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PHOENIX — Brittney Griner and Diana Taurasi each scored 19 points to lead six Phoenix players in double figures and the Mercury beat the New York Liberty 99-93. Griner made a layup to give Phoenix a 92-89 lead and she blocked a Breanna Stewart shot at the other end. Taurasi added a 3-pointer to make it 95-91 and Griner put back her own miss with 29.1 seconds left to restore a four-point advantage. The teams combined to make a WNBA record 33 3-pointers, on 72 attempts, with New York tying the franchise record of 18. Stewart scored 28 points and Sabrina Ionescu had 19 points for New York.
