In a game befitting the winner-take-all moniker, it was only fitting that it came down to the wire.
With the game tied at 84, Phoenix’s Shey Peddy drew a foul on a 3-point attempt and knocked down two of her three free-throw attempts. But it was Brittney Griner on the other end who sealed it with a block on A’ja Wilson’s last-second layup attempt.
Griner then was fouled and made a free throw as the No. 5-seeded Mercury hung on for the 87-84 win over the No. 2 Las Vegas Aces to close out the semifinal series in front of an Aces-record 9,680 fans at Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas on Friday night.