KEY RUNS

• Chicago opened the first three minutes of the game on a 12-5 run, led by threes from Allie Quigley and Cheyenne Parker.
• After Sky went up 16-8, the Mercury responded with a 24-2 run that pushed its lead to 14 at the end of the first quarter.
• Phoenix extended its lead to 16 early in the 2nd quarter (36-20), but Chicago answered with a 29-19 run to cut the margin to six at the end of the first half.
• The Sky began the second half on a 10-5 run that trimmed the Mercury’s lead to one (60-59). Phoenix responded shortly after with a 16-2 run to put its lead back to 15.

KEY STATS

• Phoenix’s bench outscored Chicago’s 29 to 20.
• The Mercury shot 32-61 (52.5%) from the floor while the Sky went 32-70 (45.7%) in tonight’s game.
• Both teams were strong from the free throw line, with Chicago going 13-16 (81.3%) and Phoenix going 22-26 (84.6%)

CHICAGO NOTES

• Sydney Colson recorded her first points as a member of the Chicago Sky with two free throws late in the first quarter.
• Courtney Vandersloot and Kahleah Copper made 9 of the Sky’s first 13 field goals, scoring 29 points combined in the opening half.
• Vandersloot led the Sky in scoring for the first time this season (21) and also posted a double-digit scoring total for the third time in her last four games.
• Azurá Stevens reached 1,000 career minutes in tonight’s game.
• Copper led the Sky in minutes played (36:11) for the second time in the last three games.

PHOENIX NOTES

• Diana Taurasi recorded a four-point play with a little more than three minutes to play in the first quarter.
• The Mercury shot 11-15 (73.3%) from the floor in the first quarter, including guard Skylar Diggins-Smith leading the team with nine points while shooting 3-3 on field goals.
• All players dressed tonight for Phoenix made at least one made field goal.
• Phoenix’s ‘Big Three’ of Taurasi, Diggins-Smith and Brittney Griner scored 59 of the team’s 96 points, shooting a collective 19-28 (67.8%) from the floor.