Sabrina Ionescu scores 29 as Liberty beat Mercury 89-76 for 5th straight win

— Sabrina Ionescu scored 29 points while Jonquel Jones added 20 points and 11 rebounds to help the New York Liberty beat the Phoenix Mercury 89-76 on Friday night for their fifth consecutive win.
Jul 25, 2026, 09:47 pm - AP

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Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Satou Sabally misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses running pullup jump shot
  • Kahleah Copper makes 25-foot three point jumper (Satou Sabally assists)
  • Jonquel Jones misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Natasha Mack makes 6-foot two point shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 25-foot three point jumper (Satou Sabally assists)
  • Breanna Stewart misses 12-foot jumper
  • Jonquel Jones misses two point shot
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 21-foot step back jumpshot
  • Satou Sabally misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Cloud misses two point shot
  • Natasha Cloud makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Natasha Cloud misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 4-foot layup (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 25-foot three point jumper (Breanna Stewart assists)
  • DeWanna Bonner makes 13-foot two point shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Jonquel Jones makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jonquel Jones makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper makes 16-foot jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Breanna Stewart misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kitija Laksa misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas makes two point shot
  • Leonie Fiebich makes 6-foot two point shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Kahleah Copper makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Breanna Stewart makes 4-foot layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Leonie Fiebich makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Leonie Fiebich makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas misses two point shot
  • Kennedy Burke makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kennedy Burke makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Lexi Held misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes two point shot
  • Alyssa Thomas misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Breanna Stewart misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • DeWanna Bonner misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes two point shot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Kennedy Burke misses driving layup
  • Jonquel Jones makes 16-foot two point shot (Breanna Stewart assists)
  • Satou Sabally misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jonquel Jones misses layup
  • Jonquel Jones makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jonquel Jones makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kennedy Burke misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Jonquel Jones makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rebekah Gardner assists)
  • Sami Whitcomb makes 23-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Breanna Stewart misses layup
  • Breanna Stewart makes two point shot
  • Satou Sabally misses driving floating jump shot
  • DeWanna Bonner misses free throw 1 of 2
  • DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Leonie Fiebich misses 22-foot pullup jump shot
  • Satou Sabally makes layup (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Stephanie Talbot misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Natasha Mack makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kennedy Burke misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jonquel Jones misses two point shot
  • Jonquel Jones makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jonquel Jones makes free throw 2 of 2
  • DeWanna Bonner makes 22-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Stephanie Talbot makes driving layup (Leonie Fiebich assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 15-foot jumper (DeWanna Bonner assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses driving floating jump shot
  • Kahleah Copper makes driving layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Breanna Stewart misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Satou Sabally misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Breanna Stewart misses layup
  • Kitija Laksa misses two point shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes driving layup
  • Leonie Fiebich misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 28-foot three point jumper (Jonquel Jones assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Natasha Cloud makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Kennedy Burke misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • DeWanna Bonner makes 23-foot three point jumper (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Natasha Cloud makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Natasha Cloud makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Leonie Fiebich makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Cloud makes two point shot (Breanna Stewart assists)
  • DeWanna Bonner misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 7-foot two point shot (Lexi Held assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses driving floating jump shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes two point shot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Natasha Cloud misses 75-foot three point jumper
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Satou Sabally misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kahleah Copper misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Jonquel Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Cloud misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 27-foot three pointer (Breanna Stewart assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Natasha Cloud misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
  • Kahleah Copper makes driving layup
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • DeWanna Bonner misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Leonie Fiebich makes 25-foot three point shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 3-foot layup (Kennedy Burke assists)
  • Lexi Held makes 26-foot three pointer
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 14-foot jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kitija Laksa misses 10-foot jump bank shot
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 17-foot jumper
  • Breanna Stewart makes 4-foot layup (Leonie Fiebich assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Lexi Held assists)
  • Natasha Cloud misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jonquel Jones makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jonquel Jones makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 25-foot three pointer (Kennedy Burke assists)
  • Satou Sabally misses driving layup
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Jonquel Jones makes 18-foot step back jumpshot (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Kahleah Copper misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jonquel Jones misses 14-foot two point shot
  • Natasha Mack makes 7-foot two point shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Kennedy Burke makes layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Jonquel Jones makes driving layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Jonquel Jones makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Jonquel Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Mack misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Natasha Mack makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses driving floating jump shot
  • Kahleah Copper misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes driving layup
  • Natasha Mack makes 14-foot jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Kahleah Copper misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Leonie Fiebich makes 24-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Jonquel Jones misses layup
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Marine Johannes makes two point shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 5-foot layup (Satou Sabally assists)
  • Breanna Stewart misses 11-foot jumper
  • Satou Sabally makes two point shot (DeWanna Bonner assists)
  • Breanna Stewart misses driving layup
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes two point shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Jonquel Jones makes 3-foot layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • DeWanna Bonner misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses two point shot
  • Satou Sabally misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Sami Whitcomb makes driving layup (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Sami Whitcomb makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Marine Johannes makes 23-foot three point jumper (Breanna Stewart assists)
  • Satou Sabally makes 21-foot step back jumpshot (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Natasha Cloud makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Natasha Cloud makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Satou Sabally misses 29-foot three point jumper
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