Despite the loss, rookie JJ Quinerly had a career-high 18 points and a career-best four made threes during the game.

Six-time WNBA All-Star DeWanna Bonner was waived by the Indiana Fever on June 25 and played the first 10 of a 16-year career with the Phoenix Mercury.

PHOENIX (AP) — DeWanna Bonner has rejoined the Phoenix Mercury, signing as a free agent on Tuesday. She helped the franchise win two WNBA titles in her previous stint with the team which drafted her fifth in 2009.

Fans recently submitted questions for ClutchPoints' first Phoenix Mercury mailbag article of the 2025 WNBA season.

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The Phoenix Mercury announced Tuesday that they've signed veteran DeWanna Bonner as a free agent, a move reported by ESPN on Monday. The deal returns Bonner to where she began her 16-year WNBA career as Phoenix's first-round pick in 2009.

The Phoenix Mercury have not faced the Indiana Fever yet, but they will face them for the first time later this month.

PHOENIX (AP) — Sami Whitcomb scored 29 of her career-high 36 points in the first half, Alyssa Thomas had her 16th career triple-double and the Phoenix Mercury beat the Dallas Wings 102-72 on Monday night to avoid their first three-game losing streak of the season. Whitcomb’s 29 were the most points scored by a WNBA player in any half this season.