Satou Sabally won 27 points and Alyssa Thomas added 20 for Phoenix Mercury, which caused wire-tel-teller in the opening win of the Seattle Storm, which visited Saturday, in the opening win of 81-59 season.
Sabally fell strangely on the ankle in the opening quarter, but shook the most points by a player at a Mercury exit.
Thomas, who came to a trading of four teams in February and proves that there were one or two fists for Sabally, Mercury (1-0). Last year’s leading striker Kahle Copper’s absence, with an average of 21.1 points per game, but the left knee problem is expected to go out for four to six weeks.
Alexa was carved with 11 points for Phoenix, which attracts 51.7 percent from the ground.
Skylar Diggins scored 21 points for Seattle (0-1). NKEKA Ogwumike added 12 for the storm that attracts only 33.3 percent of the field.
Thomas brought Mercury to an early leadership and proceeded between two defenders for an order that pushed the advantage to play in the opening quarter to 10-2.
Diggins, Seattle deficit 6:01 remained. However, Mercury responded with a 10-0 run, emphasized by 3 points from Sabally and Kathryn Westbeld, and provided Phoenix a double-digit advantage for 1:55.
Seattle remained in the game thanks to nine points from five turnover following 23-15.
The storm took advantage of a 8-0 run to close a Jumper with 4:59, which hit two free throws and interrupted a Jumper to close the gap to 33-27.
Phoenix did not close the opening half in a 8-3 run, which returned in favor of the momentum and puts it in the first 41-30 in the half.
After three, 60-46, Phoenix, Kalani Brown 4:29 in the game.
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