{"id":41554,"date":"2017-08-19T05:40:36","date_gmt":"2017-08-19T05:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=41554"},"modified":"2017-08-19T05:40:36","modified_gmt":"2017-08-19T05:40:36","slug":"taurasi-scores-14-25-points-4th-mercurys-89-79-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/nba\/taurasi-scores-14-25-points-4th-mercurys-89-79-win.html","title":{"rendered":"Taurasi scores 14 of 25 points in 4th in Mercury&#8217;s 89-79 win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Taurasi scores 14 of 25 points in 4th in Mercury&#8217;s 89-79 win<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-1 p-text\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Diana Taurasi scored 14 of her 25 points in the fourth quarter to help the Phoenix Mercury pull away for an 89-79 victory over the Washington Mystics on Friday night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-2 p-text\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Taurasi hit a jumper with five minutes to go to give Phoenix (15-13) the lead for good at 71-70. With the Mercury up 10, Taurasi added four free throws in the final minute to keep the Mystics (16-12) at bay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Camille Little added 15 points on 5-of-5 shooting, and Stephanie Talbot made all three of her 3-point attempts and scored 12 points. Brittney Griner, playing in her second game after missing eight with injuries, added 13 points and 10 rebounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The Mystics, who have been without All-Star Elena Delle Donne all of August after thumb surgery, got 21 points from Kristi Toliver, 13 from Shatori Walker-Kimbrough and 12 from Krystal Thomas. The Mystics were just 4 of 23 from 3-point range.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source-\u00a0https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/wnba\/2017\/08\/18\/taurasi-scores-14-of-25-points-in-4th-in-mercurys-89-79-win\/104735268\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/nba\/taurasi-scores-14-25-points-4th-mercurys-89-79-win.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taurasi scores 14 of 25 points in 4th in Mercury&#8217;s 89-79 win Diana Taurasi scored 14 of her 25 points in the fourth quarter to help the Phoenix Mercury pull away for an 89-79 victory over the Washington Mystics on Friday night. 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