Phoenix MercuryvsPortland Fire
PHX 78/POR 72
Things to say
Phoenix beat Portland 78-72 at the Moda Center.
01
Mercury took down the Fire 78-72 in Portland. Tight game the whole way. Phoenix just had a little more in the tank late.
02
key player
DeWanna Bonner went for 19 and 5 — vet move, she ate them up.
03
hot take
Portland couldn't buy a bucket when it mattered. Sitting at 6-6 ain't gonna cut it.
04
deep cut
Jovana Nogic quietly ran the offense with 6 dimes off the bench for Phoenix.
05
exit
Anyway, Mercury still under .500 — let's see if they can stack another one.
The recap
Mercury snuck out of Portland with a 78-72 W, and DeWanna Bonner was the whole story — 19 and 5, just steady buckets all night while Phoenix kept punching first. Portland never really found a rhythm on offense, and Sarah Ashlee Barker's 15 and 7 was about all the Fire could muster.
Phoenix was the tougher team down the stretch, closed it out, and walked out with the road dub. Fire took the L at home and now sit at .500.