The Wings beat the Mercury 87–82 despite Alyssa Thomas’ triple-double (19, 10, 10)
The Wings erased a 24–19 first-quarter deficit and finished with a 5-point win behind Alyssa Thomas’ triple-double (19, 10, 10).
Game story
Alyssa Thomas could not save the Mercury with 19 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists on 8-of-11 shooting, 3-of-5 at the line in 29 minutes as the Dallas Wings beat the Phoenix Mercury 87–82 on Saturday, September 19.
Phoenix Mercury vs. Dallas Wings | FULL GAME HIGHLIGHTS | September 19, 2026
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Who stood out
Alyssa Thomas: 19 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists on 8-of-11 shooting, 3-of-5 at the line in 29 minutes, a +1 in her minutes. By the observed shot locations, 6-of-8 in the paint outside the restricted area and 2-of-3 from midrange. She entered averaging 8.4 assists this season; this finish was 1.6 above that mark. She had averaged 8.2 over her previous 10, putting this game 1.8 above that recent pace.
Alyssa Thomas: Sep 19 against her baselines
This game · her last 10 before it · her regular season entering it
Baselines are her regular-season games before this one (PropSports game log). Playoff games are never mixed into them.
PropSports box score (game 401857198) and PropSports game log values as of Sep 19, 2026 payload 34e8826e25963da3
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| Sep 19 · 1 game | Last 10 · 10 G | Season · 39 G | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 19 | 12.3 | 14.3 |
| Rebounds | 10 | 8.7 | 7.7 |
| Assists | 10 | 8.2 | 8.4 |
| Minutes | 29 | 32 | 33.5 |
How it happened
It did not start that way: the Mercury led 24–19 after one quarter and by as many as 8. The second quarter was the swing — the Wings won it 37–25 — and they led 56–49 at halftime. The game had one lead change; the Wings’ largest lead was 9.
The benches were even, 15–15.
The Wings made 30-71 from the field (42%) and 8-25 from three; the Mercury 30-69 (43%). Turnovers ran 9–14, and points off turnovers 6–19 in the Mercury’s favor — the margin came from shooting, not possession control. Rebounds went 32–35, points in the paint 26–28.
Where the game separated
The 4 team stats with the widest gaps
Selected by the size of each difference relative to a typical game-to-game gap for that stat. Descriptive, not a causal breakdown of the margin.
PropSports box score and linescore (game 401857198) values as of Sep 19, 2026 payload 385c184b4878a177
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| Wings | Mercury | |
|---|---|---|
| Fast-break points | 19 | 9 |
| Points off turnovers | 6 | 19 |
| Turnovers | 9 | 14 |
| 3-point % | 32% | 27% |
What it means
A reason to be cautious about carrying this game forward: the Wings gave up more points off turnovers than they scored, 19–6. One game is still one game.
After the result the Wings were 26-16 and the Mercury 15-27 (team schedules through September 19). The Wings’ 87 was 2.2 below the 89.2 a game they averaged entering it.
Next up: GS at DAL on Sep 30, where the market consensus has the Valkyries favored over the Wings by 4.5 with a total of 155.5 (PropBetEdge capture, Sep 29, 11 books) — and the Valkyries allow 75.1 a game, 15th-most of 15. Player props enter the board inside 36 hours of tip.
Betting relevance
On the spread: DraftKings’ line, had the Wings favored by 10.5; the 5-point margin put the Mercury on the right side of the spread.
The 169 combined points went under the 172.5 total.
Alyssa Thomas (10 assists against 8.4 entering the game and 8.2 over her previous 10) is the line the next prop market has to price.
Markets touched: Spread · Total · Moneyline
Market evidence
Market reference: DraftKings (a single sportsbook). PropBetEdge also holds a pre-tip capture from Sep 19.
Unknowns
How the market prices both teams on the next slate beyond the stored captures.
Evidence & methodology4 cited records · how this story was built
Records cited
- PropSports box score + play-by-play + shot locations · source ↗
- PropSports team schedules (records after the game, scoring entering it) · source ↗
- PropSports standings (standings as of Sep 29) · source ↗
- DraftKings line
How this story was built
Photo: Lorie Shaull · CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)Pictured: Alyssa Thomas.
Generated by PropBetEdge’s deterministic newsroom (wnba-articles/1.7.0 · Full story, wnba-depth/1.1.0) and checked by the publication gate before release; betting relevance: actionable.
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