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, is the first player in league history with three straight triple-doubles. She had triple-doubles against Chicago and Connecticut in the last two.
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 ago.
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 the Mercury lead to nine, they 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, stitched 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 suffered 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
