misses 7-foot pullup jump shot
  • Alexa Held misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Alexa Held makes two point shot
  • Satou Sabally blocks Gabby Williams 's 5-foot layup
  • Skylar Diggins makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot (Li Yueru assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes driving layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Li Yueru misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kalani Brown makes two point shot (Alexa Held assists)
  • Kalani Brown blocks Skylar Diggins 's 8-foot hook shot
  • Satou Sabally misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Alexa Held makes 27-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Kalani Brown makes layup (Alexis Prince assists)
  • Zia Cooke misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kathryn Westbeld misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Alexis Prince makes 5-foot layup (Kalani Brown assists)
  • Li Yueru misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Zia Cooke makes 23-foot three point jumper (Erica Wheeler assists)
  • Alexis Prince misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Erica Wheeler makes 9-foot pullup jump shot
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