WNBA Phoenix Mercury

All-Time WNBA Scoring Leader Diana Taurasi Just 18 Points Away from Unprecedented 10,000 Points

August 1, 2023 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Phoenix Mercury News Release


Mercury guard Diana Taurasi is only 18 points shy of extending her WNBA all-time scoring record with 10,000 regular season points as the Mercury head into a four-game homestand at Footprint Center, beginning on Thursday, August 3.

Taurasi passed Tina Thompson (7,488 points) in career points on June 18, 2017, and has continued to rise as the league's preeminent scorer, scoring every point of her career in a Phoenix Mercury uniform. No other player in league history has reached even 8,000 or 9,000 points.

The upcoming homestand schedule is below:

DATE TIME OPPONENT LOCAL BROADCAST

Thursday, Aug 3 7:00 pm PT Atlanta Dream AZ Family Sports Network 44

Saturday, Aug 5 7:00 pm PT Seattle Storm AZ Family 3TV

Tuesday, Aug 8 7:00 pm PT Washington Mystics AZ Family Sports Network 44

Thursday, Aug 10 7:00 pm PT Connecticut Sun AZ Family Sports Network 44

Tickets for all Mercury games can be purchased at PhoenixMercury.com/Single. Fans throughout Arizona can also tune in to Mercury broadcasts on AZ Family 3TV (KTVK), AZ Family Sports Network 44 (KPHE) and Mercury Live, the free direct-to-consumer streaming option at Live.PhoenixMercury.com.

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