{"id":37472,"date":"2025-09-21T20:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T00:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/thomas-and-mercury-to-semis-historic-triple-double-eliminates-liberty\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T20:00:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T00:00:07","slug":"thomas-and-mercury-to-semis-historic-triple-double-eliminates-liberty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wnba\/thomas-and-mercury-to-semis-historic-triple-double-eliminates-liberty\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas and Mercury to Semis: Historic Triple-Double Eliminates Liberty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New WNBA Champion in 2025!<\/h2>\n\n\nPhoenix prepares for a new era in the WNBA, with the outstanding performance of Alyssa Thomas, who led the Mercury to victory over the defending champions, the New York Liberty.\n\nThomas, with a historic performance, recorded the first 20-point triple-double of the WNBA postseason, securing the Mercury&#8217;s place in the semifinals.\n\nThe final score was 79-73 in favor of Phoenix in Game 3, eliminating the Liberty.\n\nThomas accumulated 11 rebounds and 11 assists, adding his ninth triple-double of the season and the fifth in the playoffs. She is the second player to achieve a triple-double in a decisive game.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>\u201cShe impacts the game in many ways. She only cares about winning,\u201d commented Mercury coach Nate Tibbetts.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Nate Tibbetts<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe audience present at the PHX Arena chanted &#8220;MVP&#8221; while Thomas was shooting free throws.\n\nThomas, who played 11 seasons in Connecticut before arriving in Phoenix, celebrated the victory with his coach and teammate DeWanna Bonner.\n\nThe Mercury, ranked fourth, will face the Lynx, the top-ranked team, in a best-of-five semifinal series.\n\nBreanna Stewart of the Liberty expressed her admiration for Thomas, despite the defeat.\n\nBonner&#8217;s shot, with little time left, extended Phoenix&#8217;s lead to five points.\n\nThe Mercury&#8217;s star trio, composed of Kahleah Copper, Satou Sabally, and Thomas, contributed 74 of the team&#8217;s 79 points.\n\nSabally achieved her first playoff double-double with 23 points and 12 rebounds.\n\nPhoenix dominated the rebounds, with a 49-33 advantage.\n\n\n<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>&#8220;AT es incre\u00edble&#8221;, dijo Breanna Stewart de las Liberty sobre Alyssa Thomas. &#8220;Aunque esto apesta, estoy emocionado de ver lo que contin\u00faa haciendo en el resto de los playoffs porque tuvimos una pesadilla defendi\u00e9ndola. Estoy seguro de que todos los dem\u00e1s tambi\u00e9n la tendr\u00e1n&#8221;. Joe Camporeale\/Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\nLiberty coach Sandy Brondello acknowledged Phoenix&#8217;s better execution in key moments.\n\nStewart, despite a medial collateral ligament injury, scored 30 points.\n\nSabrina Ionescu added 22 points, six rebounds, and six assists.\n\nThe Mercury and Lynx have faced each other four times in the regular season, with the Lynx winning the series 3-1.\n\nCopper and Thomas did not play in the first two games.\n\nThomas and Sabally expressed their enthusiasm for the next round.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New WNBA Champion in 2025! Phoenix prepares for a new era in the WNBA, with the outstanding performance of Alyssa Thomas, who led the Mercury to victory over the defending champions, the New York Liberty. Thomas, with a historic performance, recorded the first 20-point triple-double of the WNBA postseason, securing the Mercury&#8217;s place in the [&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-37472","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\/37472","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=37472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}