Monique Akoa Makani scores 21 points and Mercury hand Liberty their 1st home loss, 89-81

— Rookie Monique Akoa Makani scored a season-high 21 points, Alyssa Thomas added 18 points, 15 rebounds and seven assists, and the Phoenix Mercury beat the New York Liberty 89-81 on Thursday night for their fourth straight win.
Jun 20, 2025, 02:44 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

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--NY

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 1-foot layup (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Jonquel Jones makes 3-foot two point shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Satou Sabally misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kennedy Burke makes 24-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Satou Sabally misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Breanna Stewart makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Breanna Stewart makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 3-foot layup (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Natasha Cloud misses layup
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 5-foot two point shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Satou Sabally misses driving layup
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 25-foot three point shot
  • Kathryn Westbeld misses layup
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
  • Sami Whitcomb makes 8-foot step back jumpshot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kennedy Burke assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Breanna Stewart misses 20-foot jumper
  • Satou Sabally misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
  • Marine Johannes misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Satou Sabally misses 9-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nyara Sabally misses two point shot
  • Nyara Sabally makes two point shot
  • Satou Sabally misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Satou Sabally misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kitija Laksa misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Natasha Cloud makes 26-foot three point jumper (Breanna Stewart assists)
  • Murjanatu Musa misses 6-foot hook shot
  • Murjanatu Musa makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Murjanatu Musa makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses driving floating jump shot
  • Satou Sabally misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Rebekah Gardner misses driving layup
  • Kathryn Westbeld makes two point shot
  • Marine Johannes misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kitija Laksa misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Breanna Stewart makes two point shot
  • Lexi Held misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Sami Whitcomb makes 25-foot three point jumper (Lexi Held assists)
  • Isabelle Harrison misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Isabelle Harrison makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Lexi Held misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Breanna Stewart makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Breanna Stewart makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kitija Laksa makes two point shot (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Breanna Stewart makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Breanna Stewart makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sami Whitcomb makes 23-foot three point jumper (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 17-foot jumper (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Satou Sabally misses driving layup
  • Breanna Stewart misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Cloud makes 25-foot three point shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Satou Sabally makes 9-foot pullup jump shot (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Breanna Stewart makes 6-foot layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Breanna Stewart makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Breanna Stewart makes 23-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Kitija Laksa makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Natasha Cloud misses driving layup
  • Kitija Laksa makes 23-foot three point jumper (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Natasha Cloud misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 9-foot hook shot (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses driving floating jump shot
  • Kitija Laksa misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Alyssa Thomas misses tip shot
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Nyara Sabally misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Nyara Sabally makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nyara Sabally misses layup
  • Kathryn Westbeld makes driving layup (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses running pullup jump shot
  • Breanna Stewart makes driving layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Breanna Stewart makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Natasha Cloud misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Breanna Stewart makes driving layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Breanna Stewart makes 25-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Breanna Stewart makes 26-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 15-foot jumper (Natasha Mack assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes driving layup
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes technical free throw
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes technical free throw
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Marine Johannes makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Breanna Stewart assists)
  • Breanna Stewart makes two point shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Breanna Stewart makes two point shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Breanna Stewart makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Marine Johannes makes two point shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kitija Laksa makes 22-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes technical free throw
  • Breanna Stewart misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Marine Johannes misses 24-foot three point shot
  • Satou Sabally misses driving floating jump shot
  • Marine Johannes makes 17-foot two point shot
  • Satou Sabally misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Marine Johannes misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Satou Sabally makes driving layup
  • Rebekah Gardner misses two point shot
  • Satou Sabally misses 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Satou Sabally makes driving layup
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Breanna Stewart makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Satou Sabally misses running pullup jump shot
  • Marine Johannes misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Kitija Laksa misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Satou Sabally makes driving layup
  • Breanna Stewart misses driving layup
  • Satou Sabally misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kennedy Burke makes 23-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 19-foot jumper (Natasha Mack assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kennedy Burke misses driving layup
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 15-foot jumper (Kitija Laksa assists)
  • Nyara Sabally makes 3-foot layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Nyara Sabally misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Natasha Mack misses 13-foot jumper
  • Kitija Laksa makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Natasha Cloud makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Nyara Sabally makes 1-foot layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Sami Whitcomb makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 12-foot two point shot (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kathryn Westbeld misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Sami Whitcomb makes 26-foot three point jumper (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes driving layup
  • Kathryn Westbeld misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Breanna Stewart misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Breanna Stewart makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Natasha Cloud misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Breanna Stewart makes layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Kitija Laksa misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Satou Sabally misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Alyssa Thomas misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Sami Whitcomb makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Sami Whitcomb makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Breanna Stewart misses two point shot
  • Satou Sabally misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 24-foot three point jumper
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