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Alyssa Thomas recorded her ninth triple-double of the season with 20 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists.

A critical late-game shot by veteran DeWanna Bonner helped secure the victory for Phoenix.

Fans are going to be talking about this one for years.

Officially, there were 10,095 in attendance Friday, Sept. 19, for the Phoenix Mercury’s 79-73 win over the New York Liberty in a decisive Game 3 at PHX Arena, but by the time you’re reading this to your grandkids, one out of every five people in the Valley will claim to have been there.

It was everything an elimination game should be.

“If you watched any of the games,” Alyssa Thomas said, “you knew it was going to come down to the wire. Both of us (the Mercury and Liberty) don’t want our season to end.”

There were bi

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