Kahleah Copper had 30 points, Brittney Griner scored a season-high 28 and the Phoenix Mercury never trailed in an 87-78 victory over the Seattle Storm. Copper sank 11 of 20 shots from the floor with three 3-pointers, adding six rebounds for the Mercury (7-7).
PHOENIX — Kahleah Copper had 30 points, Brittney Griner scored a season-high 28 and the Phoenix Mercury never trailed in an 87-78 victory over the Seattle Storm on Sunday.
Copper sank 11 of 20 shots from the floor with three 3-pointers, adding six rebounds for the Mercury . Griner, playing her fourth game of the season after returning from a toe fracture, made 10 of 15 shots with a 3-pointer and all seven of her free throws. She finished a rebound shy of a double-double for the third straight game.Nneka Ogwumike totaled 15 points and 11 rebounds to pace the Storm , who lost for just the second time in their last 10 games.
Copper had six points, Griner scored four and Phoenix jumped out to a 10-3 advantage in the first 2 1/2 minutes. Griner and Copper hit back-to-back 3-pointers to push the lead to 20-9 with four minutes left in the quarter. Ogwumike had a layup, Sami Whitcomb sank a 3-pointer and Diggins-Smith buried a jumper as Seattle closed out the quarter on a 7-0 run to get within 25-19.
Natasha Mack’s layup gave Phoenix a 21-point lead in the third quarter before the Storm scored the final six points to trail 66-49. Magbegor scored the final four points in an 8-1 spurt and the Storm cut their deficit to single digits at 73-64 with 4:53 left to play. Diggins-Smith made it a two-possession game when she buried a 3-pointer to make it 75-69 with 3:16 remaining. Griner answered with a three-point play and the Storm got no closer than seven from there.Seattle beat Phoenix at home 80-62 in the first matchup earlier this month.
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