Mercury 83, Lynx 79: Mercury Pay the Phee

Prior to Minnesota’s last clash with Phoenix nine days ago, they were amidst a tasty Twitter beef. Spoiler alert: The Lynx walked away with the knockout victory both on social media and on the court, with a 90-80 victory (the Phoenix Mercury social media team could not be reached for comment after the game).

The Mercury had limped into that previous match on a 2-game losing streak, but seemed to have righted the ship since and headed into this rematch on a two game winning streak. Still, the high price that Diana Taurasi, who was nearly ejected in the last game against Minnesota, would have to pay to defeat the Lynx for the first time since 2018 would include having to deal with Napheesa…