Fresh off a rollicking victory over the Dallas Wings, 100-84, the Phoenix Mercury (12-10) have three more games before the All-Star/Olympic break, beginning with a road test against the Indiana Fever on Friday, July 12 (7:30 p.m. ET, ION).
On the last day of June, the veteran Mercury failed to close out the upstart Fever, allowing Indiana to escape Phoenix with a 88-82 victory. The Mercury surely hope to avenge that loss before then reversing another recent result against the Connecticut Sun. Connecticut bested Phoenix 83-72 on the first day of July. The rematch is Sunday, July 14 at Mohegan Sun Arena (1 p.m. ET, ABC). The Mercury then finish off the first half(ish) of the season in DC, taking on the Washington Mystics in a matinee matchup on Tuesday, July 16 (11:30 a.m. ET, League Pass).
A three-game road trip certainly is not an ideal pre-break schedule. However, if the team can build on their three-straight wins and reel off three more victories, there will be nothing but good feelings around Phoenix. For a team that entered the seasons with questions about how much new additions could solidify and strengthen an existing infrastructure that had more than wobbled in recent seasons, a 15-10 record would present a resoundingly positive assessment.
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