Mercury blows 22-point lead, rallies for win over Sun in OT

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Skylar Diggins-Smith scored a season-high 33 points, Diana Taurasi added 28, and the Phoenix Mercury gave up a 22-point lead before beating the Connecticut Sun 100-95 in overtime. The Mercury have won seven of their last eight games to pull within a half-game of the fourth-place Minnesota Lynx. Taurasi hit a 3-pointer — her fifth of the game — with 1:46 to play to break a 91-all tie and give the Mercury the lead for good. DeWanna Bonner had 32 points