Sabally ratings 20, Kitija Laksa adds 18 to help Mercury

PHOENIX (AP)– Satou Sabally scored 20 points, novice Kitija Laksa added a season-high 18 points and the Phoenix Mercury rallied from a 16-pointdeficit in the second half and beat the winless Chicago Sky 94-89 on Tuesday night.Alyssa Thomas

had 10 points, 15 assists, seven rebounds, three takes and 2 blocks for the Mercury. Thomas moved previous Tamika Catchings (1,488) into 12th location in WNBA history with 1,503 profession assists. The five-time All-Star became the very first player in WNBA history with a minimum of 10 points, five helps and five rebounds in each of the very first 5 games of a season.Advertisement Kathryn

Westbeld and Monique Akoa Makani– who was a game-time decision due to disease– scored 13 points each and integrated to strike 5 3-pointers in the 4th quarter for the Mercury.Angel Reese had 13 points and 15 rebounds for the Sky.

Ariel Atkins included a season-high 21 points, Kamilla Cardoso had 16 points and nine rebounds and Courtney Vandersloot finished with 15 points and 11 assists. Kia Nurse, who went into the game shooting 6.6% (1 of 15)from beyond the arc this season, scored 14 points, including four threes. Vandersloot made a layup about 4 minutes into the 3rd quarter that gave the

Sky a 16-point lead, however Laksa hit a 3-pointer with 3:08 left in the duration to top a 12-2 run before Chicago took a 71-67 lead into the fourth.Sabally made a driving layup with about 7 minutes to play that gave the

Mercury its very first lead because the opening minutes at 74-73. Akoa Makani and Laksa hit back-to-back 3-pointers to give the Mercury the lead for good at 80-75 with 5 minutes to go.Up next The Mercury play host to unbeaten Minnesota on Friday.The Sky return home to handle Dallas on Thursday. ___ AP WNBA: https://apnews.com/hub/wnba-basketball