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Brink averaged 1.9 blocks in her first 9 video games again, including one other frontcourt menace.\u00a0<br \/>The sport might be proven domestically on Arizona\u2019s Household Sports activities and nationally on NBA TV.\u00a0<br \/>The Mercury will return to PHX Area for a three-game homestand, together with the ultimate assembly towards the Chicago Sky on Thursday, Aug. 28, at 7 p.m. The Mercury have received all three contests towards the Sky.\u00a0<br \/>Though the Sky are close to the underside of the WNBA standings, Angel Reese is having a productive season in her second yr. Reese missed seven video games with a again harm, however stayed tied, as of Aug. 20, with Mercury ahead Alyssa Thomas and Las Vegas Aces ahead A\u2019ja Wilson for probably the most double-doubles (17) this season.\u00a0<br \/>The sport might be proven domestically on Arizona\u2019s Household Sports activities and nationally on Prime Video.\u00a0<br \/>The Mercury then host the defending WNBA champion New York Liberty on Saturday, Aug. 30. Phoenix leads the season sequence 2-1.\u00a0<br \/>The Liberty hope to have ahead Breanna Stewart return from a knee harm by the tip of August, which suggests the Mercury may face the All-Star and two-time MVP.<br \/>With out Stewart, the Liberty have turned to free agent signee Emma Meesseman, who averaged 15.0 factors in eight begins.\u00a0<br \/>The sport might be proven domestically on Arizona\u2019s Household 3TV and nationally on NBA TV.\u00a0<br \/>The Mercury will finish the homestand with the Indiana Fever on Tuesday, Sept. 2. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi2wFBVV95cUxOSFEtN0NnOXVIbXRBLUpGN012NVc0MV9xclo0SWpvUjc2Z09aOUtVTjUwQU5kTEhGN0NQekUwTTdCTk1lcWRLRmV5dU0yVkdRcHF4WVllMHNVYi0wNTk3U0YzNzFtblVKWWFLbE1uWmptM0lRRTZtSEFWbGtyQXdBNXMydWloWHk2MUlfUS1JajJ6eVA3SUNHaUpJdnZIUm5DLVB2Q0FtNFNlV0ZDR0tZbDZKSjBrQ21YblU0cDF4VmpHeDJYSHVpNk1pVlRZN0xSMVAtX3BYLWxnZXc?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Phoenix Mercury are within the ultimate month of the season and are vying to lock in a playoff berth.\u00a0The Mercury will head to Los Angeles to face the Sparks for the penultimate assembly of the season on Tuesday, Aug. 26, at 7 p.m. The Mercury are 2-0 towards the Sparks and might win the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-390450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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