Top Mercury vs. Liberty Players to Watch - 8/26/2024

Natasha Cloud’s Phoenix Mercury (16-14) have a home matchup with the New York Liberty (25-5) at Footprint Center on Monday, August 26. The game tips off at 10:00 PM ET.

The Mercury have a -29 scoring differential, putting up 83.3 points per game (fourth in the league) and giving up 84.3 (ninth in the WNBA).

The Liberty outscore opponents by 9.7 points per game (posting 85.5 points per game, second in league, and conceding 75.8 per outing, third in WNBA) and have a +292 scoring differential.

How to Watch Mercury vs. Liberty

• Date: Monday, August 26, 2024
• Time: 10:00 PM ET
• How to Watch on TV: NBA TV, Mercury Live, AZFamily, FOX5 New York, and Liberty Live
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• Location: Phoenix, Arizona
• Venue: Footprint Center

Mercury’s Last Game

Phoenix picked up an 82-80 victory versus Atlanta last time out. The squad was led by Brittney Griner’s 22 points, six rebounds, six assists and four blocks and Diana Taurasi’s 18 points and five assists.

• Brittney Griner: 22 PTS | 6 REB |6 AST | 0 STL | 4 BLK | 0 3PM
• Diana Taurasi: 18 PTS | 2 REB |5 AST | 1 STL | 0 BLK | 3 3PM
• Kahleah Copper: 16 PTS | 5 REB |1 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 2 3PM

Liberty’s Last Game

New York is coming into this game having lost to Connecticut 72-64 in its last game. Breanna Stewart led the team with 15 points, 15 rebounds, four assists, two steals and three blocks.

• Breanna Stewart: 15 PTS | 15 REB |4 AST | 2 STL | 3 BLK | 1 3PM
• Leonie Fiebich: 14 PTS | 5 REB |3 AST | 0 STL | 1 BLK | 2 3PM
• Sabrina Ionescu: 12 PTS | 3 REB |3 AST | 1 STL | 0 BLK | 2 3PM

Mercury Players to Watch

• Kahleah Copper is tops on her team in points per game (22.9), and also averages 4.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists. Defensively, she averages 0.8 steals and 0.1 blocked shots.
• Cloud leads her squad in assists per game (6.8), and also averages 11.6 points and 4.3 rebounds. At the other end, she puts up 1.6 steals (sixth in league) and 0.7 blocked shots.
• Taurasi puts up 15.8 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game, shooting 40.6% from the field and 36.5% from beyond the arc (10th in league) with 2.7 made 3-pointers per game (sixth in league).
• Griner averages 18.3 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists per contest, shooting 57.0% from the floor (first in league).
• Sophie Cunningham is posting 7.9 points, 2.2 assists and 4.1 rebounds per game.

Liberty Players to Watch

• Stewart is No. 1 on the Liberty in scoring (19.6 points per game), and puts up 9.0 rebounds and 3.9 assists. She also delivers 1.9 steals (fifth in the league) and 1.4 blocked shots (fourth in the league).
• Jonquel Jones paces the Liberty in rebounding (9.4 per game), and puts up 14.9 points and 3.4 assists. She also averages 0.7 steals and 1.2 blocked shots (seventh in the WNBA).
• Sabrina Ionescu leads the Liberty in assists (5.9 per game), and produces 19.6 points and 4.4 rebounds. She also delivers 1.0 steal and 0.3 blocked shots.
• Leonie Fiebich is averaging 6.4 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.9 assists per contest, making 42.7% of her shots from the floor and 38.2% from beyond the arc (fifth in league), with 1.3 treys per contest.
• The Liberty receive 6.6 points, 2.6 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game from Kayla Thornton.