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Los Angeles Sparks Forward Nneka Ogwumike (30) drives middle and scores on a pull up jumper during a WNBA game against the Phoenix Mercury, Wednesday July 22nd, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. Alyssa Thomas has been around the WNBA long enough to know that one loss doesn't define a season. Even after Phoenix fell to the Los Angeles Sparks twice earlier in the summer, Thomas wasn't interested in dwelling on what went wrong. Instead, her focus remained on the bigger picture as the Mercury approached the Sparks for the third time Wednesday afternoon.
“We've been in a lot of games that have been close,” Thomas said. “They haven't gone our way, but when you think about playoff basketball, that's what pretty much every game is like.”
After helping lead Phoenix to the WNBA Finals last season, Thomas admitted this year has looked different. The Mercury have spent much of the season trying to…
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