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Skylar Diggins-Smith scored 26 points and Diana Torashi added 18,7 in the fourth quarter. It was lost in three games when the visiting Phoenix Mercury defeated the Dallas Wings 83-72 in Arlington, Texas on Saturday. Streak.
Mercury (7-12) rebounded from the double-digit first-quarter deficit and took a three-point lead in the fourth quarter. Taurashi's score kept Dallas away, and Phoenix's defense held down Wings for victory.
Mercury announced early Saturday that he would break up with Tina Charles, the league's most valuable player and last season's top scorer, in 2012. Charles was Phoenix's second-best scorer and rebounder, averaging 17.3 points and 7.3 boards in 16 games.
With the release of Charles, Phoenix has only eight players available for the game. Diamond Decores had 16 points and 10 rebounds, and Sophie Cunningham added 14 points to Mercury.
Arike Ogunbowale leads Dallas with 25 points and Isabelle Harrison scored 15 points in Wings (9-10), the second defeat in the last three games. Dallas shot just 10 of 21 from the free throw line, the lowest of the season at 47.6 percent.
Dallas took the lead with an 8-0 run, and after a period of play, finally led 23-13.
Phoenix roared with a 13-2 run at the end of the second quarter at 2:32 and fell within 45-44 on the break.
Harrison and Ogunboire each scored 11 points to increase Dallas' pace in the first 20 minutes, with Wings outperforming Phoenix by 51.5% to 41%.
Digginssmith added 13 points, Cunningham and Deshield added 12 points each, and three Phoenix players scored double digits in half. Mercury scored 21-17 edges on the board in half and 7 on the aggressive glass.
Phoenix returned to the lead with an outscore of Wings 20-16 in the third quarter, despite missing six of the first seven shots, in the final period 64-61. I went ahead.
Dallas did not have Allisha Gray, whose ankle was injured in the match against Indiana on Thursday. There was no Sato Savary in the Wings either. Sato Savary missed six games with his right knee injured.
– Field-level media
