Phoenix 74, at New York 84

NEW YORK (Interstat) — Marine Johannes scored 21 points, Jonquel Jones added 17 points and 12 rebounds and the New York Liberty used a decisive third-quarter surge to defeat the Phoenix Mercury 84-74 on Wednesday night at Barclays Center. The game was a rematch of last season’s first-round playoff series, which Phoenix won en route to the WNBA Finals. Both teams have undergone significant changes since then, most notably the offseason trade that sent Satou Sabally from Phoenix to New York. Sabally was scratched about an hour before tipoff after warming up, still battling the illness that forced her out… Read more...