The Phoenix Mercury did the improbable and ousted the WNBA’s No. 1 seed from the tournament, beating a diminished Minnesota Lynx team that was without MVP Napheesa Collier and coach Cheryl Reeve, who was suspended by the league for her comments regarding officiating.
The Mercury won the best-of-five series with two double-digit comebacks and will return to the WNBA Finals for the first time since 2021. Phoenix awaits the winner of the Indiana Fever-Las Vegas Aces series, which culminates with Game 5 on Tuesday at Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas (9:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2).
If the Fever advance, there is at least a little beef between the two sides. Forward DeWanna Bonner started her season with the Fever, following coach Stephanie White from the Connecticut Sun. Bonner, 37, signed a one-year contract with Indiana, but she lost her starting job and fell out of the team’s rotation. She missed two weeks in June for ‘personal reasons’ and was released on June 25 when the Fever couldn’t find a trade partner.
Bonner landed in Phoenix, where she played the first 10 years of her career. Bonner made her return to Indiana on July 30 and was booed relentlessly during the Fever’s 107-101 win over Phoenix, with some fans also talking trash to the WNBA player and yelling ‘quitter,’ according to the Indianapolis Star.
Bonner had 13 points for the Mercury in Game 4 on Sunday, including three 3-pointers in the fourth quarter. Heading into Sunday, Bonner had averaged 2.6 points in the first three semifinal games against the Lynx.
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