WNBA Update: The Mercury Have Been Hot

Despite a loss to the team with the league’s second best record (The Minnesota Lynx), the Phoenix Mercury have been red hot all season.

Their record stands at (22-4) one and a half games ahead of the Lynx in the WNBA West. Before last night’s loss Phoenix had won 15 straight games.

The Lynx have now won eight straight games and will finish no worse than second in the WNBA Western Conference.

In the Eastern Conference, the Atlanta Dream who lost their first three games without coach Michael Cooper, have now won two straight and lead by a comfortable margin in the standings.