"PHOENIX -- Alyssa Thomas scored 23 points, DeWanna Bonner made two key 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and the Phoenix Mercury overcame a 13-point deficit in the final period to beat the short-handed Minnesota Lynx 86-81 in Game 4 on Sunday night and advance to the WNBA Finals for the first time since 2021. Phoenix will face the Indiana-Las Vegas winner in the championship series. Indiana forced a Game 5 earlier Sunday with a 90-83 home victory."
"The Mercury trailed 68-55 heading into the fourth quarter but pulled to 70-69 on Sami Whitcomb's 3-pointer with 4:46 left. Bonner's 3-pointer pushed them ahead 72-70 and she hit another 3 with 2:03 left for a 77-73 lead. Minnesota's Kayla McBride hit a 3-pointer -- her sixth of the second half -- to cut it to 77-76 with 1:04 left. The 38-year-old Bonner then made a pair of free throws to push the Mercury ahead 79-76."
Alyssa Thomas scored 23 points and DeWanna Bonner supplied two decisive fourth-quarter 3-pointers as the Phoenix Mercury rallied from a 13-point deficit to defeat the Minnesota Lynx 86-81 in Game 4. Phoenix won the final three games of the best-of-five semifinal to clinch the series and advance to the WNBA Finals, where it will face the Indiana-Las Vegas winner. Bonner scored 11 points in the fourth quarter. Kayla McBride led Minnesota with 31 points and six 3-pointers in the second half, while Satou Sabally finished with 21 points. The Lynx were without coach Cheryl Reeve and All-Star Napheesa Collier.
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