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WNBA scores: Bueckers scores 20 of her 26 in 1st half and the Wings beat the Mercury for 6th straight win

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Paige Bueckers scored 26 points, including 20 in the first half, as the Dallas Wings defeated the Phoenix Mercury 87-82 on Saturday night for their sixth consecutive win. Arike Ogunbowale contributed 22 points and six assists. With this victory, the Wings moved up to sixth place in the WNBA standings with a record of 26-16. Elsewhere, Angel Reese led Atlanta with 23 points and 10 rebounds as the Dream secured their third straight win over Chicago, improving their season record to 28-14.

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Paige Bueckers scored 20 of her 26 points in the first half as the Dallas Wings defeated the Phoenix Mercury 87-82 on Saturday, securing their sixth consecutive victory. Arike Ogunbowale contributed with 22 points and six assists. The Wings improved to 26-16, surpassing New York and Washington for sixth place in the WNBA standings. Aziaha James made a critical steal late in the game, while Bueckers sealed the win with one free throw with 9.7 seconds left. For Phoenix, Alyssa Thomas recorded her fourth triple-double of the season with 19 points, ten rebounds, and ten assists.

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ARLINGTON Atlanta DREAM Valkyries WNBA

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WNBA ORG · 4× DREAM ORG · 3× VALKYRIES ORG · 3× Atlanta GPE · 2× ARLINGTON GPE · 1× Arike Ogunbowale PERSON · 1× Paige Bueckers PERSON · 1× Texas GPE · 1× the Dallas Wings ORG · 1× the Phoenix Mercury ORG · 1×

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VALKYRIES 70, STORM 57 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Kaila Charles had 16 points, matched her career high with 12 rebounds and made four steals, Tiffany Hayes scored 10 points a night before her 37th birthday, and Golden State concluded their regular-season home schedule by beating Seattle for a sixth straight win. Rookie Juste Jocyte and Laeticia Amihere each added 11 points off the bench for the Valkyries (31-11), who are in second place behind Minnesota.

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WNBA scores: Bueckers scores 20 of her 26 in 1st half and the Wings beat the Mercury for 6th straight win · assertive framing

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Paige Bueckers scored 20 of her 26 points in the first half, Arike Ogunbowale had 22 points and six assists, and the Dallas Wings beat the Phoenix Mercury 87-82 on Saturday for their sixth straight victory. asserted

Wings → score → victory

Ogunbowale was fouled on a driving layup with 1:19 remaining and she completed the three-point play to extend the lead to 86-81. asserted

she → foul → 86

Aziaha James made a key steal down the stretch and Bueckers was fouled with 9.7 seconds left before making 1 of 2 free throws to cap the scoring. asserted

Bueckers → make → scoring

Dallas (26-16) passed New York and Washington for sixth place in the WNBA standings. asserted

Dallas → pass → standings

DREAM 106, SKY 81 COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) — Angel Reese had 23 points and 10 rebounds to extend her WNBA single-season record for double-doubles to 31 and lead Atlanta to a victory over Chicago. asserted

Reese → have → Chicago

The Dream (28-14), who have won three straight and nine of 11, moved a half-game ahead of Indiana, and pulled within a half-game of third-place Las Vegas in the WNBA standings. asserted

who → win → standings

The top four earn home court in the best-of-three first round of the playoffs, which begin Sept. 27. asserted

which → earn → playoffs

Reese was 9-of-13 shooting and added three blocks and two steals. asserted

Reese → shoot → blocks

Rookie Isobel Borlase had 18 points and three steals, both season highs, for Atlanta. asserted

both → have → Atlanta

Allisha Gray scored 17, Rhyne Howard 14 and Jordin Canada had 11 points and 10 assists. asserted

Canada → score → points

The Dream shot 53% (36 of 68) from the field, were 13 of 26 from 3-point range and had 13 steals. asserted

Dream → shoot → steals

Gabriela Jaquez led the Sky (15-27), who have lost five straight, with 14 points. asserted

who → lead → points

Aicha Coulibaly and Kamilla Cardoso scored 11 apiece and Courtney Vandersloot and Morgan Maly each added 10. asserted

Vandersloot → score → 10

who → match → Minnesota

The team said Jocyte sustained a left leg injury. asserted

Jocyte → say → injury

The Valkyries wrapped up a 17-5 home record with another sold-out crowd of 18,064, bringing the second-season attendance total to 397,408 — with a full house for every game at Chase Center over a second straight year. asserted

Valkyries → wrap → year

It’s the only franchise in WNBA history to sell out every home game over its first two seasons. asserted

It → ’ → seasons