Liberty’s upset bid falls just short against Mercury in WNBA playoff thriller
Sophie Cunningham scored 21 points and Brianna Turner made a tiebreaking free throw with 0.4 seconds left as the host Phoenix Mercury defeated the New York Liberty 83-82 in an WNBA first-round playoff elimination game Thursday night. Cunningham led the fifth-seeded Mercury during a third-quarter turnaround and Skylar Diggins-Smith finished with a team-high 22 points,...