Taurasi Leads Mercury Past Comets, 70-60
The Phoenix Mercury improved its WNBA playoff chances with a 70-60 victory Friday over the Comets at Houston.
The victory pulled Phoenix (14-13) into a tie for the fourth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. It also lifted the Mercury 2 1/2 games ahead of the sixth-place Comets (12-16), who have only six games left in the regular season.
Diana Taurasi led Phoenix with 27 points.
Sheryl Swoopes’ 18 points topped Houston, which missed its first nine shots.
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Connecticut 61, New York 43 -- The Sun (14-15) moved into a three-way tie for second place, one game behind the Eastern Conference-leading Liberty (14-13) with the victory over New York at Uncasville, Conn. Katie Douglas led Connecticut with 13 points and helped limit New York’s Becky Hammon to two points, 11 below her average.
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Indiana 69, Minnesota 61 -- Kelly Schumacher had 13 points and nine rebounds to lead the Fever (14-15) past the Lynx (16-12) at Minneapolis.
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