Phoenix Mercury fueled by WNBA Finals loss to Las Vegas to open season
No one expected the Mercury to make the WNBA Finals. They are out to prove last season was anything but a fluke, starting in Las Vegas.
PHOENIX — After the Las Vegas Aces swept the Phoenix Mercury in the 2025 WNBA Finals in October, Kahleah Copper gathered her teammates in a huddle as the Aces celebrated on Phoenix’s court. “After the game, I just wanted us to feel it. I wanted us to hear the celebrations.
I wanted us to really feel the moment, feel the hurt,” Copper said immediately after. "Let it just fuel us for the future. " It’s a level of disappointment that lingers seven months later as the Mercury prepare to open the league's 30th season against the same team that ended its championship dreams.
And if that wasn’t loss enough motivation, the Mercury will watch as the Aces raise their latest championship banner and get their rings Saturday at T-Mobile Arena (3:30 p. m. ET, ABC/Disney+).
“You would have some motivation too, right? " a fired-up Copper said Wednesday, ahead of Phoenix’s season-opener that doubles as a WNBA Finals rematch. "We just got swept…We want to get that one for sure.
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