G Skylar Diggins-Smith is on maternity leave. Megan Gustafson is day-to-day with a foot injury and Shey Peddy (Achilles) is out. Sophie Cunningham, who sat out the opener, played Sunday. Former Gopher Kadi Sissoko, who was a third-round draft choice, is on the Phoenix roster. G Moriah Jefferson, who was with the Lynx last season, is starting. The Phoenix Suns and Mercury are making seismic moves to the tune of 100-plus million investment from their team owner. Diana Taurasi, who will turn 41 on June 11 and is in her 19th WNBA season, is averaging 15.5 points but shooting just 28% from the field. In her first WNBA games since 2021 after serving nearly 10 months in Russian detention on drug-related charges, Griner scored 18 and 27 points. Mercury update: Phoenix (0-2) had only nine healthy players available for its season opener last week, but one of them was Brittney Griner. Napheesa Collier had 20 points on Tuesday, after scoring 17 points in the season opener on Friday. Aerial Powers had career highs of 35 points and 13 rebounds in the 118-107 victory last season. Phoenix Mercury WNBA game, final score 77-74, from Augon ESPN. Overall, the Lynx won six consecutive games - and 12 of the past 14 - against the Mercury. Phoenix Mercury 65 Phoenix Suns 138 physical education 113114, 120, 186, 189190 Pietri, Dorando 151 Portland, Rene 64, 72n13 Portland Blazers 139 powerlifting. The Lynx were 4-0 against the Mercury last season, including 118-107 and 100-88 victories at Target Center. The Lynx have won their past 10 games against the Mercury in Arizona. The team released her this past June.Lynx update: They are 0-2 after an 83-77 loss to Atlanta on Tuesday at Target Center. She first was a player development coach and then an assistant starting in 2020. Weatherspoon returns to the WNBA after working with the NBA's New Orleans Pelicans since 2019. Wade and then Vatanseyer worked as both coach and GM, but the team announced after the season it would separate the positions like every other team in the WNBA now has. The Sky will hire a general manager separately. The Athletic was first to report the negotiations with Weatherspoon. 9 of 13 Phoenix Mercury interim head coach Nikki Blue, right, talks with Mercury guard Sophie Cunningham during the first half of a WNBA basketball game against the Seattle Storm, Saturday, Aug. Chicago announced at the end of the season, after it was eliminated from the playoffs by the Las Vegas Aces, that interim coach Emre Vatanseyer wouldn't return. She also had 18 points, 11 rebounds, 2 steals and finished the game with a 27 efficiency. That day she dished 11 assists in Phoenix Mercury (W)'s home loss against Las Vegas Aces (W), 73-94. The Sky, who won the 2021 WNBA championship, have been searching for a new coach since James Wade left in the middle of the season to take an assistant job with the NBA's Toronto Raptors. Sug Sutton dishes a season high 11 assists for Phoenix Mercury On September 09, 2023, Sug Sutton set a season high in assists in a WNBA (W) game. He confirmed the news in a text message to The Associated Press on Tuesday night. The Chicago Sky have an agreement in place with Teresa Weatherspoon to make her their next coach, according to her agent, Richard Gray.
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