LOS ANGELES — Alyssa Thomas had 12 factors, 16 rebounds and 15 assists for her WNBA single-season report seventh triple-double, and the Phoenix Mercury beat the Los Angeles Sparks 92-84 on Tuesday evening.
Thomas secured her 18th profession triple-double with 2:50 left on a shot within the lane. She broke her personal report of six triple-doubles in a season, set in 2023.
“I feel this has been my sport my total profession,” Thomas stated. “Lots of credit score to my teammates, flattening their open pictures. I will be snug and play my sport, make the reads that I see, and it was no totally different tonight.”
Thomas, who had 13 factors, 12 rebounds and 16 assists in a win Friday, additionally grew to become the primary participant in WNBA historical past to put up no less than 10 factors, 15 rebounds and 15 assists in a sport. She is the primary participant in WNBA or NBA historical past with no less than 12 rebounds and 15 assists in consecutive video games.
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And she or he did it whereas battling an sickness.
“Completely happy I made it by. Nonetheless not feeling the perfect, however a win all the time helps,” she stated.
Thomas had only one level at halftime after trying two area objectives, to go along with 10 assists and 7 rebounds. She nonetheless managed to safe her sixth triple-double in August. No different participant in WNBA historical past has a couple of triple-double in a calendar month, and no different participant in WNBA historical past has greater than 4 profession triple-doubles.
“She’s simply too robust to protect. I imply, she will rating. You actually need to take away her imaginative and prescient as a result of she will go. After which, it is a matchup downside each evening,” teammate Kahleah Copper stated. “She’s doing this each evening.”
Phoenix (23-14) moved previous New York (23-15) for sole possession of fourth place within the WNBA standings.
Satou Sabally had a team-high 19 factors, and Copper added 18 for Phoenix. Sami Whitcomb made 5 of her first six 3-pointers and completed with 17 factors. DeWanna Bonner added 14 factors.
The Mercury went 11-of-25 from 3-point vary, with 9 makes coming from gamers off the bench.
Dearica Hamby had 25 factors, eight rebounds and 5 steals for Los Angeles (17-19). Rickea Jackson had 21 factors and 4 3-pointers, and Kelsey Plum scored 20. Plum reached 700 factors on the season, the third time she has accomplished that in her profession.
The Related Press contributed to this report.