The three-time WNBA Champion Phoenix Mercury is bound for the 2nd round of the 2018 WNBA Playoffs after a Round 1 single-elimination win tonight over the Dallas Wings, 101-83, at Wells Fargo Sector at Arizona State University. Phoenix metro makes a spot in an additional win-or-go-home video game, this time a second-round matchup with the Connecticut Sun, this Thursday, August 23, at 5:30 p.m. Phoenix time on is now 5-0 in single elimination games since the league transformed its playoff style prior to the 2016 period, more success than the remainder of the WNBA incorporated, which is 4-9 in those knock-out Round 2 of the 2018 WNBA Playoffs, the fifth-seeded Mercury and fourth-seeded Sunlight meet for a second-straight period, while either the sixth-seeded Los Angeles Sparks or seventh-seeded Minnesota Lynx will travel to Washington to take on the third-seeded Mystics. The victors of these video games will certainly advance to play in the best-of-five semifinals versus either the top-seeded Seattle Storm or second-seeded Atlanta Mercury came away with an 88-83 win in round 2 of the 2017 WNBA Playoffs a year ago versus the Sunlight behind 26 points and 9 rebounds from Brittney Griner and 23 points from Diana Taurasi. Phoenix won the regular period collection with Connecticut this year, 2-1, selecting up both victories in Phoenix on June 16 and July 5. The Mercury fell to the Sun Sun Basketball Jersey, 91-87, in both teams' only in conference earlier this Listened to in the Championship! Diana Taurasi and the Phoenix Mercury are headed to their franchise-record sixth-straight WNBA Playoffs, as Taurasi tries to lead the Mercury to a WNBA-record linking 4th champion.