When Satou Sabally is on her game, there are few basketball players on the planet better than her.
And she was certainly on point on Wednesday night as the Phoenix Mercury routed the New York Liberty 86-60 to force a decisive third game in their first-round WNBA Playoffs series.
Sabally's stats won't even tell the whole story, because she sat out for most of the final quarter with the Mercury in full control.
But they tell some of it: 15 points, seven rebounds, four assists and four steals in 30 minutes.
Maybe the most impressive part of Sabally's night came in the second quarter when she rattled off seven consecutive points.
The Mercury were hunting defensive switches, and when they got them, they punished them.
Sabally scored twice going to her weaker right hand down the lane, then drilled a 3-pointer.
Satou Sabally is going off 😤
— WNBA (@WNBA) September 18, 2025
She scored 7 consecutive points!
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Her four steals sum up her impact just as much.
Frontcourt players aren't going out in the playoffs and taking the ball away from the defending champs four times by themselves. But Sabally did, and now it's a series.
Phoenix will need this level of Satou again in Game 3. If the Mercury get it, watch out.
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