Rookie Lexi Held scores season-high 24 points as Mercury close on 18-1 run to beat Valkyries 86-77

— Rookie Lexi Held scored a season-high 24 points, Satou Sabally had 19 points, seven rebounds and five assists and the Phoenix Mercury closed on an 18-1 run to beat the Golden State Valkyries 86-77 on Thursday night.
Jun 6, 2025, 05:39 am - AP

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  • Kathryn Westbeld blocks Temi Fagbenle 's 8-foot jumper
  • Satou Sabally blocks Temi Fagbenle 's 3-foot layup
  • Cecilia Zandalasini misses two point shot
  • Satou Sabally misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kayla Thornton misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Veronica Burton makes 21-foot step back jumpshot
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Temi Fagbenle blocks Kitija Laksa 's 25-foot three point jumper
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Sami Whitcomb makes 27-foot three point jumper (Satou Sabally assists)
  • Cecilia Zandalasini makes 23-foot three point jumper (Janelle Salaun assists)
  • Kitija Laksa misses layup
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Cecilia Zandalasini blocks Sami Whitcomb 's 5-foot driving layup
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 3-foot two point shot
  • Kalani Brown blocks Veronica Burton 's 7-foot layup
  • Kayla Thornton misses layup
  • Cecilia Zandalasini makes two point shot
  • Satou Sabally makes layup
  • Veronica Burton misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Haley Jones blocks Janelle Salaun 's 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Lexi Held makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Lexi Held makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Haley Jones misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Veronica Burton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Julie Vanloo assists)
  • Lexi Held makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kathryn Westbeld assists)
  • Kayla Thornton misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kathryn Westbeld misses finger roll layup
  • Temi Fagbenle misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Kathryn Westbeld makes 13-foot two point shot (Lexi Held assists)
  • Lexi Held misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Lexi Held makes 24-foot three pointer
  • Murjanatu Musa misses layup
  • Haley Jones makes 24-foot three point jumper (Satou Sabally assists)
  • Julie Vanloo makes 25-foot three point jumper (Monique Billings assists)
  • Kathryn Westbeld makes 24-foot three point jumper (Satou Sabally assists)
  • Julie Vanloo misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Lexi Held makes 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla Thornton misses technical free throw
  • Kayla Thornton misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Satou Sabally misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kate Martin makes 23-foot three point jumper (Stephanie Talbot assists)
  • Satou Sabally makes 3-foot hook shot (Lexi Held assists)
  • Stephanie Talbot makes driving layup (Carla Leite assists)
  • Kathryn Westbeld misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Murjanatu Musa makes 7-foot jumper (Kathryn Westbeld assists)
  • Carla Leite makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Carla Leite misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kate Martin makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kate Martin misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Kalani Brown misses layup
  • Kalani Brown makes layup (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Temi Fagbenle makes 25-foot three point jumper (Stephanie Talbot assists)
  • Kathryn Westbeld misses 13-foot jumper
  • Temi Fagbenle makes two point shot (Stephanie Talbot assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kathryn Westbeld blocks Carla Leite 's 11-foot driving layup
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 24-foot three point shot
  • Stephanie Talbot misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Cecilia Zandalasini misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Satou Sabally misses driving layup
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Haley Jones makes 19-foot jumper (Kalani Brown assists)
  • Temi Fagbenle makes driving layup
  • Temi Fagbenle misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Janelle Salaun makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kayla Thornton assists)
  • Sami Whitcomb makes 25-foot three pointer (Haley Jones assists)
  • Temi Fagbenle misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Temi Fagbenle makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Haley Jones misses layup
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Satou Sabally makes layup
  • Kitija Laksa misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla Thornton misses driving layup
  • Kayla Thornton makes two point shot
  • Kayla Thornton makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Satou Sabally makes two point shot
  • Janelle Salaun makes 3-foot layup (Cecilia Zandalasini assists)
  • Satou Sabally misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Temi Fagbenle misses layup
  • Kayla Thornton makes layup
  • Kayla Thornton misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Temi Fagbenle blocks Satou Sabally 's 6-foot layup
  • Janelle Salaun makes layup (Temi Fagbenle assists)
  • Satou Sabally makes 24-foot three pointer
  • Kayla Thornton misses two point shot
  • Satou Sabally misses driving layup
  • Kayla Thornton misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla Thornton makes layup (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Kitija Laksa makes 25-foot three pointer (Satou Sabally assists)
  • Kayla Thornton misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kitija Laksa makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Temi Fagbenle misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Veronica Burton misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kitija Laksa misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Kitija Laksa misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Temi Fagbenle makes layup (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Lexi Held misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kalani Brown makes two point shot
  • Julie Vanloo makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Lexi Held makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Lexi Held makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Julie Vanloo makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Julie Vanloo makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Lexi Held misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Murjanatu Musa makes two point shot
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Temi Fagbenle makes 3-foot layup (Julie Vanloo assists)
  • Lexi Held makes 17-foot step back jumpshot
  • Cecilia Zandalasini makes 14-foot two point shot
  • Murjanatu Musa makes 3-foot layup (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Stephanie Talbot misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Murjanatu Musa misses 9-foot pullup jump shot
  • Lexi Held misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Janelle Salaun makes layup
  • Kate Martin misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Lexi Held misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Cecilia Zandalasini makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kate Martin assists)
  • Kathryn Westbeld makes layup
  • Cecilia Zandalasini misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Satou Sabally misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Julie Vanloo makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Julie Vanloo makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Julie Vanloo makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Kayla Thornton makes 23-foot three point jumper (Julie Vanloo assists)
  • Murjanatu Musa makes 7-foot jumper (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Kayla Thornton misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Lexi Held misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Kate Martin makes 25-foot three point jumper (Julie Vanloo assists)
  • Kathryn Westbeld misses driving layup
  • Lexi Held misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Veronica Burton misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Temi Fagbenle misses 2-foot two point shot
  • Lexi Held misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Lexi Held makes 19-foot step back jumpshot
  • Veronica Burton makes two point shot (Julie Vanloo assists)
  • Satou Sabally misses layup
  • Julie Vanloo misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Lexi Held makes driving layup
  • Veronica Burton misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Sami Whitcomb makes two point shot
  • Sami Whitcomb makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Julie Vanloo misses driving layup
  • Satou Sabally misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Veronica Burton misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Lexi Held makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot (Satou Sabally assists)
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Veronica Burton misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Satou Sabally misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Satou Sabally makes two point shot
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Veronica Burton misses driving layup
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Lexi Held makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Lexi Held makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Janelle Salaun misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Cecilia Zandalasini misses 25-foot three point jumper
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