Diggins-Smith outshines Bird, Taurasi; Mercury beats Storm

— Skylar Diggins-Smith scored a career-high 35 points, Diana Taurasi hit 6 of 10 from 3-point range and finished with 28 points and the Phoenix Mercury used a dominant fourth quarter to beat the Seattle Storm 94-78 Friday night.
Jul 23, 2022, 12:40 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

0%
--SEA
100%
--PHX

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Gabby Williams misses driving floating jump shot
  • Tina Charles makes two point shot
  • Breanna Stewart makes two point shot
  • Tina Charles misses 16-foot two point shot
  • Breanna Stewart makes driving layup (Sue Bird assists)
  • Sophie Cunningham makes 25-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
  • Tina Charles misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Diana Taurasi misses running pullup jump shot
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jewell Loyd misses two point shot
  • Diana Taurasi makes 26-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
  • Breanna Stewart misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Shey Peddy misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jewell Loyd makes 26-foot three point jumper (Gabby Williams assists)
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw flagrant 2 of 2
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving floating jump shot
  • Jewell Loyd misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Tina Charles makes 7-foot jump bank shot
  • Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brianna Turner assists)
  • Diana Taurasi misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Breanna Stewart makes 24-foot three point jumper (Gabby Williams assists)
  • Breanna Stewart makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving floating jump shot
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 4-foot pullup jump shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
  • Gabby Williams makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Jewell Loyd assists)
  • Shey Peddy makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Shey Peddy makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jewell Loyd misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Tina Charles misses 15-foot jumper
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Shey Peddy misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Breanna Stewart misses two point shot
  • Shey Peddy misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Tina Charles misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Sophie Cunningham misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Breanna Stewart misses 2-foot hook shot
  • Diana Taurasi misses step back jumpshot
  • Stephanie Talbot makes two point shot (Sue Bird assists)
  • Shey Peddy misses driving layup
  • Stephanie Talbot misses driving layup
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Jantel Lavender makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jantel Lavender makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Shey Peddy misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jantel Lavender misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Stephanie Talbot misses 25-foot three point shot
  • Epiphanny Prince misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Briann January misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Epiphanny Prince misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
  • Epiphanny Prince makes free throw flagrant 2 of 2
  • Tina Charles makes 9-foot two point shot (Briann January assists)
  • Sophie Cunningham misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Sophie Cunningham makes 24-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
  • Stephanie Talbot misses 21-foot jumper
  • Diana Taurasi misses driving layup
  • Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Diana Taurasi makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Tina Charles misses 19-foot jumper
  • Breanna Stewart makes 20-foot step back jumpshot
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 10-foot pullup jump shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
  • Breanna Stewart makes 1-foot layup (Stephanie Talbot assists)
  • Diana Taurasi makes 24-foot step back jumpshot (Reshanda Gray assists)
  • Ezi Magbegor makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Ezi Magbegor makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Ezi Magbegor misses driving layup
  • Shey Peddy misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Sophie Cunningham misses driving floating jump shot
  • Stephanie Talbot makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ezi Magbegor assists)
  • Sophie Cunningham misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Gabby Williams misses two point shot
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses two point shot
  • Jewell Loyd misses two point shot
  • Sue Bird makes pullup jump shot (Gabby Williams assists)
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brianna Turner assists)
  • Breanna Stewart makes layup (Sue Bird assists)
  • Diana Taurasi misses 14-foot step back jumpshot
  • Shey Peddy makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
  • Jewell Loyd misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Breanna Stewart misses running pullup jump shot
  • Diana Taurasi makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sophie Cunningham assists)
  • Breanna Stewart makes 12-foot jumper (Sue Bird assists)
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Gabby Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jewell Loyd assists)
  • Sophie Cunningham misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Shey Peddy makes two point shot
  • Ezi Magbegor misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Shey Peddy misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jewell Loyd misses running pullup jump shot
  • Tina Charles misses layup
  • Shey Peddy misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Gabby Williams misses driving layup
  • Breanna Stewart makes tip shot
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Breanna Stewart makes two point shot
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup
  • Tina Charles misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Jewell Loyd makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jewell Loyd makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sophie Cunningham makes 27-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
  • Tina Charles makes 2-foot layup (Jewell Loyd assists)
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 2-foot layup (Brianna Turner assists)
  • Tina Charles makes 4-foot two point shot (Jewell Loyd assists)
  • Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Sophie Cunningham makes driving layup
  • Diana Taurasi misses two point shot
  • Jewell Loyd makes 15-foot step back jumpshot (Gabby Williams assists)
  • Diana Taurasi misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Jewell Loyd makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sue Bird assists)
  • Shey Peddy misses driving layup
  • Breanna Stewart misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Jewell Loyd makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tina Charles assists)
  • Sophie Cunningham makes 26-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
  • Breanna Stewart misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jewell Loyd misses driving layup
  • Jewell Loyd makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jewell Loyd makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jewell Loyd misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Stephanie Talbot misses two point shot
  • Ezi Magbegor misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Epiphanny Prince makes 24-foot three pointer
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith misses two point shot
  • Diana Taurasi makes 24-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
  • Epiphanny Prince misses driving floating jump shot
  • Sophie Cunningham makes 2-foot layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
  • Ezi Magbegor misses two point shot
  • Epiphanny Prince misses three point jumper
  • Tina Charles misses 2-foot hook shot
  • Diana Taurasi misses running pullup jump shot
  • Diana Taurasi misses driving layup
  • Tina Charles makes jumper (Briann January assists)
  • Diana Taurasi makes driving layup (Sophie Cunningham assists)
  • Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Breanna Stewart misses 12-foot jumper
  • Tina Charles makes two point shot
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 20-foot jumper
  • Diana Taurasi makes 27-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
  • Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Breanna Stewart makes layup (Jewell Loyd assists)
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Shey Peddy makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Shey Peddy makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Breanna Stewart misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Sophie Cunningham makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shey Peddy assists)
  • Epiphanny Prince misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 28-foot three pointer
  • Tina Charles misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Breanna Stewart misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Sophie Cunningham misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Briann January misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Brianna Turner makes layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
  • Epiphanny Prince misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup
  • Sam Thomas misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Ezi Magbegor makes 2-foot layup (Gabby Williams assists)
  • Jennie Simms makes driving layup
  • Jantel Lavender makes 9-foot jumper (Briann January assists)
  • Reshanda Gray misses driving layup
  • Epiphanny Prince misses 25-foot three point shot
  • Gabby Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ezi Magbegor assists)
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