{"id":36329,"date":"2025-09-20T05:04:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T09:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/alyssa-thomas-and-mercury-dominate-historic-triple-double-in-wnba-semifinals\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T05:04:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T09:04:53","slug":"alyssa-thomas-and-mercury-dominate-historic-triple-double-in-wnba-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wnba\/alyssa-thomas-and-mercury-dominate-historic-triple-double-in-wnba-semifinals\/","title":{"rendered":"Alyssa Thomas and Mercury Dominate: Historic Triple-Double in WNBA Semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"Surprise in the WNBA! The 2025 championship will have a new owner, thanks to the spectacular performance of Alyssa Thomas.\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thomas Leads Phoenix to Victory<\/h2>\nIn a thrilling game, Thomas achieved the first triple-double with 20 points in the WNBA postseason history. Her performance led the Phoenix Mercury to the semifinals, eliminating the current champions, the New York Liberty, with a score of 79-73 in the third game.Thomas not only shone with his points, but also contributed 11 rebounds and 11 assists, adding his ninth triple-double of the season and five of the seven achieved in WNBA playoffs.<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>This is what she does. She impacts the game in many different ways. She cares about one thing and that is winning.<\/p><cite>Nate Tibbetts, Mercury coach<\/cite><\/blockquote>During the game, the &#8220;MVP&#8221; cheers echoed in the stadium as Thomas shot free throws.The semifinal matchup will be against the Lynx, starting Sunday in Minnesota.Liberty forward Breanna Stewart acknowledged Thomas&#8217;s skill, despite the loss.<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>AT is incredible. We had a nightmare defending her. I&#8217;m sure everyone else will have it too.<\/p><cite>Breanna Stewart, Liberty forward<\/cite>The game was close until the end, with key plays like DeWanna Bonner&#8217;s shot that extended Phoenix&#8217;s lead.The Mercury&#8217;s star trio, composed of Kahleah Copper, Satou Sabally, and Thomas, combined to score or assist on 74 of the team&#8217;s 79 points. Sabally achieved her first playoff double-double, with 23 points and 12 rebounds.Phoenix dominated the rebounds with a 49-33 advantage. Copper contributed nine rebounds and 12 points.<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0920%2Fr1548278_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption>La delantera de las Liberty, Breanna Stewart, sobre Alyssa Thomas: &#8220;AT es incre\u00edble. Tuvimos una pesadilla defendi\u00e9ndola. Estoy segura de que todos los dem\u00e1s tambi\u00e9n la tendr\u00e1n.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>Liberty coach Sandy Brondello commented that Phoenix executed better in crucial moments.Stewart, despite playing with an injury, led the Liberty with 30 points, but it wasn&#8217;t enough.The history between Phoenix and Minnesota favors the Lynx, but Thomas and Sabally trust in their team&#8217;s potential.<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>They haven&#8217;t seen us at full power.<\/p><cite>Alyssa Thomas<\/cite><\/blockquote><blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We are excited! Round 2, let&#8217;s go for it!<\/p><cite>Satou Sabally<\/cite><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surprise in the WNBA! The 2025 championship will have a new owner, thanks to the spectacular performance of Alyssa Thomas. Thomas Leads Phoenix to Victory In a thrilling game, Thomas achieved the first triple-double with 20 points in the WNBA postseason history. Her performance led the Phoenix Mercury to the semifinals, eliminating the current champions, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[3096,2459,104,382],"class_list":{"0":"post-36329","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-wnba","7":"tag-alyssa-thomas","8":"tag-phoenix-mercury","9":"tag-playoffs","10":"tag-wnba"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36329","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=36329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}