JAPAN @ Phoenix Mercury
Preseason
JapanJAPANJPN
0-2, 0-2 Away
60
0-2, 0-2 Away
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
JAPAN JPN | 13 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 60 |
PHX | 29 | 23 | 14 | 20 | 86 |
2-0, 2-0 Home
86
2-0, 2-0 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Sami Whitcomb makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
- Mai Yamamoto misses two point shot
- Mio Shiraishi misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Natasha Mack makes layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
- Kokoro Tanaka makes 2-foot two point shot
- Kahleah Copper misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
- Kokoro Tanaka makes 25-foot three pointer (Kadysha Juna Umezawa assists)
- Alyssa Thomas misses two point shot
- DeWanna Bonner makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
- Minami Yabu misses 6-foot two point shot
- Kahleah Copper makes two point shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
- Mai Yamamoto misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Natasha Mack makes 9-foot layup (DeWanna Bonner assists)
- Mai Yamamoto misses 10-foot two point shot
- Kahleah Copper makes 26-foot three pointer
- Mai Yamamoto misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kahleah Copper makes 24-foot three point jumper
- Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2
- Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2
- Norika Konno misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Nanami Tsuno makes two point shot (Mona Tateyama assists)
- Sami Whitcomb makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Norika Konno makes two point shot (Mona Tateyama assists)
- Sami Whitcomb makes technical free throw
- Ashten Prechtel misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Kiana Williams makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
- Sami Whitcomb misses 23-foot running jump shot
- Morgan Maly misses two point shot
- Kiana Williams misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Kiana Williams makes 22-foot three point jumper (Ashten Prechtel assists)
- Azusa Asahina misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Nanako Todo makes 5-foot two point shot (Norika Konno assists)
- Azusa Asahina makes 19-foot jumper (Mai Yamamoto assists)
- Kahleah Copper misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Norika Konno misses running pullup jump shot
- Azusa Asahina misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Mai Yamamoto misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- DeWanna Bonner misses 25-foot jump bank shot
- Azusa Asahina misses technical free throw
- Mai Yamamoto makes 31-foot three point shot (Norika Konno assists)
- Morgan Maly misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kahleah Copper makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kahleah Copper makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nanami Tsuno misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Norika Konno misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Natasha Mack makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot (Kiana Williams assists)
- Natasha Mack makes free throw 1 of 1
- Kadysha Juna Umezawa makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kadysha Juna Umezawa makes free throw 2 of 2
- DeWanna Bonner makes 22-foot three point jumper (Kiana Williams assists)
- Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup (Kiana Williams assists)
- Nanako Todo misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Alyssa Thomas misses 7-foot turnaround jump shot
- Suzuno Higuchi makes free throw 1 of 2
- Suzuno Higuchi makes free throw 2 of 2
- DeWanna Bonner misses layup
- Kiana Williams makes two point shot
- Alyssa Thomas misses 10-foot turnaround jump shot
- Natasha Mack misses two point shot
- Kokoro Tanaka makes 3-foot two point shot
- Alyssa Thomas misses driving layup
- Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2
- Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nanako Todo misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kahleah Copper makes 1-foot layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
- Azusa Asahina misses 13-foot jumper
- Kahleah Copper misses running pullup jump shot
- Ririka Okuyama misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Natasha Mack makes 2-foot layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
- Natasha Mack makes free throw 1 of 1
- Minami Yabu misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Norika Konno makes 21-foot jumper (Kokoro Tanaka assists)
- Minami Yabu misses running pullup jump shot
- Kahleah Copper misses two point shot
- Kokoro Tanaka makes running layup
- Alyssa Thomas makes 14-foot jumper
- Minami Yabu makes 12-foot two point shot (Kokoro Tanaka assists)
- Sami Whitcomb makes free throw 1 of 2
- Sami Whitcomb makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nanami Tsuno makes 9-foot turnaround jump shot
- Nanako Todo makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nanami Tsuno assists)
- Mona Tateyama makes 23-foot running jump shot (Mai Yamamoto assists)
- Mai Yamamoto misses 26-foot three point jumper
- DeWanna Bonner misses 20-foot step back jumpshot
- Mai Yamamoto makes 28-foot three point jumper (Azusa Asahina assists)
- DeWanna Bonner misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Mai Yamamoto misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
- DeWanna Bonner makes 1-foot layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
- Nanako Todo misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Nanami Tsuno misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Mona Tateyama misses layup
- Sami Whitcomb makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kahleah Copper assists)
- Azusa Asahina misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Sami Whitcomb misses 30-foot three point jumper
- Natasha Mack makes two point shot
- Mai Yamamoto makes 22-foot three point jumper (Suzuno Higuchi assists)
- Kahleah Copper makes layup (Natasha Mack assists)
- Mai Yamamoto misses two point shot
- Kahleah Copper makes 24-foot running jump shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
- Mai Yamamoto makes 26-foot three pointer
- DeWanna Bonner misses layup
- Kadysha Juna Umezawa misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Ashten Prechtel misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Minami Yabu misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Mio Shiraishi misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Morgan Maly misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Kokoro Tanaka misses two point shot
- Kahleah Copper misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Morgan Maly makes two point shot
- Minami Yabu misses 12-foot jumper
- Kiana Williams misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Mai Yamamoto misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Sha Carter misses driving floating jump shot
- Mai Yamamoto makes technical free throw
- Mona Tateyama misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kiana Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Maggie Doogan misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Nanako Todo misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Ririka Okuyama misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Maggie Doogan misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Nanako Todo makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nanako Todo makes free throw 2 of 2
- Suzuno Higuchi misses two point shot
- Maggie Doogan misses layup
- Maggie Doogan misses 1-foot tip shot
- Shay Ciezki makes driving layup (Aisha Sheppard assists)
- Shay Ciezki makes free throw 1 of 1
- Ririka Okuyama misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Sha Carter makes 1-foot two point shot (Shay Ciezki assists)
- Suzuno Higuchi misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Sha Carter misses free throw 1 of 2
- Sha Carter misses free throw 2 of 2
- Suzuno Higuchi misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Sha Carter makes running layup (Shay Ciezki assists)
- Mio Shiraishi misses layup
- Shay Ciezki misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Sha Carter makes free throw 1 of 2
- Sha Carter makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nanako Todo makes driving layup (Nanami Tsuno assists)
- Lauren Jensen makes 1-foot layup (Jillian Alleyne assists)
- Azusa Asahina misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Mio Shiraishi misses free throw 1 of 2
- Mio Shiraishi misses free throw 2 of 2
- Azusa Asahina misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kokoro Tanaka makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nanami Tsuno assists)
- Shay Ciezki makes free throw 1 of 2
- Shay Ciezki makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kokoro Tanaka makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kokoro Tanaka makes free throw 2 of 2
- Shay Ciezki makes 23-foot three point jumper (Aisha Sheppard assists)
- Nanami Tsuno makes 25-foot three pointer
- Jillian Alleyne makes layup (Shay Ciezki assists)
- Azusa Asahina makes free throw 1 of 2
- Azusa Asahina makes free throw 2 of 2
- Mio Shiraishi misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Aisha Sheppard makes free throw 1 of 2
- Aisha Sheppard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Suzuno Higuchi misses driving floating jump shot
- Azusa Asahina misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
JPN @ PHX Videos
Phoenix Mercury vs. Japan - Game Highlights
What a shot by Nanami Tsuno
Kokoro Tanaka sinks it from downtown
Game Information
Phoenix, AZ
Referee:Ryan Sassano
Referee:Toni Patillo
Referee:Agon Abazi
2025-26 Standings
Women's National Basketball Assoc.
| Western Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | +0.5 | W2 |
| Minnesota | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | +0.5 | W2 |
| Golden State | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | - | W1 |
| Los Angeles | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | - | W1 |
| Las Vegas | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | - | W1 |
| Seattle | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.5 | W1 |
| Dallas | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | - |
| Portland | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | L1 |
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