Kahleah Copper scores 25 points as Mercury come from behind to beat Valkyries 98-91

— Kahleah Copper scored 25 points with five 3-pointers, Satou Sabally scored 10 of her 17 points after halftime, and the Phoenix Mercury came back to beat the short-handed Golden State Valkyries 98-91 on Tuesday night.
Aug 20, 2025, 05:14 am - AP

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Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Kahleah Copper makes 24-foot three pointer (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Kate Martin makes 26-foot three point jumper (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Natasha Mack makes layup
  • Temi Fagbenle makes 25-foot three point jumper (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Satou Sabally misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Natasha Mack makes 7-foot jumper (Kahleah Copper assists)
  • Carla Leite misses 22-foot step back jumpshot
  • Natasha Mack makes alley oop layup (Satou Sabally assists)
  • Janelle Salaun makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kate Martin assists)
  • Sami Whitcomb makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Temi Fagbenle misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Janelle Salaun makes 14-foot step back jumpshot (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Janelle Salaun makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Kate Martin misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper misses two point shot
  • Kahleah Copper makes two point shot
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kate Martin misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Janelle Salaun makes 3-foot layup (Veronica Burton assists)
  • DeWanna Bonner misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Laeticia Amihere misses layup
  • Kathryn Westbeld makes 27-foot three point shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Veronica Burton makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • DeWanna Bonner blocks Laeticia Amihere 's 4-foot layup
  • Laeticia Amihere makes two point shot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup
  • Kate Martin makes driving layup
  • DeWanna Bonner misses free throw 1 of 2
  • DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Janelle Salaun makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot (Carla Leite assists)
  • Carla Leite makes two point shot
  • Satou Sabally misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kate Martin makes 25-foot three point jumper (Carla Leite assists)
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kate Martin misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Laeticia Amihere misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Laeticia Amihere makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Lexi Held misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Veronica Burton makes 28-foot three point jumper (Kaitlyn Chen assists)
  • Lexi Held makes 24-foot three point jumper (Satou Sabally assists)
  • Janelle Salaun misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Veronica Burton makes driving layup
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Kahleah Copper misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kaitlyn Chen makes driving layup
  • Kahleah Copper makes driving layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Veronica Burton misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kahleah Copper misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kaila Charles makes 25-foot three point jumper (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Kahleah Copper makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Kate Martin misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Satou Sabally misses 7-foot two point shot
  • DeWanna Bonner misses two point shot
  • Veronica Burton misses two point shot
  • Kate Martin misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • DeWanna Bonner makes two point shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Kaitlyn Chen misses 20-foot jumper
  • Kate Martin misses driving layup
  • Temi Fagbenle makes 6-foot layup (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Kathryn Westbeld misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper misses driving layup
  • Carla Leite misses two point shot
  • Kaila Charles makes 4-foot two point shot
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kaila Charles misses 26-foot three point shot
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 1 of 2
  • DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Veronica Burton misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Satou Sabally misses 5-foot two point shot
  • Kahleah Copper makes 7-foot layup (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Carla Leite makes 25-foot three pointer (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Kahleah Copper misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Carla Leite misses two point shot
  • Kahleah Copper misses running pullup jump shot
  • Carla Leite misses driving layup
  • Veronica Burton makes driving layup (Kate Martin assists)
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Carla Leite makes driving layup
  • Satou Sabally misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Temi Fagbenle misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Satou Sabally misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kate Martin misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Natasha Mack blocks Kate Martin 's 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kate Martin misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Satou Sabally makes driving layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Janelle Salaun misses 15-foot jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas makes two point shot
  • Alyssa Thomas misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Carla Leite misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kahleah Copper misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Janelle Salaun misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Kate Martin makes 24-foot three pointer
  • Laeticia Amihere blocks Kahleah Copper 's 3-foot two point shot
  • Kahleah Copper misses two point shot
  • Satou Sabally misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Mack makes two point shot
  • Veronica Burton makes driving layup
  • Natasha Mack makes 5-foot layup (Satou Sabally assists)
  • Kate Martin makes 23-foot three point jumper (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Satou Sabally makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Carla Leite makes 1-foot two point shot (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Kahleah Copper makes 24-foot three point jumper (Satou Sabally assists)
  • Laeticia Amihere makes driving layup (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Satou Sabally misses driving floating jump shot
  • Veronica Burton misses driving layup
  • Kahleah Copper makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Kate Martin misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Veronica Burton misses two point shot
  • Laeticia Amihere misses layup
  • Laeticia Amihere makes 4-foot layup (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Kaitlyn Chen misses driving floating jump shot
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes two point shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Janelle Salaun misses driving layup
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Carla Leite misses 7-foot two point shot
  • DeWanna Bonner misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kate Martin misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Sami Whitcomb makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Janelle Salaun misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • DeWanna Bonner misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas blocks Laeticia Amihere 's 42-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • DeWanna Bonner makes driving layup
  • Laeticia Amihere makes driving layup (Veronica Burton assists)
  • DeWanna Bonner makes 26-foot three point jumper (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Janelle Salaun makes 16-foot jumper (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Satou Sabally makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Kaila Charles misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Satou Sabally makes two point shot (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Temi Fagbenle makes 16-foot jumper (Carla Leite assists)
  • Kahleah Copper makes driving layup (Satou Sabally assists)
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Kate Martin misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Carla Leite makes 25-foot three point jumper (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 23-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Natasha Mack makes two point shot
  • Veronica Burton misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • DeWanna Bonner misses layup
  • Veronica Burton makes two point shot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 7-foot layup (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Veronica Burton misses two point shot
  • DeWanna Bonner misses alley oop layup
  • Natasha Mack makes tip shot
  • Carla Leite misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • DeWanna Bonner misses layup
  • Alyssa Thomas misses layup
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Laeticia Amihere makes layup
  • Kahleah Copper misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 6-foot layup (Satou Sabally assists)
  • Temi Fagbenle misses layup
  • DeWanna Bonner makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • DeWanna Bonner misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Carla Leite makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Carla Leite misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Kate Martin misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kate Martin misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Janelle Salaun misses 30-foot three point jumper
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Carla Leite makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Carla Leite makes free throw 2 of 2
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