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Veronica Burton scores 25 points, dishes out 8 assists as Valkyries hold off Mercury for 87-81 win

— Veronica Burton scored 19 of her 25 points in the first half as Golden State quickly built a big lead and also dished out eight assists, Gabby Williams added 25 points, and the Valkyries held off the Phoenix Mercury for an 87-81 win Tuesday night.
Jun 10, 2026, 12:17 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

0%
--PHX
100%
--GS

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Veronica Burton makes 13-foot floating jump shot (Kiah Stokes assists)
  • Cecilia Zandalasini misses 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 24-foot running jump shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Kayla Thornton misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas misses layup
  • Gabby Williams misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kahleah Copper misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Veronica Burton makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kiah Stokes assists)
  • Gabby Williams makes driving layup (Kiah Stokes assists)
  • Kiah Stokes makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kayla Thornton assists)
  • Natasha Mack makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Gabby Williams misses 8-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Veronica Burton misses driving floating jump shot
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes running layup (Noemie Brochant assists)
  • Veronica Burton misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • DeWanna Bonner misses 16-foot jumper
  • Jovana Nogic misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • DeWanna Bonner misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Gabby Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Noemie Brochant makes 10-foot jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Cecilia Zandalasini misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Noemie Brochant makes running layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Veronica Burton makes driving layup
  • DeWanna Bonner misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla Thornton makes 23-foot three point jumper (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Noemie Brochant misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Janelle Salaun makes running layup (Tiffany Hayes assists)
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jovana Nogic makes driving layup
  • Janelle Salaun makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tiffany Hayes assists)
  • Jovana Nogic misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Lexi Held misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • DeWanna Bonner misses 12-foot jumper
  • Kahleah Copper makes 6-foot two point shot
  • Janelle Salaun misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Quionche Carter misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla Thornton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kayla Thornton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Lexi Held misses 10-foot fade away jump shot
  • Tiffany Hayes makes 11-foot fade away jump shot
  • Tiffany Hayes makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 15-foot jumper (Jovana Nogic assists)
  • Quionche Carter makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Quionche Carter makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kayla Thornton makes layup (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Lexi Held misses 11-foot jumper
  • Gabby Williams makes running layup
  • Kahleah Copper misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper makes driving layup
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Tiffany Hayes makes 6-foot two point shot
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 16-foot jumper
  • Veronica Burton makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tiffany Hayes assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Noemie Brochant misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 7-foot hook shot
  • Gabby Williams makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Natasha Mack misses 8-foot jumper
  • Gabby Williams misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kayla Thornton misses 19-foot jumper
  • Natasha Mack misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Natasha Mack makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Veronica Burton misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Natasha Mack assists)
  • Gabby Williams makes 25-foot three point jumper (Cecilia Zandalasini assists)
  • Gabby Williams misses driving layup
  • Gabby Williams makes technical free throw
  • Kahleah Copper misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Kayla Thornton misses technical free throw
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Mack misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Natasha Mack makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Veronica Burton makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Kahleah Copper misses 6-foot floating jump shot
  • Gabby Williams misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes running layup
  • Gabby Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 25-foot running jump shot (Noemie Brochant assists)
  • Kiah Stokes misses 5-foot floating jump shot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 14-foot jumper (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Veronica Burton misses 12-foot floating jump shot
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Gabby Williams misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 4-foot layup (Kahleah Copper assists)
  • Janelle Salaun makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kayla Thornton assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas makes layup (Noemie Brochant assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Veronica Burton makes driving layup
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Noemie Brochant makes 26-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Kayla Thornton misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup (Noemie Brochant assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Veronica Burton misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kaila Charles misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kaila Charles misses driving layup
  • Lexi Held makes 25-foot running jump shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Janelle Salaun misses 20-foot step back jumpshot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes running layup (Lexi Held assists)
  • Janelle Salaun makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Janelle Salaun makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Janelle Salaun makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses two point shot
  • Janelle Salaun misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kaila Charles makes two point shot
  • Tiffany Hayes makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Tiffany Hayes makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Natasha Mack makes 11-foot step back jumpshot (Lexi Held assists)
  • Tiffany Hayes misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Lexi Held misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Lexi Held makes 7-foot floating jump shot (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Noemie Brochant makes 24-foot running jump shot (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Veronica Burton misses 48-foot three point jumper
  • Gabby Williams makes 5-foot floating jump shot
  • Natasha Mack misses 12-foot jumper
  • Gabby Williams misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Gabby Williams makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Lexi Held misses driving floating jump shot
  • Natasha Mack makes tip shot
  • Natasha Mack misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Veronica Burton makes 4-foot two point shot
  • Kahleah Copper misses layup
  • Kahleah Copper misses two point shot
  • Kayla Thornton misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • DeWanna Bonner makes 30-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • DeWanna Bonner misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Gabby Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 7-foot floating jump shot
  • Veronica Burton misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Gabby Williams misses 8-foot floating jump shot
  • Veronica Burton misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Kahleah Copper makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Gabby Williams makes 4-foot layup (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Kahleah Copper misses driving layup
  • Janelle Salaun misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 25-foot three point jumper (Noemie Brochant assists)
  • Gabby Williams misses layup
  • Kaila Charles makes layup (Gabby Williams assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kayla Thornton makes 23-foot three point jumper (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Gabby Williams makes driving layup (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Gabby Williams makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Gabby Williams misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 6-foot turnaround jump shot (Noemie Brochant assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Veronica Burton misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kaila Charles misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Gabby Williams misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Gabby Williams makes free throw 2 of 2
  • DeWanna Bonner misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla Thornton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kayla Thornton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shot Made
Shot Missed
Shot Made
Shot Missed
OpenSpreadTotalML
Phoenix MercuryMercuryPHX
(4-9)
(4-9, 3-5 Away)
o160.5
-110
+7.5
-108
o162.5
-110
+260
Golden State ValkyriesValkyriesGS
(7-5)
(7-5, 5-2 Home)
-7.5
-110
-7.5
-112
u162.5
-110
-325
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