Golden State Valkyries @ Phoenix Mercury

18-18, 8-11 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Valkyries GS	15	16	23	18	72
Mercury PHX	17	24	26	14	81

Phoenix MercuryMercuryPHX

22-14, 12-6 Home

Golden State Valkyries

starters
Janelle SalaunJ. Salaun#13
Temi FagbenleT. Fagbenle#14
Iliana RupertI. Rupert#12
Tiffany HayesT. Hayes#15
Veronica BurtonV. Burton#22
bench
Laeticia AmihereL. Amihere#3
Kaila CharlesK. Charles#6
Kate MartinK. Martin#20
Kaitlyn ChenK. Chen#2
Carla LeiteC. Leite#0
Kayla ThorntonK. Thornton#5
Monique BillingsM. Billings#25
Cecilia ZandalasiniC. Zandalasini#24
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
29	15	7-12	1-5	0-1	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	-8
16	4	1-3	0-1	2-2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	-5
26	9	3-9	3-6	0-0	5	2	0	0	2	1	4	3	+7
21	5	2-5	1-3	0-0	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	4	-2
25	11	5-10	1-5	0-0	5	8	2	1	2	0	5	0	-12
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
22	6	1-9	0-2	4-5	8	0	0	0	0	3	5	1	-12
26	9	2-7	1-3	4-6	5	0	0	3	0	1	4	3	-9
12	7	3-6	1-4	0-0	4	2	0	0	0	1	3	1	+4
7	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	+5
16	6	1-6	0-2	4-5	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	-13
DNP-RIGHT KNEE SURGERY
DNP-RIGHT ANKLE INJURY
DNP-CALF INJURY
	72	25-67	8-31	14-19	31	20	6	7	5	6	25	14
		37%	26%	74%

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Alyssa ThomasA. Thomas#25
Natasha MackN. Mack#4
Satou SaballyS. Sabally#0
Kahleah CopperK. Copper#2
Monique Akoa MakaniM. Akoa Makani#8
bench
DeWanna BonnerD. Bonner#14
Kathryn WestbeldK. Westbeld#24
Kalani BrownK. Brown#21
Sami WhitcombS. Whitcomb#33
Kitija LaksaK. Laksa#9
Kiana WilliamsK. Williams#23
Lexi HeldL. Held#1
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
37	13	5-9	0-0	3-6	12	16	4	0	2	2	10	1	+19
13	3	1-1	0-0	1-2	4	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	-3
27	12	3-9	1-3	5-5	5	2	3	1	0	2	3	4	+8
29	12	5-14	2-5	0-0	4	1	2	3	0	0	4	3	+9
28	18	6-9	4-6	2-2	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	4	+10
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
24	14	5-9	4-6	0-0	6	2	0	0	0	1	5	2	+18
13	3	1-4	1-4	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-10
17	6	2-5	2-5	0-0	1	3	1	0	1	0	1	3	+18
2	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-10
2	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-10
6	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	-6
	81	28-64	14-32	11-15	33	25	13	4	6	7	26	19
		44%	44%	73%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

PHX wins 4-0

Valkyries
77
Mercury
86

Game 1

6/5

Mercury
78
Valkyries
77

Game 2

7/14

Mercury
98
Valkyries
91

Game 3

8/19

Valkyries
72
Mercury
81

Game 4

8/22

Mortgage Matchup Center

10:00 PM, August 22, 2025Coverage: ION

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 10,280

Referees:
Ryan Sassano
Tyler Mirkovich
Ashley Gloss

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	34	10	.773	-	W1
Las Vegas	30	14	.682	4	W16
Phoenix	27	17	.614	7	L3
Seattle	23	21	.523	11	W1
Golden State	23	21	.523	11	L3
Los Angeles	21	23	.477	13	L1
Dallas	10	34	.227	24	W1

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Golden State Valkyries @ Phoenix Mercury

Regular Season Series

PHX wins 4-0

Game Information

2024-25 Western Conference Standings

WNBA News

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