Brittney Griner’s 29 points and 11 rebounds led the host Phoenix Mercury to a 78-72 success over the Los Angeles Triggers on Sunday.
Griner shot 12 of 18 from the field, while Diana Taurasi went 7 of 13 from the flooring, consisting of consisting of 2 of 6 from three-point variety, to end up with 22 indicate support 5 helps and 4 rebounds.
Moriah Jefferson cracked in 11 points and 8 helps for the Mercury (4-14), who ended a three-game losing streak and won for simply the 2nd time in 11 video games.
The Mercury shot 30 of 63 (47.6 percent) from the field, consisting of 5 of 17 from three-point variety. Phoenix outrebounded the Triggers 37-30.
Los Angeles (7-12) were led by Nneka Ogwumike, who had 20 points and 14 rebounds, while Jordin Canada included 16 points. Azura Stevens cracked in 13 points and 8 rebounds, while Jasmine Thomas made 10 points for the Triggers, who have actually dropped 5 straight video games.
The Triggers shot 26 of 70 (37.1 percent) from the field, consisting of 8 of 21 from beyond the arc. Tracking 68-57 with less than 5 minutes left, the Triggers went on a 13-4 go to pull to within 72-70 after Stevens divided a set of complimentary tosses with 1:21 staying.
Destanni Henderson took the ball from Griner with 1:02 to go, however the Mercury got the ball back when Griner won a dive ball versus Stevens after Phoenix won a coach’s obstacle on a Taurasi nasty that was reversed. Taurasi made it a four-point video game with a set of complimentary tosses with 45.1 seconds staying.
After Canada’s 2 complimentary tosses connected the video game at 33 with 3:43 left in the 2nd quarter, the Mercury closed the duration on a 9-3 go to take a 42-36 half-time benefit. Griner had 16 points prior to the break for Phoenix, while Ogwumike led the Triggers with 12.
Somewhere Else, Rhyne Howard scored 23 of her 32 points in the 2nd half and Cheyenne Parker had 18 with 11 rebounds as the Atlanta Dream won at Chicago for the 2nd time in 3 nights with an 88-77 success over the Sky.
Kelsey Plum scored a game-high 40 points on simply 18 shot efforts as the Las Vegas Aces ended the Minnesota Lynx’s five-game winning streak in emphatic style with a 113-89 thrashing in Minneapolis, while Arike Ogunbowale gathered 28 points – consisting of 14 in the 4th quarter – as the going to Dallas Wings held back the Indiana Fever 77-76.
The other video game on Sunday saw DeWanna Bonner warm up from the border en route to 28 points as the Connecticut Sun beat the Washington Mystics 92-84.