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More whistles, more points: How the WNBA’s new officiating focus is reshaping games

Cheryl Reeve has seen a lot of improvements in officiating this season and it’s helped the WNBA have record offensive numbers so far through the first half of the season. There still are areas that need to be worked on, but it will take more than 20 games for everything to be cleaned up.

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HLs: McBride, Miles lead Lynx to close win vs PHX

July 14, 2026 12:10 AM

In a game with 23 lead changes, the Minnesota Lynx found a way to win at home over the Mercury, 104-100. Kahleah Copper put up 26 points for PHX, while Olivia Miles and Kayla McBride had 30+.

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Mercury waived Gs Shyla Heal and Anna Makurat.

Heal and Makurat saw action in Tuesday’s exhibition loss to the Aces, with the former playing eight minutes and the latter 10. Heal, a first-round pick of the Sky in 2021, has not appeared in an official WNBA game since that season. Makurat, who played two seasons at UConn before returning to Europe in 2021, most recently played professionally in Italy.