Phoenix Mercury v Chicago Sky

WNBA

Final

Phoenix Mercury

66–77

Chicago Sky

Match events

Phoenix MercuryChicago Sky

	1	2	3	4	T
Phoenix Mercury	15	16	13	22	66
Chicago Sky	24	13	19	21	77

1Lead changes

1Times tied

20Biggest leadChicago Sky

1st quarter

6:169–10
Lead changeSydney Taylor29ft three · ast Cardoso
4:219–15
8–0 run
End of quarter15–24

2nd quarter

Half-time31–37

3rd quarter

End of quarter44–56

4th quarter

Full-time66–77

Player stats

Chicago Sky77

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
Starters
A. StevensF	26	9	3-10	1-3	2-2	10	2	3	2	0	2	8	4	-3
K. CardosoC	28	9	4-7	0-0	1-3	4	4	1	2	4	1	3	2	+1
C. VanderslootG	18	7	2-6	1-4

Highlights

0:13Sydney Taylor hits the tripleESPN 0:17Rachel Banham knocks down the 3ESPN 0:26Alyssa Thomas with the and-1 bucketESPN 0:09Sydney Taylor hits the 3-pointerESPN 0:24Kamilla Cardoso somehow gets the and-1 to fallESPN

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News and reaction

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Where to watch

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Match details

Date: Wednesday 8 July 2026
Started: 12:00 pm Sydney time
Venue: Mortgage Matchup Center, Phoenix
Competition: WNBA
Officials: Tim Greene (Referee), Tyler Mirkovich (Referee), Jason Alabanza (Referee)
Crowd: 9,586

Form and ladder

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Team lists

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Updated 10 Nov, 11:13 pm

Mercury66

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
Starters
D. BonnerF	31	12	3-6	2-5	4-4	7	0	1	1	1	0	7	2	-6
A. ThomasF	31	11	3-7	0-0	5-7	7	5	5	4	1	0	7	2	-6
V. AyayiF	28	9	3-6	1-4	2-2	6	0	4	1	0	2	4	3	-7
K. CopperG	34	25	9-19	4-10	3-5	4	1	4	1	0	3	1	3	-9
L. HeldG	27	0	0-4	0-1	0-0	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	+5
Bench
M. SuarezF	6	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	-8
N. BrochantF	17	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	3	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	-6
K. LinskensC	8	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	-2
M. Akoa MakaniG	17	9	2-5	0-0	5-6	1	1	3	1	0	0	1	4	-16
Team		66	20-54	7-24	19-24	31	9	20	11	3	6	25	19

Didn't play: N. Mack (Left foot), S. Whitcomb (Left knee)