Notwithstanding Indiana Fever having the lead entering the fourth quarter, the pair of Griner and Cunningham assisted mercury with returning with a pounding triumph.
Brittney Griner scored 29 focuses, Sophie Cunningham scored 11 of her 13 places in the final quarter, and the Phoenix Mercury crushed the Indiana Fever 85-82 on Sunday.
Indiana constructed a 67-59 lead entering the final quarter before Cunningham hit two 3-pointers to start a game-tying 8-0 run. NaLyssa Smith scored five straight focuses for Indiana and the Fever drove 77-72 close to the five-minute imprint, however Griner, Cunningham and Sug Sutton all scored in near put Phoenix ahead by one.
The score was tied at 80 preceding Griner scored once more and Cunningham hit a 3-pointer for a 85-80 lead with 50 seconds remaining. Smith then, at that point, hit a short jumper with 29 seconds to go, Diana Taurasi missed a 18-footer for Phoenix, and Erica Wheeler missed a 3-pointer at the signal for Indiana.
Taurasi had 18 focuses, six bounce back and seven helps for Phoenix, which got everything except four focuses from its starters. Michaela Onyenwere had 11 focuses and 12 bounce back, and Sutton scored 10.
Smith had 29 focuses and 12 bounce back, Wheeler added 17 focuses and eight helps, and Kelsey Mitchell scored 12 for Indiana.Griner scored 14 focuses and Taurasi had 13 in the primary half. Phoenix drove 43-42 at the break in the wake of driving by eight from the get-go in the subsequent quarter. Smith scored 15 to lead Indiana.
