WNBA Recap | July 12, 2026
Four games on Sunday's slate, and the day's headline belongs to Indiana, who delivered one of the most complete performances of the season in a 34-point demolition of a Las Vegas team that had won 18 of its first 24 games. Elsewhere, Toronto survived a furious fourth-quarter push from New York, Washington held off Seattle behind a huge night from Shakira Austin, and Dallas got a near triple-double from Paige Bueckers to hold off Chicago. Here's how it all went down.
Tempo Survive Liberty's Fourth-Quarter Surge
New York Liberty 91, Toronto Tempo 93
Toronto built a 20-point lead through three quarters before New York mounted a furious rally, outscoring the Tempo 27-13 in the fourth to make it a nail-biter down the stretch. Toronto held on, improving to 10-13 and climbing to 11th in the East, while New York falls to 13-11 and seventh in a crowded conference.
Marina Mabrey led all scorers with 30 points on 9-of-19 shooting, drawing 11 fouls and going 9-of-11 from the free throw line, adding 13 fast-break points on a perfect 3-of-3 transition conversion. Laura Juskaite was nearly perfect, shooting 7-of-8 from the field for 18 points, and Julie Allemand dished a franchise-caliber 10 assists against just one turnover. Toronto's 28 fast-break points, generated largely off New York's 18 turnovers, were the difference in a game that got uncomfortably close in the final minutes.
New York's Sabrina Ionescu was excellent, scoring 28 points on 9-of-18 shooting with eight assists and a 8.0 assist-to-turnover ratio. Breanna Stewart added 22 points but shot just 38.1 percent from the field, and the Liberty's furious fourth-quarter comeback, scoring 27 points in the final frame alone, came up just short. New York's 19.2 percent three-point shooting for the game (5-of-26) was the number that put them in the hole they were fighting out of all night.
NYL 93 · TOR 91
Austin's 27 Points Lift Mystics Past Storm
Seattle Storm 79, Washington Mystics 84
Seattle jumped out to an early lead behind hot shooting, but Washington steadied itself and controlled the middle two quarters before closing the game out with a 20-11 fourth. Washington improves to 12-10 and climbs to eighth in the East, while Seattle falls to 6-20 and remains at the bottom of the Western Conference.
Shakira Austin was dominant, going 10-of-18 from the field for 27 points at 64 percent true shooting, drawing eight fouls along the way. Kiki Iriafen added a double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds, six of those offensive, and Sonia Citron chipped in 19 points on 7-of-13 shooting. Washington's 10 steals and 24 points off Seattle's 15 turnovers were the defensive numbers that mattered most in a game decided by single digits.
Seattle got a monster individual performance that wasn't enough. Natisha Hiedeman exploded for 31 points on 14-of-24 shooting, including 24 points in the paint and 11 fast-break points. Dominique Malonga posted a double-double with 10 points and 15 rebounds, eight of those offensive. But Seattle's 16 team assists against 20 turnovers reflected a disjointed offensive performance outside of Hiedeman's brilliance, and their 26.3 percent three-point shooting left too much on the table in a five-point loss.
WAS 84 · SEA 79
Bueckers Dishes 11 Assists as Wings Erase 3rd Quarter Deficit
Chicago Sky 91, Dallas Wings 96
Dallas built an early cushion, but Chicago came storming back with a 33-20 third quarter that flipped the game entirely, taking a 73-66 lead into the fourth. Azzi Fudd answered when it mattered most, hitting a three-pointer with 3:42 remaining to tie the game, and Dallas closed out the final stretch to pull away and hold on at the buzzer. Dallas improves to 16-8 and stays fourth in the West, while Chicago falls to 7-17 and remains 13th in the East.
Paige Bueckers was brilliant, going 7-of-15 from the field for 22 points with 11 assists against a single turnover, an 11.0 assist-to-turnover ratio, and six rebounds for a near triple-double. Jessica Shepard added a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds on 9-of-13 shooting, and Li Yueru came off the bench for a double-double of her own with 10 points and 10 rebounds, and Azzi Fudd delivered the biggest shot of the game, her three-pointer with 3:42 left tying the score after Chicago had taken a seven-point lead into the fourth. Dallas's five total turnovers as a team, an extraordinarily disciplined number, kept Chicago from generating the extra possessions they would have needed to complete the comeback.
Chicago fought hard behind a balanced attack. Azura Stevens posted a double-double with 18 points and 13 rebounds, and Sydney Taylor added 20 points on 9-of-20 shooting. Kamilla Cardoso contributed a double-double of her own with 12 points and 13 rebounds. Chicago shot 48 percent from the field as a team, matching Dallas's mark exactly, but their third-quarter surge wasn't sustained long enough to complete the comeback.
DAL 96 · CHI 91
Fever Shoot the Lights Out in a Stunning Blowout of Aces
Indiana Fever 109, Las Vegas Aces 75
This was as complete a performance as any team has produced all season. Indiana opened with a 31-22 first quarter and never let Las Vegas within shouting distance again, building a lead as large as 34 while shooting 55.9 percent from the field and a scorching 48.4 percent from three on 31 attempts. Indiana improves to 15-9 and climbs into playoff position in the East, while Las Vegas, previously tied atop the Western Conference, falls to 18-7.
Kelsey Mitchell led the way with 27 points on 8-of-16 shooting (3-of-8 from three), going a perfect 8-of-8 from the free throw line. Sophie Cunningham was sensational off the bench, hitting six of seven three-point attempts for 20 points at a staggering 111.1 percent effective field goal percentage. Aliyah Boston posted a double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds on 9-of-14 shooting, adding four assists and three steals. Tyasha Harris added 10 points off the bench, and Indiana's bench outscored Las Vegas's reserves 41-22. Indiana's 15 made threes as a team were simply too much for the Aces to overcome.
Las Vegas had no answers on either end. A'ja Wilson posted a double-double with 20 points and 12 rebounds but needed 23 shots to get there, going just 39.1 percent from the field. Jackie Young added 15 points, and Chelsea Gray struggled with five turnovers against six assists. Las Vegas shot just 23.5 percent from three and committed 11 turnovers that Indiana converted into extra possessions all afternoon, and the Aces' 42 percent shooting from the field reflected a team that never found any offensive rhythm against Indiana's defense.
IND 109 · LVA 75
TOR, WAS, DAL, & IND Wins.
Sunday reshuffled the standings picture across both conferences. Indiana's dismantling of Las Vegas is the headline result of the day, a 34-point win over one of the West's co-leaders that should have the rest of the league taking notice of the Fever's climb up the Eastern Conference standings. Toronto and Washington both picked up meaningful wins that keep them competitive in a crowded middle tier of the East, while Dallas's ball security, just five turnovers as a team, was the difference in a hard-fought win over Chicago.
Star of the Night: Kelsey Mitchell, Indiana Fever
27 points | 8-of-16 FG | 8-of-8 FT | 69.2% true shooting
Mitchell was the steadying force in Indiana's most complete performance of the season, scoring efficiently at every level and setting the tone in a 34-point win over one of the league's top teams. Bueckers's near triple-double and Austin's 27-point outing both made strong cases, but Mitchell's role in the day's most significant result gives her the edge.
Dud of the Night: A'ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces
20 points | 9-of-23 FG | 39.1% field goal percentage | minus-13
Wilson's double-double numbers look fine on the surface, but needing 23 shots to get to 20 points in a 34-point loss reflects a night where nothing came easily for Las Vegas's best player. In a game that saw her team fall from a share of first place in the West, Wilson's inefficient shooting night was the most visible individual symptom of a complete team collapse.
