Satou sabally put in 22 points and pulled nine rebels as Visiting Phoenix Mercury defeated Las Vegas Aces by counting 76-70 on Sunday afternoon.
Elisa Thomas dodged 14 points and 13 for double-dobbal, while Sami Whitcomb made three four-pointers on her way to score 18 for Phoenix (8-4), which opened four-market swings on a high note.
Whitcomb helped the game in snow with a tray from top from top with 1:24, pushed Phoenix to 76–70.
Kahleh Copper also played an important role in victory. Last year, the team’s leading scorer, Copper returned to lineup from knee injury and ended with 11 points at the beginning of their regular season.
The aces (5–5) had three double figures, including the Chelsea Gray, which ended with 20 points, while Jewel Loyd and Jackie Young pasted 17 and 15 points respectively.
Las Vegas was once again ruled by MVP Aja Wilson, who has been in the Consuration Protocol since leaving the game against Los Angle with a head injury on Thursday.
Phoenix led the entire second quarter and was above 43–39 in the halftime in the cup match of this commissioner.
Lexy organized by Mercury to lead his first dual point of day at 60-49, when he buried 3-pointers with 3:29 remaining in the third. Kerson Bell responded with a long distance shot as Aces pulled at 3:12 points within eight. Mercury rose to 60-54 to fourth place.
Bell hit two free throw to trim the mercury lead for 60-58 with 8:34 and later knocked on a 3-pointer, which Las Vegas got two minutes later within 67–65.
ACES had two opportunities to capture the lead, but Gray and Dana Evans scored a long distance and scoring a wrong field with 71-65 with 71-65 with 71-65 in a gap of 29 seconds from Whitcom and Copper Hit Field goals.
Sunday’s game marked the first of the regular session between the enemies of the two Western conference.
It proved to be a tightly contesting initial quarter, including six relationships and five lead changes. To play in the period for 20–18 Phoenix lead, Saballi scored inside with 45.6, but gray responded with a jumper in lane, left with 1.6 seconds because the aces and mercury finished the first quarter tied at 20–20.
Copper scored his first point of the night to play in half with 9:47 on two free throw, with the mercury increased by 22–20. Saballi pushed Phoenix lead to 30-24, survived with 7:41 as he hit two free throw to score 6–0 runs.
Phoenix scored 22 points from the turnover and scored 28 points from his bench. The mercury in the commissioner’s cup play is now 4–2. The aces are 2-3.
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