Taurasi and Taylor beat the Sky in a game that stayed competitive till late. The duo combined for 43.

Coach Westhead: "Sometimes [Diana] wants to play in the flow, which isn't bad, but other times she just has to step up and say, 'This is my time to direct this team.'"

The uneasy win was the Mercury's first in four tries. Taylor: "We don’t want to go through losing streaks and then have to drag our way out and hope like we have the past couple years."