Alyssa Thomas scores career-high 29 and the Mercury close on a 19-4 run to beat the Lynx 79-71

— Alyssa Thomas scored 12 of her career-high 29 points in the fourth quarter and the Phoenix Mercury closed on a 19-4 run to beat the Minnesota Lynx 79-71 on Wednesday.
Jul 9, 2025, 10:56 pm - AP

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  • Kayla McBride makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bridget Carleton assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Kathryn Westbeld misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Bridget Carleton makes 14-foot jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)
  • Sami Whitcomb makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Courtney Williams makes 1-foot two point shot
  • Bridget Carleton misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas misses two point shot
  • Alanna Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas misses driving layup
  • Courtney Williams makes 19-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Kathryn Westbeld misses 8-foot hook shot
  • Alanna Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kitija Laksa misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Bridget Carleton misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • DeWanna Bonner misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Courtney Williams misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Courtney Williams misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 3-foot layup (DeWanna Bonner assists)
  • Kayla McBride misses two point shot
  • Kathryn Westbeld misses 25-foot three point shot
  • Kayla McBride misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas misses driving layup
  • Courtney Williams makes 4-foot two point shot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 2-foot layup (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas makes two point shot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Kayla McBride misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kiana Williams misses 20-foot two point shot
  • Courtney Williams makes 20-foot pullup jump shot (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
  • DeWanna Bonner misses driving layup
  • Kalani Brown makes two point shot
  • Napheesa Collier makes 16-foot jumper (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
  • Sami Whitcomb makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Sami Whitcomb makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jessica Shepard makes 2-foot layup (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Kitija Laksa misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Courtney Williams makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Courtney Williams makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses two point shot
  • Natisha Hiedeman misses two point shot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 14-foot jumper
  • Natisha Hiedeman misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • DeWanna Bonner misses driving floating jump shot
  • Maria Kliundikova misses driving layup
  • Jessica Shepard makes two point shot
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Natasha Mack makes two point shot
  • Jessica Shepard misses 16-foot jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas makes two point shot
  • Maria Kliundikova misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Alyssa Thomas misses driving floating jump shot
  • Natisha Hiedeman makes two point shot (Jessica Shepard assists)
  • Natisha Hiedeman makes free throw 1 of 1
  • DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 1 of 2
  • DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jessica Shepard makes driving layup (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
  • Kitija Laksa misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Bridget Carleton misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Mack makes 1-foot layup (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Natasha Mack makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Diamond Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jessica Shepard makes two point shot
  • Sami Whitcomb misses driving layup
  • DeWanna Bonner makes two point shot (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Natisha Hiedeman misses driving floating jump shot
  • Courtney Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kitija Laksa makes layup
  • Courtney Williams misses driving layup
  • Alyssa Thomas makes layup (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Alanna Smith makes 2-foot two point shot (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Alanna Smith misses two point shot
  • Kitija Laksa misses driving floating jump shot
  • Kayla McBride misses 25-foot three point shot
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses driving floating jump shot
  • Sami Whitcomb misses layup
  • Kayla McBride misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Courtney Williams makes driving layup (Bridget Carleton assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Napheesa Collier misses 9-foot jumper
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 3-foot two point shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Courtney Williams misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kayla McBride makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bridget Carleton assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Napheesa Collier makes driving layup
  • DeWanna Bonner makes layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Bridget Carleton misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 14-foot jumper (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Napheesa Collier blocks Alyssa Thomas 's 4-foot driving layup
  • Bridget Carleton makes 25-foot three pointer (Napheesa Collier assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Kayla McBride misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Courtney Williams misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Napheesa Collier makes two point shot
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Napheesa Collier makes driving layup
  • Natasha Mack makes layup (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Alanna Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 14-foot jumper
  • Napheesa Collier makes 9-foot two point shot (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas misses driving floating jump shot
  • Courtney Williams makes 18-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Kitija Laksa misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Courtney Williams makes 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Napheesa Collier misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Sami Whitcomb makes driving layup (DeWanna Bonner assists)
  • Sami Whitcomb blocks Bridget Carleton 's 5-foot driving layup
  • Sami Whitcomb misses driving floating jump shot
  • Courtney Williams makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • DeWanna Bonner misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Napheesa Collier makes 8-foot two point shot (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Bridget Carleton misses 26-foot three point shot
  • Kiana Williams misses 25-foot three point shot
  • Courtney Williams misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Bridget Carleton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alanna Smith assists)
  • Kiana Williams misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Napheesa Collier blocks Kathryn Westbeld 's 8-foot jumper
  • Kiana Williams makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Kathryn Westbeld makes two point shot
  • Napheesa Collier misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Natisha Hiedeman makes 25-foot jump bank shot (Bridget Carleton assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Napheesa Collier misses driving layup
  • Bridget Carleton makes 7-foot two point shot (Jessica Shepard assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses driving layup
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 12-foot jumper (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Napheesa Collier makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Napheesa Collier makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 12-foot two point shot
  • Courtney Williams makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 16-foot jumper (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Napheesa Collier misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Sami Whitcomb makes driving layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Courtney Williams misses two point shot
  • Napheesa Collier makes two point shot
  • Kathryn Westbeld makes driving layup
  • Kathryn Westbeld makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Courtney Williams misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 14-foot jumper (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Napheesa Collier makes driving layup (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kathryn Westbeld makes tip shot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes two point shot
  • Bridget Carleton misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 6-foot two point shot
  • Napheesa Collier misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses driving floating jump shot
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 14-foot two point shot
  • Napheesa Collier misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Sami Whitcomb makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Sami Whitcomb makes free throw 2 of 2
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