Phoenix MercuryvsDallas Wings
PHX 70/DAL 85
Things to say
Dallas Wings beat the Phoenix Mercury 85-70 at home.
01
Wings handled Phoenix 85-70 at home. Paige Bueckers was cooking from the jump. Mercury never really had an answer.
02
key player
Bueckers dropped 31. She is straight up a problem right now.
03
hot take
Phoenix at 4-10 is a wrap. Alyssa Thomas can't carry that roster by herself.
04
deep cut
Jessica Shepard quietly put up 10 and 7 dimes. She's the connector that makes Dallas hum.
05
exit
Wings keep this up and they're a real problem out East. Anyway, who you got next?
The recap
Wings handled business at home and Paige Bueckers absolutely cooked — 31 buckets and she made it look easy. Jessica Shepard quietly stuffed the stat sheet with a 10-and-7 double-double, doing all the dirty work in the paint while Bueckers got the headlines.
Phoenix just couldn't keep up; Lexi Held's 17 was the only real spark and Alyssa Thomas's near triple-double was wasted effort in a 15-point L. Dallas pulls away to 8-4, Mercury slide to 4-10 and the wheels are wobbling.