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06/28 18:07 CDT Mystics win a marathon matchup, topping Fire 124-123 in
record-tying 4 OTs
Mystics win a marathon matchup, topping Fire 124-123 in record-tying 4 OTs
WASHINGTON (AP) --- Sonia Citron scored 32 points, including the basket that
put her team ahead to stay with 21.4 seconds left, and the Washington Mystics
held off the Portland Fire 124-123 on Sunday in four overtimes --- tying the
longest game in WNBA history.
The other four-overtime game was July 3, 2001, when Washington beat Seattle
72-69.
Michaela Onyenwere scored 30 points and Kiki Iriafen added 27 for the Mystics
(9-9), who became the first team in league history to have three players score
at least 27 points in the same game.
Carla Leite --- who banked in a 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left in regulation
and sent the game to overtime --- led Portland with 32 points. Sarah Ashlee
Barker scored 25 and Megan Gustafson added 20 for the Fire (8-12).
The game had 21 ties and 12 lead changes --- and took 3 hours, 35 minutes in
real time.
Portland led 55-48 at halftime before Washington held the Fire to 12 points in
the third quarter and cut the deficit to 67-62. The Mystics surged back to take
the lead late in regulation, but Leite's 25-foot 3-pointer tied it at 87-all
and forced overtime.
Georgia Amoore left the game and did not return because of right knee soreness
--- the same knee she injured last year.
Up next
Fire visit the Seattle Storm on Saturday.
Mystics host the Atlanta Dream on Thursday.
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AP WNBA: https://apnews.com/hub/wnba-basketball
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