James scores 28, Bueckers 23 as the Wings start 4 rookies in a 98-89 win over the Mercury

— Aziaha James scored 20 of her 28 points in the first half, Paige Bueckers added 23 and the Dallas Wings started four rookies in a 98-89 victory over the Phoenix Mercury on Thursday night.
Jul 3, 2026, 10:39 pm - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

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According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 2 of 2
  • JJ Quinerly makes driving layup
  • Satou Sabally misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Aziaha James makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot
  • JJ Quinerly makes driving layup
  • Alyssa Thomas misses driving floating jump shot
  • Paige Bueckers makes 28-foot three point jumper (JJ Quinerly assists)
  • Li Yueru makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Li Yueru makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 22-foot three point jumper (Kahleah Copper assists)
  • Li Yueru makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Li Yueru makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • JJ Quinerly makes 24-foot three point jumper (Aziaha James assists)
  • Kahleah Copper misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Li Yueru misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Kathryn Westbeld makes two point shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Aziaha James makes 22-foot three point jumper (Paige Bueckers assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 11-foot pullup jump shot (Kathryn Westbeld assists)
  • Luisa Geiselsoder makes 14-foot jumper (Paige Bueckers assists)
  • Kahleah Copper makes driving layup
  • Kitija Laksa misses 24-foot three point shot
  • Paige Bueckers makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kahleah Copper makes 3-foot layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Aziaha James makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Aziaha James makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 11-foot hook shot
  • Satou Sabally makes 25-foot three pointer (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Paige Bueckers makes 16-foot jumper (Luisa Geiselsoder assists)
  • Satou Sabally misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Satou Sabally misses running pullup jump shot
  • Teaira McCowan makes layup (Aziaha James assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Paige Bueckers makes technical free throw
  • Luisa Geiselsoder makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Luisa Geiselsoder makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Satou Sabally misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Myisha Hines-Allen misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Sami Whitcomb makes 27-foot three point shot (Satou Sabally assists)
  • JJ Quinerly misses 46-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper makes driving layup (Satou Sabally assists)
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Aziaha James makes 24-foot three pointer
  • Kahleah Copper makes two point shot (Satou Sabally assists)
  • Myisha Hines-Allen misses driving layup
  • Teaira McCowan makes layup (Aziaha James assists)
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Myisha Hines-Allen makes 2-foot layup (Aziaha James assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Myisha Hines-Allen misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Paige Bueckers makes 9-foot two point shot (Myisha Hines-Allen assists)
  • Paige Bueckers makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Kitija Laksa misses driving floating jump shot
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kitija Laksa misses 27-foot three point shot
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 7-foot two point shot
  • JJ Quinerly misses driving floating jump shot
  • Paige Bueckers misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Li Yueru makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Li Yueru makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Aziaha James makes 23-foot three point step back jumpshot (JJ Quinerly assists)
  • Satou Sabally misses driving layup
  • Aziaha James makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (JJ Quinerly assists)
  • Aziaha James misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 25-foot three point shot
  • JJ Quinerly makes 1-foot layup (Aziaha James assists)
  • Li Yueru misses layup
  • Alyssa Thomas makes two point shot
  • Luisa Geiselsoder misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Li Yueru makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Li Yueru makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Kahleah Copper misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kathryn Westbeld makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kathryn Westbeld makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Aziaha James makes 23-foot three point jumper (JJ Quinerly assists)
  • Kahleah Copper misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Paige Bueckers makes 25-foot three point jumper (JJ Quinerly assists)
  • Kahleah Copper misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Luisa Geiselsoder misses 15-foot jumper
  • Aziaha James makes driving layup
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Luisa Geiselsoder misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Paige Bueckers makes 13-foot pullup jump shot (JJ Quinerly assists)
  • Kahleah Copper misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Aziaha James misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kathryn Westbeld makes layup (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Luisa Geiselsoder misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Satou Sabally makes two point shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • JJ Quinerly makes driving layup (Paige Bueckers assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 10-foot jumper
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Paige Bueckers misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper makes 23-foot running pullup jump shot (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Aziaha James makes 13-foot step back jumpshot
  • Kahleah Copper makes 10-foot pullup jump shot (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Kahleah Copper makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas makes two point shot
  • Aziaha James makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Aziaha James makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Kahleah Copper misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Myisha Hines-Allen makes two point shot
  • Kahleah Copper misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Kalani Brown misses two point shot
  • Paige Bueckers makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Paige Bueckers makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Satou Sabally makes 1-foot layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Teaira McCowan makes 3-foot layup (Aziaha James assists)
  • Teaira McCowan makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Satou Sabally makes 23-foot three pointer (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Paige Bueckers makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kitija Laksa misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Li Yueru misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Li Yueru makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kitija Laksa misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Aziaha James misses layup
  • Aziaha James misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Aziaha James misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
  • Satou Sabally misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Satou Sabally misses 12-foot jumper
  • JJ Quinerly makes free throw 1 of 2
  • JJ Quinerly makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper misses driving layup
  • JJ Quinerly misses driving floating jump shot
  • Teaira McCowan makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Teaira McCowan makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Myisha Hines-Allen makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Myisha Hines-Allen misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Satou Sabally makes driving layup
  • Luisa Geiselsoder misses driving floating jump shot
  • Satou Sabally misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Aziaha James makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Aziaha James misses driving floating jump shot
  • Alyssa Thomas misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Luisa Geiselsoder misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • JJ Quinerly makes 8-foot pullup jump shot (Paige Bueckers assists)
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Aziaha James misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Paige Bueckers makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Paige Bueckers misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Paige Bueckers makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Aziaha James misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Li Yueru makes 3-foot layup (JJ Quinerly assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Aziaha James misses driving floating jump shot
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes two point shot
  • JJ Quinerly misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper makes 23-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Li Yueru misses layup
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes two point shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Paige Bueckers misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Satou Sabally misses two point shot
  • Li Yueru misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Li Yueru makes free throw 2 of 2
  • JJ Quinerly makes two point shot (Paige Bueckers assists)
  • Kitija Laksa makes 1-foot two point shot (Kalani Brown assists)
  • Kiana Williams misses driving floating jump shot
  • Luisa Geiselsoder misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Aziaha James misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kalani Brown makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kalani Brown makes free throw 2 of 2
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