Historic comeback helps Mercury even series with Lynx

The Phoenix Mercury tied their WNBA semifinal series with the Minnesota Lynx at one game apiece on Tuesday night, and they needed a historic comeback to make it happen. The Mercury erased a 20-point deficit in their 89-83 win. 

One of the biggest playoff comebacks in WNBA history

With just under six minutes to play in the third quarter, the Mercury found themselves trailing 59-39 and seemed to be on their way to facing a 2-0 series deficit that would have made winning the series an extremely daunting challenge.

But from that point on, the Mercury doubled up the Lynx on the scoreboard, outscoring them by a 40-20 margin over the final 16 minutes of regulation to send the game to overtime. A last-second three-pointer from Sami Whitcomb to tie the game was the biggest shot that helped complete the comeback.