Diana Taurasi made six three-pointers and scored 24 points and Phoenix Mercury beat the Seattle Storm 69-64 on Saturday night. Phoenix (2-1) beat Seattle (1-3) 97-77 on Wednesday night in Phoenix.
In addition to Taurasi, Skylar Diggins-Smith added 14 points and five assists for Phoenix. Diamond DeShields added 11 points and four assists off the bench. Jewell Loyd hit five three-pointers and scored 26 points for Seattle, while Sue Bird had only 2 points on 1-of-11 shooting.
The clutch play of Courtney Vandersloot led the Chicago Sky to an 82-78 victory over the Minnesota Lynx. Vandersloot hit a three-pointer to give Chicago (2-1) an 80-76 lead with 38 seconds left and added two free throws 15 seconds later finishing with 16 points.
Emma Meesseman finished with 17 points, seven rebounds and seven steals for the Sky. Candace Parker had 11 points. Nikolina Milic topped the Lynx (0-4) with 18 points. Sylvia Fowles had 16 points and 11 rebounds for the home side.
Alyssa Thomas had 23 points, 12 rebounds and five assists and the Connecticut Sun cruised past Los Angeles Sparks with 77-60. Jonquel Jones added 16 points and 12 rebounds for the Sun (1-1) in their first home game of the season.
Nneka Ogwumike and Jordin Canada each scored 12 points for Los Angeles (2-2). Sun took control of the game early as they led 49-25 at the half taking a comfortable victory at home.
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