After a dismal shooting performance in Game 1, Satou Sabally cited books and belief for her bounce-back in Game 2. She'll write the next chapter in Game 3.

Satou Sabally's outburst leads Mercury's unthinkable blowout of defending champion Liberty originally appeared on The Sporting News When Satou Sabally is on her game, there are few basketball players on the planet better than her.

The Phoenix Mercury are hosting the New York Liberty in Game 3, and some of the Mercury's best players will lead them to victory.

Satou Sabally and Alyssa Thomas each scored 15 points to help the Phoenix Mercury beat the New York Liberty 86-60 in Game 2 on Wednesday night

The Indiana Fever and Phoenix Mercury have already surprised everyone in Round 1. Phoenix overcame a Game 1 loss to reverse sweep the Liberty while the Fever, still without Caitlin Clark, defeated the No. 3 seed Dream in three games. So, which team is more likely to wind up getting the upset?

The following month, Sabally had another double-double. Phoenix faced the Connecticut Sun that time around, and the "Unicorn" had 12 points and 15 rebounds. The Mercury beat the Sun 83-75 in that outing.

Phoenix Mercury star Satou Sabally got brutally honest on her decision to request a trade from the Dallas Wings.