New York Liberty @ Phoenix Mercury

First Round - Game 1 • NY leads series 1-0

27-17, 10-12 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
Liberty NY	17	27	11	10	11	76
Mercury PHX	13	30	14	8	4	69

Phoenix MercuryMercuryPHX

27-17, 15-7 Home

New York Liberty

starters
Breanna StewartB. Stewart#30
Leonie FiebichL. Fiebich#13
Jonquel JonesJ. Jones#35
Natasha CloudN. Cloud#9
Sabrina IonescuS. Ionescu#20
bench
Kennedy BurkeK. Burke#22
Emma MeessemanE. Meesseman#33
Rebekah GardnerR. Gardner#7
Isabelle HarrisonI. Harrison#21
Stephanie TalbotS. Talbot#6
Nyara SaballyN. Sabally#8
Marine JohannesM. Johannes#23
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
40	7-14	1-3	3-5	0	6	6	4	2	0	1	0	+16	18
39	4-9	2-7	0-0	2	4	6	1	0	1	4	2	+12	10
35	3-7	1-3	0-0	1	11	12	2	0	3	2	3	+9	7
40	9-12	3-6	2-3	0	6	6	5	4	0	4	3	+11	23
43	6-18	3-12	1-1	1	5	6	7	0	2	5	3	+7	16
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
15	0-5	0-2	0-0	4	0	4	0	0	0	2	1	-5	0
13	1-6	0-0	0-0	2	6	8	0	0	0	2	1	-17	2
1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	30-72	10-33	6-9	10	38	48	19	6	6	20	13		76
	41.7%	30.3%	66.7%

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
Sami WhitcombS. Whitcomb#33
Kalani BrownK. Brown#21
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
41	7-18	0-0	0-2	2	7	9	8	1	0	3	2	-11	14
19	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	-5	2
37	2-17	1-10	4-4	0	8	8	2	3	0	3	2	-18	9
36	5-13	0-4	5-5	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	5	-12	15
34	2-11	1-3	3-3	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	4	-9	8
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
31	5-7	1-3	1-2	0	5	5	0	3	0	1	0	+7	12
7	1-1	1-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	+6	3
20	2-7	2-5	0-0	0	3	3	2	2	1	0	1	+7	6
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	25-77	6-26	13-16	5	26	31	16	12	2	10	14		69
	32.5%	23.1%	81.3%

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

Liberty
76
Mercury
69

Game 1

9/14

Mercury
Liberty

Game 2

9/17

ESPN

Liberty
Mercury

Game 3

9/19

ESPN2

PHX Arena

5:00 PM, September 14, 2025Coverage: ESPN

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 10,095

Referees:
Amy Bonner
Eric Brewton
Isaac Barnett

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Atlanta	30	14	.682	-	W6
New York	27	17	.614	3	W3
Indiana	24	20	.545	6	W3
Washington	16	28	.364	14	L10
Connecticut	11	33	.250	19	L2
Chicago	10	34	.227	20	L4

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	34	10	.773	-	W1
Las Vegas	30	14	.682	4	W16
Phoenix	27	17	.614	7	L3
Seattle	23	21	.523	11	W1
Golden State	23	21	.523	11	L3
Los Angeles	21	23	.477	13	L1
Dallas	10	34	.227	24	W1

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