The 6-foot-4 guard/forward Bonner is now back with the WNBA team that drafted her No. 5 in 2009; she spent 10 seasons in Phoenix and won two WNBA titles there. Then, after five seasons with the Connecticut Sun, Bonner signed as a free agent this year with the Indiana Fever but played just nine games there.

Alyssa Thomas scored 12 of her career-high 29 points in the fourth quarter and the Phoenix Mercury closed on a 19-4 run to beat the Minnesota Lynx 79-71.