Phoenix Mercury vs New York Liberty Player Stats and Box Score (Sep. 17) | Game 2, 2025 WNBA Playoffs

The Phoenix Mercury defeated the New York Liberty 86-60 in Game 2 of their first-round series on Wednesday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The best-of-three series is now tied at one game apiece as Phoenix forced a do-or-die Game 3.

Alyssa Thomas finished with 15 points, six rebounds and seven assists on 6-for-13 shooting. Satou Sabally had 15 points, seven rebounds, four assists and four steals on 5-for-11 shooting. Kahleah Copper added 14 points on 5-for-9 shooting.

DeWanna Bonner contributed 14 points and eight rebounds on 6-for-9 shooting off the bench, while Kathryn Westbeld scored 10 points on 4-for-6 shooting (2-for-4 from 3-point range).

Emma Meesseman was the lone Liberty player in double figures with 11 points on 4-for-9 shooting. Sabrina Ionescu finished with nine points on 3-for-13 shooting, while Natasha Cloud added eight points. Jonquel Jones chipped in seven points and 13 rebounds. Breanna Stewart scored just six points in 20 minutes of action.

The Liberty stole Game 1 with a 76-69 overtime win on Sunday at PHX Arena. Game 3 will be on Friday back in Phoenix. The winner of the opening round series between New York and Phoenix will face either the league-best Minnesota Lynx or the eighth-seed Golden State Valkyries in the semifinals.

The teams finished the regular season with identical 27-17 records. Phoenix earned the No. 4 seed and home-court advantage by winning the season series against New York 3-1.

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Phoenix Mercury vs. New York Liberty player stats and box score

New York Liberty player stats and box score

Player	PTS	REB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK	FG	3-PT FG	FT	+/-
Leonie Fiebich	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0-5	0-2	2-2	-19
Breanna Stewart	6	2	2	1	0	3	1	2-6	0-1	2-2	-24
Jonquel Jones	7	13	1	3	0	2	2	3-9	1-3	0-0	-12
Sabrina Ionescu	9	4	3	1	1	1	1	3-13	1-8	2-6	-19
Natasha Cloud	8	2	2	3	0	1	0	2-5	2-4	2-2	-23
Emma Meesseman	11	6	3	0	0	3	0	4-9	0-0	3-4	-10
Rebekah Gardner	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	0
Kennedy Burke	6	1	0	2	0	3	0	2-5	1-3	1-2	-20
Isabelle Harrison	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-2	-1
Marine Johannès	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	0-3	0-2	3-3	-4
Stephanie Talbot	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-1
Nyara Sabally	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0-3	0-0	1-2	3

Phoenix Mercury player stats and box score

Player	PTS	REB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK	FG	3-PT FG	FT	+/-
Satou Sabally	15	7	4	3	4	2	0	5-11	2-4	3-3	20
Alyssa Thomas	15	6	7	2	1	1	0	6-13	0-1	3-3	17
Natasha Mack	6	5	1	2	0	1	1	3-5	0-1	0-0	2
Kahleah Copper	14	2	0	3	0	0	1	5-9	0-1	4-4	25
Monique Akoa Makani	6	3	3	3	0	0	0	3-7	0-3	0-0	14
Kathryn Westbeld	10	3	2	1	0	0	0	4-6	2-4	0-0	13
Sami Whitcomb	3	2	4	2	3	1	0	1-7	1-5	0-0	16
DeWanna Bonner	14	8	1	1	2	0	0	6-9	1-2	1-2	29
Kitija Laksa	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	-2
Lexi Held	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-2
Kalani Brown	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-1
Kiana Williams	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1

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Phoenix Mercury vs. New York Liberty game summary

At the end of the back-and-forth opening quarter, the game was tied at 25. Jonquel Jones and Emma Meesseman scored seven points apiece to lead the New York Liberty, while Kahleah Copper's six points led the Phoenix Mercury.

In the second quarter, the Mercury went on a 15-0 run to increase their lead to 19 (49-30). They outscored the Liberty 26-12 in the second period, and led 51-37 at halftime.

Alyssa Thomas had 13 points and five rebounds in the first half to lead Phoenix. Satou Sabally scored 10 of her 12 first-half points in the second quarter. Copper added 12 points on 4-for-7 shooting.

Sabrina Ionescu led New York in the first half with nine points and four rebounds on 3-for-11 shooting.

Phoenix started the second half on a 10-2 run to increase its lead to 22 (61-39). The Mercury outscored the Liberty 18-10 in the third period and led 69-47 heading into the final quarter. Both coaches emptied their benches midway through the final frame as Phoenix's lead swelled to as many as 31.