Mercury 78-77 Valkyries (Jul 14, 2025) Box Score

Phoenix Mercury

15-6, 6-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	16	20	23	19	78
GS	20	12	26	19	77

Golden State Valkyries

10-11, 7-4 home

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Alyssa ThomasA. Thomas#25
Kathryn WestbeldK. Westbeld#24
Natasha MackN. Mack#4
Sami WhitcombS. Whitcomb#33
Monique Akoa MakaniM. Akoa Makani#8
bench
DeWanna BonnerD. Bonner#14
Kalani BrownK. Brown#21
Kitija LaksaK. Laksa#9
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
35	7-14	0-0	3-4	1	5	6	11	0	2	6	2	+5	17
26	5-11	4-8	0-0	0	2	2	2	1	0	3	1	+4	14
28	1-4	0-1	2-3	1	8	9	1	3	2	1	4	+5	4
29	2-7	2-5	1-2	0	1	1	5	0	0	2	3	+6	7
26	3-6	3-6	0-0	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	5	+11	9
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
29	7-8	3-4	5-8	1	10	11	2	1	0	0	0	-11	22
9	2-2	0-0	1-2	0	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	-4	5
18	0-5	0-5	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	3	-11	0
	27-57	12-29	12-19	3	32	35	23	6	5	14	18		78
	47.4%	41.4%	63.2%

Golden State Valkyries

starters
Kayla ThorntonK. Thornton#5
Janelle SalaunJ. Salaun#13
Temi FagbenleT. Fagbenle#14
Tiffany HayesT. Hayes#15
Veronica BurtonV. Burton#22
bench
Monique BillingsM. Billings#25
Cecilia ZandalasiniC. Zandalasini#24
Laeticia AmihereL. Amihere#3
Kate MartinK. Martin#20
Carla LeiteC. Leite#0
Kaitlyn ChenK. Chen#2
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
38	2-12	2-8	2-3	1	5	6	4	0	0	2	4	-7	8
19	4-12	1-4	3-3	2	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	-9	12
11	0-2	0-1	0-0	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	-15	0
33	5-12	4-5	1-2	0	3	3	4	1	0	3	2	+3	15
31	5-10	4-8	3-3	1	1	2	6	2	1	2	4	-10	17
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
19	3-8	1-2	2-2	3	6	9	1	1	0	0	2	+21	9
20	3-8	2-4	0-0	0	3	3	3	0	0	1	2	+14	8
9	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	-6	2
5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	-1	0
15	2-8	0-1	2-2	0	5	5	1	0	0	1	2	+5	6
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	25-74	14-33	13-15	11	25	36	23	7	1	9	16		77
	33.8%	42.4%	86.7%

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

Regular Season Series

PHX leads 2-0

Valkyries
77
Mercury
86

Game 1

6/5

Mercury
78
Valkyries
77

Game 2

7/14

Mercury
Valkyries

Game 3

8/19

Merc+

Valkyries
Mercury

Game 4

8/22

ION

Chase Center

10:00 PM, July 14, 2025

San Francisco, CA

Line: GS -2.5

Over/Under: 158.5

Attendance: 18,064

Referees:
Eric Brewton
Biniam Maru
Kelsey Reynolds

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	19	4	.826	-	W1
Phoenix	15	6	.714	3	W3
Seattle	13	9	.591	5.5	L1
Golden State	10	11	.476	8	L2
Las Vegas	10	11	.476	8	W1
Los Angeles	7	14	.333	11	W1
Dallas	6	16	.273	12.5	L3

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Regular Season Series

PHX leads 2-0

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