WNBA NewsTuesday, Jul 7, 2026

Okay, this makes the DeWanna Bonner-Fever exit even more confusing if true.

This time, the Liberty didn’t have it late in the game.

There are hot shooting nights, and then there is whatever Marina Mabrey produced in the Tempo’s win over the Sun. The former Connecticut star performed lights out, which bordered on historic.

For 11 seasons, Brittney Griner played for the Phoenix Mercury, but she was rarely asked to be the locker room’s primary voice. After all, for most of her career, playing alongside OG leaders like Diana Taurasi and DeWanna Bonner meant that she just had to focus on leading through her play.

Isabelle Harrison starts and scores 15 points for Toronto in the WNBA.

The start of the 2026 season has not unfolded as envisioned for the Storm or Mercury.

Justine Pissott was selected by the Indiana Fever with the No. 25 overall pick in the second round of the 2026 WNBA Draft. Although Pissott has yet to appear in a regular-season game for Indiana, the 6-foot-4 guard appeared in a 2026 WNBA preseason game, a 109-91 win over the New York Liberty on April 25. Pissott played 10 minutes, scoring eight points and securing one rebound and one assist.

Golden State Valkyries head coach Natalie Nakase clearly watched the film from June 4 when Minnesota Lynx’s Olivia Miles set a WNBA rookie record with 8 3-pointers, torching the Valkyries for 28 points in a narrow Lynx win. When the two teams met again Friday night at Chase Center, Nakase’s defensive game plan for Miles worked, at least on paper.

Marina Mabrey scored a career-high 37 points and tied the WNBA single-game record with nine 3-pointers and the expansion Toronto Tempo overcame a 16-point deficit in the second half to beat the Connecticut Sun 101-97 on Friday night. Mabrey scored 21 of her points in the fourth quarter as the Tempo made their big comeback. Maria Conde also scored 19 points and had six rebounds off the bench.

The Lynx rookie had her first difficult night as a pro, but Minnesota's coach believes it could help her long-term.

It's a big Saturday showdown..

The Fever sent their coach a message Saturday morning.