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Mystics outlast Fire in WNBA record-tying 4 OTs
Key takeaways
- The other four-overtime game was July 3, 2001, when Washington beat Seattle 72-69.
- Entering this season, there were only three instances in WNBA history where a team had scored 120 points in a game.
- Michaela Onyenwere scored a career-high 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.
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WASHINGTON -- Sonia Citron scored a career-high 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. The Mystics and Fire combined for 247 points, the second most in a game in WNBA history, including playoffs.
Entering this season, there were only three instances in WNBA history where a team had scored 120 points in a game. There have been four instances this season, all in the past four days.
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