“We didn’t come out ready to play. They punched us in the mouth early and it felt like for majority of the game, we were playing from behind,” the Mercury's Alyssa Thomas said. Thomas led Phoenix with 21 points, eight rebounds and five assists, but the rest of the team struggled with making open shots.

On Sunday, the Atlanta Dream and Phoenix Mercury will face off in thrilling WNBA action, featuring two excellent teams. The Dream enters this matchup with a 19-11 record, on a four-game win streak, and on a 7-3 run over their last 10 games.