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Mercury Clinches Home-Court Advantage Through Playoffs

September 11, 2009 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Phoenix Mercury News Release


PHOENIX - The Phoenix Mercury today announced it has earned home-court advantage throughout the WNBA Playoffs. The club is guaranteed home court by virtue of its overtime victory over the Seattle Storm combined with Indiana's loss to Chicago last night.

With last night's win, Phoenix improved to a league-best 23-10 (.697) on the season. With one game remaining in the 2009 regular season, the Mercury has a chance to surpass the club's record for wins in a season, set by the 2007 squad's 23-11 (.676) mark.

The Mercury will enter the postseason as the top seed in the Western Conference for the second time in three seasons. In 2007, the club swept through the first two rounds before defeating the Detroit Shock in five games in the 2007 WNBA Finals.

Fans can now secure seats for the 2009 WNBA Playoffs. Packages for the team's entire playoff run and single game tickets for Game 2 on Saturday, Sept. 21 at US Airways Center are available for purchase by visiting phoenixmercury.com or by calling 602-252-WNBA.

There is also time to catch the team's last regular season matchup when the Mercury hosts the Los Angeles Sparks on Sunday, Sept. 13 at noon on ESPN2. Lower-level tickets are still available for $10.

The Mercury's official viewing party for Game 1 will take place at Native New Yorker in Tempe on Thursday, Sept. 17. Scorch, the mascot and the Hip Hop Squad will be on hand with Mercury giveaways. Visit phoenixmercury.com for complete playoff information.

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