Mercury set WNBA record for 3s over 2 games

PHOENIX -- Satou Sabally scored 25 points and the Phoenix Mercury acceptable a squad grounds for 3-pointers successful a 2nd consecutive crippled -- and broke a WNBA grounds successful the process -- successful a 106-91 triumph implicit the New York Liberty connected Friday night.

Alyssa Thomas, who had 17 points, matched the Phoenix grounds of 15 assists for the 2nd clip and finished a rebound abbreviated of her 12th regular-season triple-double. The Mercury had a franchise grounds 30 assists connected 41 baskets.

The Mercury (12-4) finished 18 of 39 from beyond the arc 1 crippled aft hitting 17 3s successful a triumph implicit Chicago. The 35 3s implicit consecutive games is simply a WNBA record. The league grounds for 3s successful a regular-season crippled is 19, which the Liberty has achieved doubly this season.

"I deliberation you're seeing the crippled of hoops evolve," Phoenix manager Nate Tibbetts said. "It doesn't substance what league, radical are trying to play with much space, much playmaking, much skill, much shooting. [General manager Nick U'Ren] and my inheritance successful the NBA, we were trying to travel to this league and play the mode we envisioned. And it's not conscionable america -- I deliberation the W has done a bully occupation of hiring coaches that privation to play a caller style. We've had 2 truly bully nights."

Sabally went 7 of 10 from region and Sami Whitcomb was 5 of 7 for 15 points. Kitija Laksa added 13 points and Kahleah Copper 12 arsenic Phoenix won its sixth straight.

Breanna Stewart scored 17 points, Nyara Sabally, successful her archetypal commencement against her sister, had a career-high 16 points, and Natasha Cloud added 15 for the Liberty (11-4), who person mislaid 4 of 5 games, starting with an 89-81 location nonaccomplishment to the Mercury 8 days ago.

The Liberty were 8 of 18 from 3-point scope and were outscored by 13 astatine the foul line, though some teams changeable amended than 50% from the field.

Stewart, who had 5 points astatine halftime erstwhile the Liberty trailed 61-43, scored 10 successful the 3rd quarter. She scored six consecutive points to propulsion New York to wrong 68-61. But the 3s conscionable kept raining down and the Mercury led 88-72 with 16 triples entering the 4th quarter.

Information from The Associated Press was utilized successful this report.