Mercury snap back from 20-point deficit to beat Lynx 89-83 in OT and even WNBA semifinal series

— Satou Sabally scored 11 of her 24 points in the fourth quarter and Alyssa Thomas had 19 points and 13 assists to help the Phoenix Mercury erase a 20-point deficit and beat the Minnesota Lynx 89-83 in overtime on Tuesday night, tying the <a...
Sep 24, 2026, 04:12 am - AP

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Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Napheesa Collier makes 11-foot pullup jump shot (Kayla McBride assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Satou Sabally makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Alanna Smith misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Mack makes 4-foot layup (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Bridget Carleton misses layup
  • Alanna Smith makes tip shot
  • Kahleah Copper misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 4-foot two point shot
  • Kahleah Copper makes 23-foot three point jumper (Natasha Mack assists)
  • Kayla McBride misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Satou Sabally misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Napheesa Collier makes 22-foot three point jumper (Kayla McBride assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Courtney Williams misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup
  • Alanna Smith makes layup (Bridget Carleton assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 15-foot jumper
  • Alanna Smith makes 2-foot layup (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas misses layup
  • Kayla McBride makes 23-foot three point shot (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Satou Sabally makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kahleah Copper assists)
  • Napheesa Collier misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Courtney Williams misses running pullup jump shot
  • Satou Sabally makes 6-foot two point shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Napheesa Collier misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Satou Sabally misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Napheesa Collier makes 5-foot pullup jump shot (Kayla McBride assists)
  • Napheesa Collier makes two point shot
  • Napheesa Collier misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Satou Sabally makes two point shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Jessica Shepard misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Jessica Shepard makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Courtney Williams makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Courtney Williams misses 12-foot jumper
  • Courtney Williams makes 10-foot jumper (Jessica Shepard assists)
  • DeWanna Bonner misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Courtney Williams makes 18-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Natasha Mack misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Kayla McBride makes 2-foot two point shot (Jessica Shepard assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Kahleah Copper misses running pullup jump shot
  • Napheesa Collier makes 3-foot layup (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Bridget Carleton misses 22-foot three point shot
  • Courtney Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper makes two point shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Napheesa Collier makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Napheesa Collier makes free throw 2 of 2
  • DeWanna Bonner misses layup
  • Napheesa Collier misses driving layup
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Satou Sabally misses driving layup
  • Kayla McBride makes 22-foot three point jumper (Alanna Smith assists)
  • Satou Sabally misses 34-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla McBride makes 15-foot step back jumpshot (Alanna Smith assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Napheesa Collier misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Alanna Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Alanna Smith makes 24-foot three point jumper (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Sami Whitcomb makes 6-foot two point shot
  • Bridget Carleton misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Sami Whitcomb makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kahleah Copper assists)
  • Courtney Williams misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Napheesa Collier makes 20-foot jumper (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Courtney Williams makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Natasha Mack makes 3-foot layup (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Napheesa Collier makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Courtney Williams makes two point shot
  • Kayla McBride makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Kayla McBride misses 19-foot jumper
  • Napheesa Collier misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla McBride misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Satou Sabally misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Courtney Williams makes 20-foot pullup jump shot (Alanna Smith assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 3-foot two point shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Bridget Carleton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Bridget Carleton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Kayla McBride misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Alanna Smith makes two point shot (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Satou Sabally misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Satou Sabally misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Courtney Williams makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Alanna Smith assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Napheesa Collier makes 24-foot three point jumper (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Satou Sabally makes 23-foot three point jumper (Natasha Mack assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 3-foot layup (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Alanna Smith misses driving layup
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kathryn Westbeld makes layup (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Kathryn Westbeld makes 22-foot three point shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Kayla McBride misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Alyssa Thomas misses driving layup
  • Kayla McBride makes 24-foot three point shot (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Courtney Williams misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kahleah Copper misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Napheesa Collier misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kathryn Westbeld makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kahleah Copper assists)
  • Bridget Carleton misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Sami Whitcomb misses driving floating jump shot
  • Jessica Shepard makes driving layup
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Maria Kliundikova misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • DeWanna Bonner misses 17-foot jumper
  • Bridget Carleton misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Kayla McBride makes two point shot
  • Satou Sabally makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Kayla McBride makes layup (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
  • Sami Whitcomb makes 7-foot pullup jump shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Bridget Carleton misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Bridget Carleton misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • DeWanna Bonner makes two point shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Maria Kliundikova misses 7-foot hook shot
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 10-foot jumper
  • Satou Sabally makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Alanna Smith makes 4-foot two point shot (Napheesa Collier assists)
  • Sami Whitcomb makes 24-foot three pointer (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Kayla McBride misses two point shot
  • Satou Sabally misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • DeWanna Bonner misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Satou Sabally makes two point shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Courtney Williams misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kayla McBride makes 24-foot three point jumper (Courtney Williams assists)
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • DeWanna Bonner makes two point shot
  • Napheesa Collier makes driving layup
  • Satou Sabally misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Courtney Williams makes driving layup
  • Napheesa Collier misses two point shot
  • DeWanna Bonner misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Courtney Williams misses driving floating jump shot
  • Satou Sabally misses layup
  • Satou Sabally makes tip shot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 6-foot pullup jump shot (DeWanna Bonner assists)
  • Courtney Williams makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Courtney Williams makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Sami Whitcomb makes 23-foot three point step back jumpshot (Satou Sabally assists)
  • Napheesa Collier misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
  • Satou Sabally misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Kayla McBride misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 15-foot jumper (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Courtney Williams misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Alyssa Thomas misses driving floating jump shot
  • Courtney Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Sami Whitcomb misses driving layup
  • Napheesa Collier misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Kahleah Copper makes 22-foot three point jumper (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Courtney Williams makes 9-foot pullup jump shot
  • Satou Sabally misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Napheesa Collier makes 7-foot two point shot (Alanna Smith assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Napheesa Collier misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas misses free throw 2 of 2
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