Four Commissioner's Cup games on the Thursday slate, and all four had storylines worth following. Indiana survived a Chicago team that outscored them by 11 in the middle two quarters, leaning on Aliyah Boston's best performance of the Cup and a clutch fourth quarter to hold on. New York put Atlanta away behind a Marine Johannes shooting display that defied physics and 16 made threes as a team. Dallas got the version of Paige Bueckers that puts games away early, posting 70 percent shooting in a wire-to-wire win over a Phoenix team that never led. And Las Vegas used Chelsea Gray's historic three-point performance and A'ja Wilson's latest dominant night to close out the pool stage with a comfortable road win over Portland. Here's how it all went down.

Chicago Sky 106, Indiana Fever 114

Indiana led 16-8 after one quarter and appeared in control. Then Chicago found another gear. The Sky outscored the Fever 26-19 in the second and an extraordinary 39-27 in the third, taking the lead heading into the fourth. Indiana's response was the story: a 25-19 fourth quarter that reclaimed the lead and never let it go. The biggest lead in the game was 19 points for Indiana, in the first quarter. The Sky's biggest lead was six. Final: 114-106 in overtime, and Indiana holds on.

Aliyah Boston was Indiana's anchor when everything threatened to come apart. She went 13-of-26 from the field (2-of-5 from three) for 34 points with 12 rebounds, going a perfect 6-of-6 from the free throw line, generating 14 second-chance points on nine second-chance attempts, and posting an efficiency score of 37. Her double-double was the backbone of a Fever offensive effort that went 58 points in the paint. Caitlin Clark ran alongside her with 32 points on 8-of-18 from the field, drawing nine fouls and going a perfect 15-of-15 from the free throw line, adding 10 assists and seven rebounds for a double-double of her own. Clark's 65.0 percent true shooting on a high-volume night alongside those 10 assists gave Indiana two legitimate offensive engines when the Sky's run threatened to overwhelm them. Myisha Hines-Allen was the most efficient player on either team, going 2-of-3 from the field with nine defensive rebounds for a plus-25 that was the best individual plus/minus of the game.

Chicago made Indiana earn every point. Sydney Taylor came off the bench and was the Sky's most efficient performer, going 10-of-14 from the field (4-of-7 from three) for 30 points on 90.1 percent true shooting. That is the kind of reserve performance that changes the character of a game, and Taylor's shooting was the driving force behind the Sky's third-quarter explosion. Skylar Diggins had 21 points on 7-of-15 shooting with seven fast-break points. Aicha Coulibaly drew five fouls and went to the line for six attempts, contributing to a Chicago bench total of 49 points against Indiana's 18. Natasha Cloud had only six points but fouled out with six personal fouls, and Kamilla Cardoso had four turnovers with six personal fouls in 10 minutes, each leaving the Sky depleted at critical moments. Chicago's bench output of 49 points was extraordinary, but 17 total turnovers that Indiana converted into 29 points was the gap the Sky could not close.

IND 114 · CHI 106

New York Liberty 104, Atlanta Dream 90

This game was closer than the final score suggests through three quarters: Atlanta trailed by just nine entering the fourth and had fought hard to stay in it. Then New York produced a 29-20 third quarter that stretched the lead to 14 by the end of the frame, and the Dream could not respond. Final: 104-90, New York improves their Cup record behind an offensive performance that featured 16 made threes on 51.6 percent shooting from deep and 54.2 percent from the field overall.

Marine Johannes was something else entirely. She went 5-of-6 from the field (2-of-3 from three) for 17 points on a calculated true shooting percentage that exceeds 100 percent, going a perfect 5-of-5 from the free throw line and 100 percent from two-point range (3-of-3). Every shot she attempted went in, essentially. Breanna Stewart had a double-double (11 rebounds, 19 points) with five assists and two steals on 68.6 percent true shooting, drawing five fouls to keep New York's free throw parade going. Satou Sabally was ruthless from three, going 5-of-6 from deep for 19 points on 88.3 percent true shooting. Jonquel Jones added a double-double (16 points, 10 rebounds) on 90.1 percent true shooting, going 4-of-7 from three. Pauline Astier came off the bench for 16 points at 65.6 percent true shooting with eight rebounds and five assists. New York's 24 assists on 32 made field goals and 57.1 percent second-chance conversion rounded out an almost flawless offensive night.

Atlanta competed but had no answer for New York's shooting. Rhyne Howard went 7-of-18 for 24 points (5-of-13 from three) with four steals and six fast-break points, the most energetic individual performance for the Dream. Angel Reese had 25 points on 11-of-22 from the field with nine rebounds and six offensive boards, but a tech foul and 50.0 percent from the free throw line reflected a night where the officiating and the shooting both worked against her. Allisha Gray was efficient at 60.2 percent true shooting for 18 points on 7-of-11 from the field. Atlanta's 55.6 percent free throw shooting (15-of-27) was their most damaging individual stat, surrendering possessions at a rate that a team shooting the ball this well could not overcome. The Dream's assist-to-turnover ratio of 4.4 (22 assists, five turnovers) was the best of any team Thursday and showed they moved the ball beautifully. The problem was New York was simply better.

NYL 104 · ATL 90

Phoenix Mercury 70, Dallas Wings 85

Phoenix never led. Dallas opened 24-20 after one quarter, pushed it to 45-36 at halftime, then detonated a 25-16 third quarter that built the lead as large as 22. The Mercury managed just a 18-15 fourth quarter as consolation. Final: 85-70, Dallas ends the pool stage with a confident Cup win, with Paige Bueckers posting the best individual performance of her Commissioner's Cup run.

Bueckers was extraordinary. She went 14-of-20 from the field (3-of-5 from three) for 31 points on 77.5 percent true shooting with six rebounds, five assists, and eight second-chance points on a perfect 3-of-3 second-chance conversion rate. Her two-point efficiency (11-of-15, 73.3 percent) reflected how easily she found space at every level of Phoenix's defense. The plus-18 was the best of the game. Jessica Shepard matched her with one of the most efficient supporting performances of the Cup: 7-of-8 from the field for 17 points on 87.1 percent true shooting with 10 rebounds, seven assists, two steals, and five second-chance points. Shepard went a perfect 3-of-3 from the line and posted an efficiency score of 37, the joint-highest of the game. Azzi Fudd provided genuine redemption from her recent struggles, going 7-of-13 from the field for 17 points on 61.2 percent true shooting with four assists and three blocks, her best all-around performance since early in the Cup. The Bueckers-Shepard-Fudd combination combining for 65 points on high efficiency was the most cohesive offensive unit Dallas has shown in Cup play.

Phoenix's night fell apart at the star level. Alyssa Thomas went 3-of-8 from the field for six points with 10 assists and nine rebounds, but six turnovers against a Dallas defense that generated 23 points off turnovers was the defining negative of her night. Lexi Held was the Mercury's most efficient performer, going 6-of-10 from the field (3-of-5 from three) for 17 points on 78.1 percent true shooting, the one Phoenix player who consistently found scoring solutions against Dallas's defense. Kahleah Copper shot 30 percent from the field for 13 points with four turnovers, and Natasha Mack went 50 percent from the field for eight points but shot only 100 percent (2-of-2) from the line, which was solid. Phoenix shot 39.1 percent from the field as a team, went 43.8 percent at the rim, and had zero points in the midrange that they could generate at any real efficiency.

DAL 85 · PHO 70

Portland led 28-27 after the first quarter and had the early edge. Then Las Vegas turned on a second-quarter engine (29-22) that Portland never matched. The Aces built the lead as large as 16, and although Portland stayed competitive in the third and fourth quarters, it was never a genuine threat. Las Vegas won going away, 105-89, behind one of the most remarkable three-point shooting performances by an individual player in Commissioner's Cup history.

Chelsea Gray went 10-of-15 from the field, including 9-of-13 from three, for 29 points on a true shooting percentage of 96.7. Nine made threes in a single game is a performance that does not need context to appreciate. Her 12 second-chance points on six second-chance attempts (four made) at 66.7 percent conversion reflected how active she was on the offensive glass in addition to her perimeter explosion. A'ja Wilson continued her Cup dominance with 32 points on 10-of-20 from the field, drawing 13 fouls and going 11-of-13 from the line, adding five rebounds and four assists. Her efficiency score of 40 was the highest of the game. Jackie Young had a double-double (18 points, 10 assists) with eight rebounds on a 5.0 assist-to-turnover ratio, giving the Aces three players in the 18-plus column simultaneously. Stephanie Talbot hauled down 10 rebounds with eight coming off second-chance situations, one of the most impactful rebounding performances of the Cup week.

Portland shot 52.9 percent from the field and still lost by 16, which is a testament to how thoroughly Las Vegas dominated the rebounding battle (57 to 24) and second-chance production (28 second-chance points against Portland's 2). Carla Leite was Portland's best performer, going 8-of-13 from the field for 18 points on 64.8 percent true shooting with eight assists, her most complete individual game since earlier in the Cup run. Megan Gustafson had 17 points on 53.8 percent shooting. Bridget Carleton shot 38.5 percent for 13 points at minus-28, the worst individual plus/minus of the game. Portland's offensive rebound total of one (one) against Las Vegas's 17 tells you why the second-chance production was so lopsided. The Fire could score, they just could not get the ball back.

LVA 105 · POR 89

Four Commissioner's Cup games on Thursday produced decisive results that sharpened the picture heading into the final stretch of pool play. Las Vegas (4-0 in the West) and Minnesota (4-0) are the West's premier Cup teams, with the Aces closing Thursday's action with another dominant road win. In the East, New York and Indiana both look capable of representing their conference in the championship game on June 30. Atlanta's Cup campaign took a significant hit, losing to the Liberty by 14 in a game where the shooting and the free throw line both failed them. Pool play continues through June 17, with the Commissioner's Cup championship game set for June 30, and Thursday made the favorites clearer than ever.

Star of the Night: Paige Bueckers, Dallas Wings

31 points | 14-of-20 FG | 3-of-5 from three | 8 second-chance points | 5 assists | 6 rebounds | 77.5% true shooting | Efficiency score 34 | plus-18

In a night with multiple exceptional performances, Bueckers's 14-of-20 shooting night stands above the others on a pure efficiency basis. Seventy percent from the field on 20 attempts with eight second-chance points, six rebounds, and five assists in a wire-to-wire win is the most complete individual Cup performance of the day. Gray's nine threes are the statistical headline, but Bueckers's all-around impact across every category earns this one.

Dud of the Night: Alyssa Thomas, Phoenix Mercury

6 points | 3-of-8 FG | 10 assists | 6 turnovers | minus-14 | 33.8% true shooting

Thomas moved the ball beautifully (10 assists) and competed throughout, but six turnovers in a 15-point Cup loss against a Dallas defense that converted those miscues into 23 points was the night's most costly individual performance. The 33.8 percent true shooting on eight attempts reflected a player who could not generate the interior production Phoenix needed at the starters' level. In a game the Mercury needed to win to close the pool stage on a high note, Thomas's turnover total was the single biggest reason they could not stay in range.