Alyssa Thomas had her WNBA-record third straight triple-double, DeWanna Bonner scored a season-high 23 points, and the host Phoenix Mercury blew past the Indiana Fever 95-60 on Thursday.
Thomas had 18 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, her final assist setting up a Bonner 3-pointer from the left corner with 3:47 remaining.
Thomas, who exited to chants of “MVP,” registered triple-doubles against the Chicago Sky and the Connecticut Sun in her previous two games.
Satou Sabally had 15 points and eight rebounds and Kahleah Copper had 11 points as the Mercury avenged a 107-101 loss at Indiana eight days earlier.
Fever guard Sophie Cunningham had a season-high 18 points in her return to Phoenix, but leading scorers Kelsey Mitchell and Aliyah Boston combined for only 16 points on 5-of-23 shooting.
Mitchell, averaging 20.0 points per game, had 12 points on 4-of-17 shooting. Boston (15.5) did not have a field goal until the fourth quarter and finished with four points and nine rebounds.
The Fever had won five of six.
For the second game in a row, the Mercury led wire to wire. After Cunningham’s fifth and final 3-pointer midway through the third quarter cut Phoenix’s lead to nine, Phoenix went on a 14-0 run and led 73-47 after three quarters.
The Mercury, who have won three in a row and four of six, boosted their lead to as large as 36 in the fourth quarter.
Fever All-Star guard Caitlin Clark missed her ninth straight game with a right groin injury and has played in only 13 games this season. The Fever are 9-9 without her.
The Mercury had a 44-32 rebounding edge and limited the Fever to 34.3 percent shooting from the field.
Fever guard Aari McDonald, who had a season-high 27 points in the first meeting, had four points on 2-of-5 shooting.
Cunningham spent her first six seasons with the Mercury before going to the Fever as a part of a 10-team offseason deal that brought Thomas and Sabally to Phoenix.
Fever reserve forward Sydney Colson sustained a left knee injury with 44.8 seconds remaining in the first quarter. She was helped from the floor and did not return.
–Field Level Media
