On Sunday night, the Phoenix Mercury eliminated the No. 1 seed Minnesota Lynx with an 86-81 win in Game 4 of the WNBA semifinals to make it back to the WNBA Finals for the first time since 2021.

Minnesota was without star Napheesa Collier (left foot injury) and coach Cheryl Reeve, who was suspended for one game.

"It took everybody. Everybody on this team," Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas said during her postgame interview on the ESPN broadcast. "We are hungry. We are ready for this moment and I'm just super proud of how we fought today."

Alyssa Thomas flirted with a triple-double as she finished the night with 23 points, 10 assists and 8 rebounds. Satou Sabally and Kahleah Copper put up 21 and 13 points, respectively. DeWanna Bonner gave them 13 points off the bench and hit

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