{"id":12906,"date":"2025-06-28T00:58:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T04:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/mercury-sets-wnba-three-point-record-sabally-leads-offense\/"},"modified":"2025-06-28T00:58:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T04:58:46","slug":"mercury-sets-wnba-three-point-record-sabally-leads-offense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wnba\/mercury-sets-wnba-three-point-record-sabally-leads-offense\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercury Sets WNBA Three-Point Record: Sabally Leads Offense"},"content":{"rendered":"In a vibrant encounter, the Phoenix Mercury set a new three-pointer record in two consecutive games, surpassing a WNBA mark, by defeating the New York Liberty with a score of 106-91.\n\nSatou Sabally led the offense with 25 points, demonstrating her ability to score from distance with 7 of 10 three-pointers. Sami Whitcomb contributed 15 points, hitting 5 of 7 triples, while Kitija Laksa and Kahleah Copper added 13 and 12 points respectively, solidifying Phoenix&#8217;s sixth consecutive victory.\n\nAlyssa Thomas tied Phoenix&#8217;s assist record with 15, one assist away from her twelfth regular season triple-double. The Phoenix team totaled 30 assists on 41 baskets, reflecting a collective and efficient game.\n\nThe Phoenix team demonstrated their skill from the three-point line, finishing with 18 out of 39 successful attempts, continuing their streak after scoring 17 three-pointers in their previous victory against Chicago. The total of 35 three-pointers in two consecutive games sets a new record in the WNBA.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I think we&#8217;re seeing the evolution of basketball. No matter the league, people are trying to play with more space, more playmaking, more skill, more shots.<\/p><cite>Nate Tibbetts, Phoenix coach<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nBreanna Stewart scored 17 points for the Liberty, while Nyara Sabally, in her first start against her sister, achieved a career-high with 16 points. Natasha Cloud added 15 points for the Liberty, who have suffered four losses in their last five games.\n\nThe Liberty finished with 8 of 18 three-pointers and were outscored by 13 points from the free throw line, although both teams maintained a shooting percentage above 50%.\n\nIn the third quarter, Stewart scored 10 points, bringing New York closer to 68-61. However, Phoenix&#8217;s three-pointers continued to fall, and the team led 88-72 with 16 three-pointers before the last quarter.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a vibrant encounter, the Phoenix Mercury set a new three-pointer record in two consecutive games, surpassing a WNBA mark, by defeating the New York Liberty with a score of 106-91. Satou Sabally led the offense with 25 points, demonstrating her ability to score from distance with 7 of 10 three-pointers. Sami Whitcomb contributed 15 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[2459,4655,1522,382],"class_list":{"0":"post-12906","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-phoenix-mercury","9":"tag-satou-sabally","10":"tag-triples","11":"tag-wnba"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}