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Connecticut Sun vs Phoenix Mercury Box Score & Player Stats: Sun win 96-83, Jul 17, 2026

WNBA · Final · Fri, Jul 17, 2026
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Summary
1
2
3
4
T
Connecticut Sun11-33 · 3-8 away
96
Phoenix Mercury16-28 · 3-9 home
83
CONN
26
28
19
23
96
PHX
21
16
22
24
83

Connecticut beats Phoenix, 96-83

Phoenix's K. Copper scored 21 points with three rebounds and an assist. The Sun's K. Burke scored 13 points with four rebounds and two assists.

Every play in the reel, in the order it happened. The biggest swing: Brittney Griner somehow gets the and-1 to fall.
How they scored
Q4
Valeriane Ayayi makes driving layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
90–74
PHX
Q4
Valeriane Ayayi makes free throw 1 of 1
90–75
PHX
Q4
Gianna Kneepkens makes free throw 1 of 2
91–75
CONN
Q4
Gianna Kneepkens makes free throw 2 of 2
92–75
CONN
Q4
Raegan Beers makes free throw 1 of 2
93–75
CONN
Q4
Raegan Beers makes free throw 2 of 2
94–75
CONN
Q4
Lexi Held makes 24-foot three point jumper (Noemie Brochant assists)
94–78
PHX
Q4
Raegan Beers makes free throw 1 of 2
95–78
CONN
Q4
Raegan Beers makes free throw 2 of 2
96–78
CONN
Q4
Valeriane Ayayi makes free throw 1 of 2
96–79
PHX
Q4
Valeriane Ayayi makes free throw 2 of 2
96–80
PHX
Q4
Marta Suarez makes free throw 2 of 2
96–81
PHX
Q4
Valeriane Ayayi makes free throw 1 of 2
96–82
PHX
Q4
Valeriane Ayayi makes free throw 2 of 2
96–83
PHX
Connecticut
MIN
PTS
FG
3PT
FT
REB
AST
Diamond Miller
22
11
4-10
2-7
1-1
1
0
Brittney Griner
26
12
5-12
0-0
2-3
6
4
Olivia Nelson-Ododa
21
6
2-3
0-0
2-4
6
3
Charlisse Leger-Walker
29
4
2-8
0-2
0-0
4
7
Leila Lacan
28
26
10-13
1-3
5-5
4
5
Aaliyah Edwards
24
12
5-7
0-0
2-4
7
1
Raegan Beers
3
4
0-0
0-0
4-4
1
0
Nell Angloma
3
0
0-1
0-1
0-0
0
0
Kennedy Burke
27
13
5-9
3-6
0-0
4
2
Saniya Rivers
14
6
3-6
0-1
0-0
0
2
Gianna Kneepkens
3
2
0-0
0-0
2-2
1
0
Phoenix
MIN
PTS
FG
3PT
FT
REB
AST
DeWanna Bonner
30
8
4-11
0-3
0-0
10
1
Alyssa Thomas
36
17
7-12
0-0
3-4
8
6
Noemie Brochant
23
6
2-4
2-2
0-0
0
1
Kahleah Copper
35
21
8-16
0-4
5-7
3
1
Monique Akoa Makani
19
0
0-6
0-2
0-0
2
4
Valeriane Ayayi
18
13
2-3
1-1
8-8
1
1
Marta Suarez
7
5
1-2
0-0
3-4
2
0
Sami Whitcomb
13
4
2-2
0-0
0-0
1
0
Lexi Held
19
9
4-9
1-3
0-0
0
4

Questions

Who won the Sun vs Mercury game?

The Sun beat the Mercury 96-83 on Friday, Jul 17, at Mortgage Matchup Center.

What was the final score of Sun vs Mercury?

Sun 96, Mercury 83.

Played Friday, July 17, 2026. Score and box score from ESPN. How we get our numbers

Win probability
CONN 100%
The marked point is Kennedy Burke makes 25-foot three point jumper (Charlisse Leger-Walker assists): 39% to 48% for Sun on one play, the biggest of the game.
Eastern Conference
W
L
GB
Dream
30
14
—
Mystics
28
16
2
Fever
28
16
2
Liberty
26
18
4
Sky
16
28
14
Tempo
11
33
19
Sun
11
33
19

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