Dominique Canty posted her third straight double-figure scoring effort off the bench, but it wasn’t enough for the Shock as they fell back to the .500 mark. Detroit led by three in the early going, but a 13-2 run late in the first half gave Phoenix the lead which they eventually pushed to as many as 13.

The Shock cut the lead to three on two different occasions in the second half, but were unable to pull out the win. Jennifer Gillom scored a game-high 17 points for the Mercury and added 13 rebounds on the night.