Copper hits 5 3s, scores 22 to help Mercury beat Liberty 80-63

— Kahleah Copper hit five 3-pointers and finished with 22 points, Alyssa Thomas had 14 points and nine assists, and the Phoenix Mercury beat the defending WNBA champion New York Liberty 80-63 on Saturday night.
Aug 31, 2025, 05:15 am - AP

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  • Jonquel Jones misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Kahleah Copper misses layup
  • Natasha Mack makes tip shot
  • Satou Sabally misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Satou Sabally makes 26-foot three point jumper (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Emma Meesseman makes 6-foot two point shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kahleah Copper misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Cloud makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jonquel Jones assists)
  • Satou Sabally misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Emma Meesseman makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Breanna Stewart misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas misses two point shot
  • Breanna Stewart makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 13-foot jump bank shot (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Leonie Fiebich misses two point shot
  • Emma Meesseman misses 14-foot step back jumpshot
  • Satou Sabally misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kahleah Copper makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Marine Johannes misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kennedy Burke blocks Alyssa Thomas's two point shot
  • DeWanna Bonner misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Mack blocks Jonquel Jones 's 5-foot two point shot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes two point shot
  • Marine Johannes makes layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 8-foot pullup jump shot
  • DeWanna Bonner blocks Kennedy Burke's layup
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 18-foot two point shot
  • Marine Johannes makes 2-foot two point shot (Jonquel Jones assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 24-foot three pointer (Satou Sabally assists)
  • Marine Johannes misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • DeWanna Bonner makes driving layup (Satou Sabally assists)
  • Marine Johannes misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Kahleah Copper makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Natasha Cloud makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Marine Johannes blocks Kahleah Copper 's 2-foot driving layup
  • Kahleah Copper makes 24-foot three point jumper (Natasha Mack assists)
  • DeWanna Bonner misses two point shot
  • Natasha Cloud makes 24-foot three pointer (Jonquel Jones assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Breanna Stewart makes 27-foot three point shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas misses driving layup
  • Emma Meesseman makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Natasha Cloud misses 9-foot jumper
  • Natasha Mack makes 2-foot layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Natasha Mack blocks Emma Meesseman's driving layup
  • Kahleah Copper makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Rebekah Gardner makes driving layup (Emma Meesseman assists)
  • Natasha Mack makes 8-foot two point shot (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Natasha Mack blocks Rebekah Gardner 's 1-foot driving layup
  • Leonie Fiebich makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rebekah Gardner assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Jonquel Jones makes layup (Kennedy Burke assists)
  • Satou Sabally makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Jonquel Jones makes driving layup
  • Natasha Cloud makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Satou Sabally misses 1-foot hook shot
  • Jonquel Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Leonie Fiebich misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Cloud misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kahleah Copper misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 3-foot two point shot (Satou Sabally assists)
  • Jonquel Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Breanna Stewart misses 26-foot jump bank shot
  • Natasha Mack misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Satou Sabally makes two point shot
  • Natasha Cloud makes 2-foot two point shot (Breanna Stewart assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 17-foot jumper (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Breanna Stewart misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Emma Meesseman makes two point shot
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses two point shot
  • Kahleah Copper makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Breanna Stewart makes 13-foot two point shot (Leonie Fiebich assists)
  • Leonie Fiebich misses 25-foot three point shot
  • Kahleah Copper misses 24-foot three point shot
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 7-foot step back jumpshot
  • Emma Meesseman makes layup (Breanna Stewart assists)
  • Kathryn Westbeld makes 22-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Kahleah Copper makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kathryn Westbeld assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 11-foot pullup jump shot (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Kahleah Copper misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • DeWanna Bonner misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Cloud misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kennedy Burke misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Cloud misses driving layup
  • Natasha Mack blocks Jonquel Jones 's 2-foot two point shot
  • Leonie Fiebich misses 21-foot two point shot
  • Satou Sabally misses driving floating jump shot
  • DeWanna Bonner makes two point shot
  • DeWanna Bonner makes 27-foot three point jumper (Satou Sabally assists)
  • Emma Meesseman makes 25-foot three point jumper (Breanna Stewart assists)
  • Breanna Stewart makes finger roll layup (Emma Meesseman assists)
  • Natasha Mack makes 1-foot layup (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup
  • Breanna Stewart misses driving floating jump shot
  • Emma Meesseman makes 26-foot three pointer (Jonquel Jones assists)
  • Kathryn Westbeld makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Jonquel Jones makes layup
  • DeWanna Bonner makes 1-foot layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Leonie Fiebich misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • DeWanna Bonner misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Breanna Stewart misses 2-foot two point shot
  • Kahleah Copper makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Leonie Fiebich misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kahleah Copper misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Cloud misses 25-foot three point shot
  • DeWanna Bonner misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Satou Sabally makes 27-foot three point jumper (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Isabelle Harrison misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kathryn Westbeld misses driving floating jump shot
  • Lexi Held makes driving layup
  • Isabelle Harrison makes 3-foot layup (Stephanie Talbot assists)
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