Phoenix hosts Dallas following Ogunbowale's 24-point performance
Dallas Wings (1-2) at Phoenix Mercury (2-1, 1-1 Western Conference)
Phoenix; Saturday, 10 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: Dallas Wings visits the Phoenix Mercury after Arike Ogunbowale scored 24 points in the Wings' 83-78 loss to the Atlanta Dream.
Phoenix went 8-12 at home and 2-18 in Western Conference games during the 2023-24 season. The Mercury averaged 76.6 points per game while allowing opponents to score 84.9 last season.
Dallas finished 22-18 overall and 11-9 in Western Conference games during the 2023-24 season. The Wings averaged 7.6 steals, 4.3 blocks and 13.1 turnovers per game last season.
INJURIES: Mercury: Brittney Griner: out (toe).
Wings: Awak Kuier: out for season (rest), Satou Sabally: out (shoulder), Jaelyn Brown: out (nose), Natasha Howard: out (foot).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
