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Pauline Astier sparks Liberty surge as New York holds off Mercury 75-68

— Pauline Astier scored 16 points and Betnijah Laney-Hamilton added 13 to help the New York Liberty hold on to beat the Phoenix Mercury 75-68 on Friday night.
May 29, 2026, 09:53 pm - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

0%
--PHX
100%
--NY

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Jonquel Jones misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jonquel Jones misses 4-foot reverse layup
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Leonie Fiebich misses two point shot
  • Pauline Astier misses two point shot
  • Kahleah Copper misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Marine Johannes misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Marine Johannes makes 25-foot three point jumper (Breanna Stewart assists)
  • Noemie Brochant misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 13-foot floating jump shot (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Pauline Astier makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jonquel Jones assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Marine Johannes makes 26-foot three pointer (Breanna Stewart assists)
  • Kahleah Copper misses driving layup
  • Marine Johannes misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Mack makes 4-foot layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Noemie Brochant misses 25-foot running jump shot
  • Marine Johannes misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jovana Nogic misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Rebekah Gardner misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Han Xu makes two point shot
  • Kyara Linskens makes 3-foot layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Breanna Stewart misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jovana Nogic misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Betnijah Laney-Hamilton makes 26-foot three point jumper (Pauline Astier assists)
  • Kyara Linskens misses 18-foot jumper
  • Han Xu makes 13-foot jumper (Betnijah Laney-Hamilton assists)
  • Kahleah Copper misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Betnijah Laney-Hamilton misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Betnijah Laney-Hamilton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Betnijah Laney-Hamilton misses running pullup jump shot
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 24-foot running jump shot (Valeriane Ayayi assists)
  • Breanna Stewart misses 9-foot pullup jump shot
  • Leonie Fiebich misses two point shot
  • Kahleah Copper makes technical free throw
  • Betnijah Laney-Hamilton misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • DeWanna Bonner misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jonquel Jones makes 4-foot layup (Pauline Astier assists)
  • Pauline Astier makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Pauline Astier makes driving layup (Jonquel Jones assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Breanna Stewart misses 8-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 10-foot hook shot (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes two point shot
  • Satou Sabally misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Noemie Brochant misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Breanna Stewart makes 10-foot two point shot
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 16-foot jumper
  • Noemie Brochant makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Noemie Brochant makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Han Xu misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper misses 3-foot reverse layup
  • Jovana Nogic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jovana Nogic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas makes running layup
  • Betnijah Laney-Hamilton makes 6-foot two point shot
  • Kahleah Copper misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Breanna Stewart makes layup (Betnijah Laney-Hamilton assists)
  • Jovana Nogic makes 26-foot three pointer
  • Jonquel Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Breanna Stewart misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Betnijah Laney-Hamilton makes 27-foot three point jumper (Leonie Fiebich assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Breanna Stewart misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Noemie Brochant misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Leonie Fiebich misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Kahleah Copper misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jonquel Jones makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jonquel Jones makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Jonquel Jones misses 5-foot reverse layup
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 4-foot two point shot
  • Leonie Fiebich makes 4-foot reverse layup (Pauline Astier assists)
  • Leonie Fiebich makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 30-foot running jump shot
  • Natasha Mack makes 9-foot floating jump shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Kahleah Copper makes 9-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Pauline Astier makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Pauline Astier misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 4-foot reverse layup
  • Jonquel Jones makes 24-foot three point jumper (Breanna Stewart assists)
  • Jovana Nogic misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Leonie Fiebich misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Betnijah Laney-Hamilton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Betnijah Laney-Hamilton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Han Xu makes 24-foot three point jumper (Pauline Astier assists)
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Pauline Astier makes driving layup
  • Kahleah Copper makes driving layup (Kyara Linskens assists)
  • Han Xu misses 13-foot jumper
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Jovana Nogic makes 30-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Breanna Stewart makes 13-foot jumper (Satou Sabally assists)
  • Kyara Linskens makes 9-foot floating jump shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Satou Sabally makes 1-foot two point shot
  • Kyara Linskens misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Satou Sabally misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 1 of 2
  • DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Breanna Stewart makes 23-foot three point jumper (Marine Johannes assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas misses driving layup
  • Rebekah Gardner makes running layup
  • Alyssa Thomas misses driving layup
  • Natasha Mack makes tip shot
  • Breanna Stewart misses 14-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Pauline Astier makes 15-foot jumper (Han Xu assists)
  • Jovana Nogic misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jonquel Jones misses layup
  • Rebekah Gardner makes two point shot (Pauline Astier assists)
  • Kahleah Copper makes 24-foot three point jumper (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Han Xu makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Kahleah Copper misses driving layup
  • Leonie Fiebich misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Rebekah Gardner makes running layup (Pauline Astier assists)
  • Natasha Mack misses 19-foot jumper
  • Kahleah Copper misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jonquel Jones misses driving layup
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kahleah Copper assists)
  • Kahleah Copper makes driving layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 1 of 1
  • DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 1 of 2
  • DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Pauline Astier makes driving layup (Breanna Stewart assists)
  • Natasha Mack misses layup
  • Betnijah Laney-Hamilton misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Jonquel Jones misses 29-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Pauline Astier misses driving layup
  • Jonquel Jones makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jonquel Jones makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 25-foot three point jumper
  • DeWanna Bonner misses 33-foot three point jumper
  • Pauline Astier makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Pauline Astier makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Betnijah Laney-Hamilton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Betnijah Laney-Hamilton makes free throw 2 of 2
Shot Made
Shot Missed
Shot Made
Shot Missed
OpenSpreadTotalML
Phoenix MercuryMercuryPHX
(2-7)
(2-7, 1-4 Away)
o171.5
-112
+5.5
-110
o170.5
-110
+185
New York LibertyLibertyNY
(5-4)
(5-4, 3-3 Home)
-6.5
-108
-5.5
-110
u170.5
-110
-225
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