Phoenix and Las Vegas came away with the wins on a compact WNBA schedule Wednesday, each doing it in a different setting but with the same bottom line: control the result, finish the job.
The Mercury beat the Sparks 94-87 in Los Angeles, taking one of the night’s higher-scoring games on the road. In Las Vegas, the Aces handled the Mystics 86-76, using home court to create a double-digit final margin.
Phoenix wins road test in Los Angeles
The Mercury’s 94-87 win over the Sparks stood as the night’s tightest result, with Phoenix leaving Los Angeles after a seven-point victory. For a road team, that kind of scoring output travels. Phoenix reached 94 points away from home and forced the Sparks into a game where keeping pace was not enough.
Los Angeles scored 87, a total that often gives a team a chance to win, but the Sparks could not get enough separation defensively to slow the Mercury’s pace on the scoreboard. The final margin reflected a game that remained competitive, but Phoenix had the cleaner finish.
Aces take care of Mystics at home
Las Vegas beat Washington 86-76, producing the most decisive margin of the two-game slate. The Aces held serve at home and kept the Mystics at arm’s length by the final buzzer.
The 10-point result gave Las Vegas a straightforward win profile: enough offense to reach the mid-80s, enough resistance to keep Washington from turning the game into a possession-by-possession finish. The Mystics ended at 76 points, leaving them short of the scoring pressure needed to threaten late.
Nightly snapshot
Across the two games, both winners cleared 86 points, and both victories came by at least seven. Phoenix delivered the road result of the night, while Las Vegas produced the slate’s largest winning margin.
With only two games on the schedule, the results were clean and direct: the Mercury escaped Los Angeles with a 94-87 win, and the Aces closed out Washington 86-76 in Las Vegas.