Portland Fire v Phoenix Mercury

WNBA

Final

Portland Fire

91–94

Phoenix Mercury

Match events

Portland FirePhoenix Mercury

	1	2	3	4	T
Portland Fire	26	24	19	22	91
Phoenix Mercury	20	23	25	26	94

9Lead changes

5Times tied

11Biggest leadPortland Fire

1st quarter

8:573–5
Lead changeSami Whitcomb25ft three · ast Brochant
Lead changeJordan HarrisonRunning layup
8:077–5
7:557–8
Lead changeLexi Held25ft three · ast Brochant
Lead changeHolly WinterburnFree throw

2nd quarter

15–0 run
9:2829–20
Half-time50–43

3rd quarter

1:2265–65
8–0 run
5.166–68
Lead changeShay Ciezki26ft three
Lead changeHolly Winterburn31ft jump bank · ast Harrison
0.069–68
End of quarter69–68

4th quarter

7:1674–75
Lead changeShay CiezkiFree throw
Lead changeEmily Engstler26ft three · ast Winterburn
6:2177–75
5:1679–80
Lead changeNoemie Brochant23ft three · ast Ciezki
Full-time91–94

Player stats

Mercury94

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
Starters
A. ThomasF	31	18	6-8	0-0	6-10	8	6	5	1	0	3	5	3	+9
N. MackF	27	11	3-6	0-0	5-5	5	1	1	3	2	1	4	1	-5
N. BrochantF	34	14	5-10	2-5	2-2	3

Highlights

0:09Natasha Mack gets the hoop and the harmESPN 0:16Jordan Harrison nails the 3-pointerESPN 0:12Saylor Poffenbarger nails the 3-pointerESPN 0:12Shay Ciezki hits the treyESPN 0:18Holly Winterburn knocks down the 3ESPN

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Where to watch

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Usual broadcasters for this competition in Australia.

Match details

Date: Friday 18 September 2026
Started: 12:00 pm Sydney time
Venue: Moda Center, Portland
Competition: WNBA
Officials: Roy Gulbeyan (Referee), Charles Watson (Referee), Ryan Sassano (Referee)
Crowd: 13,641

Form and ladder

Portland FirePhoenix Mercury

9thLadder10th

17W 27LRecord16W 28L

WLLLLLast 5LWLWW

Team lists

Team lists aren’t available for this game.

Updated 10 Nov, 11:13 pm

Fire91

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
Starters
E. EngstlerF	29	21	7-16	5-8	2-4	7	5	1	1	1	2	5	6	-4
N. PuochF	29	9	3-5	1-2	2-4	3	0	1	1	0	2	1	3	-11
S. WilliamsC	28	10	4-8	0-0	2-4	7	0	0	1	2	4	3	5	0
K. SamuelsonG	28	14	4-10	2-6	4-4	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	4	+6
J. HarrisonG	28	8	2-5	1-3	3-4	2	10	6	1	0	0	2	3	-3
Bench
A. OkonkwoF	18	9	4-7	1-4	0-0	2	0	2	4	0	0	2	1	-3
F. BuhnerF	17	2	1-3	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	-2
H. WinterburnG	22	18	4-8	2-5	8-8	3	2	5	2	0	0	3	1	+2
Team		91	29-62	12-30	21-28	25	20	17	12	3	8	17	24

Didn't play: B. Carleton (Injury/illness), M. DiLeo (Injury/illness), C. Osborne (Coach's decision), C. Leite (Rest), T. Oblak (Injury/illness)