Phoenix Mercury's Sami Whitcomb, left, and DeWanna Bonner celebrate after winning Game 4 of a WNBA semifinals against the Minnesota Lynx on Sunday in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Samantha Chow)

PHOENIX (AP) — It’s a typical day for the Phoenix Mercury at their recently built, $100 million downtown practice facility, with players, coaches and support staff making the final preparations for their surprise trip to the WNBA Finals.

The 58,000-square-foot complex has everything a team needs to be successful — two full-size courts, a weight room and a team meeting room with theater-style seating. It opened last year, around the same time the franchise hosted the league’s All-Star game.

This — owner Mat Ishbia says — is the future of the WNBA.

“I don’t want this to be a competitive advantage,” Ishbia s

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