Mercury 81-72 Valkyries (Aug 22, 2025) Box Score

Golden State Valkyries

18-18, 8-11 away

	1	2	3	4	T
GS	15	16	23	18	72
PHX	17	24	26	14	81

Phoenix Mercury

22-14, 12-6 home

Golden State Valkyries

starters
Janelle SalaunJ. Salaun#13
Temi FagbenleT. Fagbenle#14
Iliana RupertI. Rupert#12
Tiffany HayesT. Hayes#15
Veronica BurtonV. Burton#22
bench
Laeticia AmihereL. Amihere#3
Kaila CharlesK. Charles#6
Kate MartinK. Martin#20
Kaitlyn ChenK. Chen#2
Carla LeiteC. Leite#0
Kayla ThorntonK. Thornton#5
Monique BillingsM. Billings#25
Cecilia ZandalasiniC. Zandalasini#24
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
29	7-12	1-5	0-1	0	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	-8	15
16	1-3	0-1	2-2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	-5	4
26	3-9	3-6	0-0	1	4	5	2	0	2	0	3	+7	9
21	2-5	1-3	0-0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	4	-2	5
25	5-10	1-5	0-0	0	5	5	8	1	2	2	0	-12	11
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
22	1-9	0-2	4-5	3	5	8	0	0	0	0	1	-12	6
26	2-7	1-3	4-6	1	4	5	0	3	0	0	3	-9	9
12	3-6	1-4	0-0	1	3	4	2	0	0	0	1	+4	7
7	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	+5	0
16	1-6	0-2	4-5	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	1	-13	6
DNP-RIGHT KNEE SURGERY
DNP-RIGHT ANKLE INJURY
DNP-CALF INJURY
	25-67	8-31	14-19	6	25	31	20	7	5	6	14		72
	37.3%	25.8%	73.7%

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Alyssa ThomasA. Thomas#25
Natasha MackN. Mack#4
Satou SaballyS. Sabally#0
Kahleah CopperK. Copper#2
Monique Akoa MakaniM. Akoa Makani#8
bench
DeWanna BonnerD. Bonner#14
Kathryn WestbeldK. Westbeld#24
Kalani BrownK. Brown#21
Sami WhitcombS. Whitcomb#33
Kitija LaksaK. Laksa#9
Kiana WilliamsK. Williams#23
Lexi HeldL. Held#1
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
37	5-9	0-0	3-6	2	10	12	16	0	2	4	1	+19	13
13	1-1	0-0	1-2	2	2	4	0	0	2	0	1	-3	3
27	3-9	1-3	5-5	2	3	5	2	1	0	3	4	+8	12
29	5-14	2-5	0-0	0	4	4	1	3	0	2	3	+9	12
28	6-9	4-6	2-2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	4	+10	18
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
24	5-9	4-6	0-0	1	5	6	2	0	0	0	2	+18	14
13	1-4	1-4	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	+2	3
2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-10	0
17	2-5	2-5	0-0	0	1	1	3	0	1	1	3	+18	6
2	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	-10	0
2	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-10	0
6	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-6	0
	28-64	14-32	11-15	7	26	33	25	4	6	13	19		81
	43.8%	43.8%	73.3%

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

Regular Season Series

PHX wins 4-0

Valkyries
77
Mercury
86

Game 1

6/5

Mercury
78
Valkyries
77

Game 2

7/14

Mercury
98
Valkyries
91

Game 3

8/19

Valkyries
72
Mercury
81

Game 4

8/22

PHX Arena

10:00 PM, August 22, 2025Coverage: ION

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 10,280

Referees:
Ryan Sassano
Tyler Mirkovich
Ashley Gloss

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	29	7	.806	-	W1
Las Vegas	24	14	.632	6	W10
Phoenix	22	14	.611	7	W1
Seattle	19	18	.514	10.5	W2
Golden State	18	18	.500	11	L3
Los Angeles	17	18	.486	11.5	W1
Dallas	9	28	.243	20.5	L4

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Las Vegas visits Chicago, aims for 25th win of season

Las Vegas Aces (24-14, 14-8 Western Conference) at Chicago Sky (9-27, 3-15 Eastern Conference)

Seattle takes road win streak into matchup with Washington

Seattle Storm (19-18, 10-11 Western Conference) at Washington Mystics (16-21, 8-9 Eastern Conference)

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Golden State Valkyries

Phoenix Mercury

Regular Season Series

PHX wins 4-0

Game Information

2024-25 Western Conference Standings

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