Phoenix Mercury @ New York Liberty

11-7, 6-4 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Mercury PHX	17	25	24	25	91
Liberty NY	19	17	29	19	84

New York LibertyLibertyNY

10-8, 6-4 Home

Phoenix Mercury

Penny TaylorP. Taylor
starters
Kara BraxtonK. Braxton
Temeka JohnsonT. Johnson
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi
Candice DupreeC. Dupree
bench
Nakia SanfordN. Sanford
DeWanna BonnerD. Bonner
Marie Ferdinand-HarrisM. Ferdinand-Harris
Alexis Gray-LawsonA. Gray-Lawson
Ketia SwanierK. Swanier
Olayinka SanniO. Sanni
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
33	29	8-13	2-4	11-11	4	3	3	3	0	1	3	1	+8
15	7	3-4	1-1	0-0	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	-13
20	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	-8
32	16	4-13	2-9	6-6	3	3	4	2	0	1	2	5	+7
30	10	4-8	0-0	2-2	7	0	3	0	0	0	7	3	+12
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
15	8	3-4	0-0	2-3	5	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	+7
18	8	3-4	0-0	2-2	9	1	1	0	3	0	9	3	+13
14	5	2-6	1-1	0-0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	-5
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	8	2-3	1-2	3-4	3	7	3	0	0	0	3	1	+15
3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1
	91	29-57	7-19	26-28	34	18	20	7	5	5	29	19
		51%	37%	93%

New York Liberty

Plenette PiersonP. Pierson
starters
Nicole PowellN. Powell
Cappie PondexterC. Pondexter
Leilani MitchellL. Mitchell
Kia VaughnK. Vaughn
bench
Quanitra HollingsworthQ. Hollingsworth
Sidney SpencerS. Spencer
Essence CarsonE. Carson
Sydney ColsonS. Colson
Alex MontgomeryA. Montgomery
Ta'Shia PhillipsT. Phillips
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
24	15	7-12	0-0	1-2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	5	+2
29	16	7-10	2-5	0-0	4	3	2	6	1	1	3	2	+1
37	13	4-19	1-8	4-6	3	3	2	0	0	1	2	4	-8
19	8	3-4	2-3	0-0	3	3	0	2	0	0	3	0	+3
31	11	5-13	0-0	1-3	10	4	1	2	1	5	5	3	-8
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
20	8	4-6	0-0	0-0	8	0	3	1	0	5	3	5	-8
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	12	4-15	0-2	4-6	1	1	5	1	1	1	0	2	-9
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	-8
5	1	0-0	0-0	1-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
	84	34-80	5-19	11-19	34	15	14	13	3	14	20	24
		43%	26%	58%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

PHX

Season tied

1-1

Game 1@ NY

Final

Game 2@ PHX

Final

Game Information

Newark, NJ

Referee:Clarke Stevens

Referee:Sue Blauch

Referee:Amy Bonner

Women's National Basketball Assoc.

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	31	8	.795	-	L1
Golden State	28	11	.718	3	W3
Las Vegas	27	13	.675	4.5	W3
Dallas	23	16	.590	8	W3
Portland	16	23	.410	15	W1
Los Angeles	14	25	.359	17	W1
Phoenix	13	26	.333	18	L4
Seattle	8	31	.205	23	W1

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Indiana	26	14	.650	-	W2
Atlanta	25	14	.641	0.5	L1
New York	24	16	.600	2	W1
Washington	24	16	.600	2	L1
Chicago	15	25	.375	11	L3
Toronto	11	28	.282	14.5	L3
Connecticut	10	29	.256	15.5	L2

WNBA News

Han Xu scores career-high 19 points as Liberty get past Sky 85-66

— Han Xu scored a career-high 19 points and the New York Liberty bounced back from a blowout loss to defeat the Chicago Sky 85-66 on Saturday.

New York Liberty vs. Chicago Sky - Game Highlights

Watch the Game Highlights from New York Liberty vs. Chicago Sky, 08/29/2026

Natasha Cloud dismisses Enes Kanter Freedom, confrontation

The Sky's Natasha Cloud was dismissive of Enes Kanter Freedom, calling the former NBA player an "irrelevant person" while saying she is focused on issues that are "actually [affecting] women and children."

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