Mercury 83-75 Sun (Jun 18, 2025) Box Score

Phoenix Mercury

9-4, 3-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	22	26	16	19	83
CONN	9	27	17	22	75

Connecticut Sun

2-10, 1-5 home

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Alyssa ThomasA. Thomas#25
Kathryn WestbeldK. Westbeld#24
Satou SaballyS. Sabally#0
Kahleah CopperK. Copper#2
Monique Akoa MakaniM. Akoa Makani#8
bench
Natasha MackN. Mack#4
Kalani BrownK. Brown#21
Murjanatu MusaM. Musa#20
Kitija LaksaK. Laksa#9
Lexi HeldL. Held#1
Sami WhitcombS. Whitcomb#33
Megan McConnellM. McConnell#16
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
31	5-10	0-0	4-6	3	5	8	11	1	0	5	3	+4	14
23	1-4	0-3	2-2	1	3	4	2	1	1	0	1	+14	4
29	3-11	1-5	5-6	4	11	15	1	1	1	1	2	+14	12
22	2-9	2-4	7-8	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	+17	13
21	1-3	1-3	2-2	1	3	4	0	2	0	2	6	+4	5
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
18	3-7	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	0	1	2	0	4	-2	6
5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	+1	0
8	2-4	0-0	0-0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	-3	4
23	4-10	2-6	1-1	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	-14	11
20	5-6	2-2	2-2	1	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	+5	14
DNP-INJURY/ILLNESS
DNP-INJURY/ILLNESS
	26-64	8-23	23-27	12	29	41	18	9	5	12	20		83
	40.6%	34.8%	85.2%

Connecticut Sun

starters
Tina CharlesT. Charles#31
Olivia Nelson-OdodaO. Nelson-Ododa#10
Bria HartleyB. Hartley#14
Marina MabreyM. Mabrey#3
Jacy SheldonJ. Sheldon#4
bench
Haley PetersH. Peters#7
Aneesah MorrowA. Morrow#24
Kariata DiabyK. Diaby#23
Lindsay AllenL. Allen#15
Jaelyn BrownJ. Brown#18
Saniya RiversS. Rivers#22
Rayah MarshallR. Marshall#13
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
15	1-5	0-1	0-0	1	3	4	1	0	0	4	1	-15	2
23	4-6	0-0	2-4	4	10	14	1	0	3	1	2	-8	10
19	2-6	2-4	3-4	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	4	-5	9
37	2-11	1-5	3-3	0	2	2	7	0	2	2	3	-9	8
24	5-11	3-6	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	-7	13
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
12	1-5	0-2	0-0	1	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	+1	2
23	5-11	0-1	6-8	3	6	9	1	3	0	2	2	+3	16
7	1-3	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	+3	2
5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0
13	2-3	2-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-4	6
23	2-7	0-2	3-4	1	0	1	3	1	0	1	3	+2	7
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	25-68	8-24	17-23	11	26	37	20	5	5	13	18		75
	36.8%	33.3%	73.9%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

PHX leads 1-0

Mercury
83
Sun
75

Game 1

6/18

Sun
Mercury

Game 2

8/5

Mercury
Sun

Game 3

9/6

Mohegan Sun Arena

7:00 PM, June 18, 2025

Uncasville, CT

Line: PHX -14.5

Over/Under: 157.5

Attendance: 7,864

Referees:
Isaac Barnett
Randy Richardson
Gerda Gatling

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	11	1	.917	-	W2
Phoenix	9	4	.692	2.5	W3
Seattle	7	5	.583	4	W1
Golden State	5	6	.455	5.5	L1
Las Vegas	5	6	.455	5.5	L2
Los Angeles	4	9	.308	7.5	L2
Dallas	2	11	.154	9.5	W1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New York	10	1	.909	-	W1
Atlanta	8	4	.667	2.5	L1
Indiana	6	5	.545	4	W2
Washington	5	7	.417	5.5	W1
Chicago	3	8	.273	7	L1
Connecticut	2	10	.167	8.5	L4

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Regular Season Series

PHX leads 1-0

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