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Becky Hammon scores 33 points to lead Silver Stars to 102-91 win over Mercury

Becky Hammon scored 33 points, including a trio of 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, to lead the San Antonio Silver Stars to a 102-91 win over the Phoenix Mercury on Thursday.Phoenix came within striking distance midway through the fourth before Hammon, who has been battling a nagging right shoulder injury all season, hit back-to-back 3-pointers to push the lead back to 14 points.Moments later, Harmon hit another three to put the Silver Stars up 100-87 with 2:08 left, and the Mercury would get no closer than 10 points the rest of the way.San Antonio has won four of five and pulled within a half game of Western Conference-leading Minnesota.Diana Taurasi finished with 27 points, five assists and went 11 of 11 from the free throw line for the Mercury. Candice Dupree had 17 points and 14 rebounds for Phoenix (10-7), which has lost three straight."I think we did some good things and we did some things that didn't help us," Taurasi said. "San Antonio played really well, they executed, and th...

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