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INDIANAPOLIS -- Diana Taurasi scored 20 points, DeWanna Bonner had 11 of her 18 points in the fourth quarter and the Phoenix Mercury beat the Indiana Fever 89-78 on Wednesday night in a single-elimination game of the WNBA playoffs. Cheap Nike Air Max 95 Australia .Tamika Catchings, who played in her final game, and the entire Indiana team knelt with their arms intertwined during the national anthem. Two members of the Mercury, Kelsey Bone and Mistie Bass, also took a knee.This game of basketball is important for a lot of reasons. One of them is bringing people together. Even uniting people, Catchings said about the impromptu kneeling during the national anthem. Well, we thought it was important to have a voice about something greater than basketball.WNBA President Lisa Borders, who was in Atlanta for the playoff game between the Dream and Seattle backed the players choice to kneel.I support our players expressing their views on important social issues, Borders said in a statement. Standing for an anthem is a sign of respect and a demonstration of unity across many cultures throughout the world. The call to action is for all of us to invest time and resources to help rebuild and strengthen our communities. And we have been actively working with the players on this next impactful effort.Briann January made a reverse layup with 2:39 remaining to pull Indiana to 77-72 and she drew an offensive foul on Taurasi on the other end. Erlana Larkins had a putback on Indianas next possession to cap a 10-1 run to make it 77-74.But Phoenix answered with a 6-1 run -- on free throws by Taurasi, Penny Taylor and Bonner -- for an 83-75 lead.Brittney Griner added 18 points, nine rebounds and three blocks for Phoenix, which will play at New York on Saturday. Bonner was just 2 of 5 from the floor in the first half.When I got in the second half, I told myself I was going to be aggressive, Bonner said. Because I felt like I was a little tentative and a little scared in the first half.Catchings and Marissa Coleman each scored 13 points as all five starters for Indiana scored in double figures. Shenise Johnson made two free throws to tie Tiffany Mitchells franchise record with 42 consecutive made free throws.Catchings left the floor at the final buzzer to a standing ovation from the crowd and she hugged every Indiana teammate, including a long embrace with January. Then she hugged each player on the Phoenix team.Before the game, Catchings received the 2016 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award prior to the opening tip. She is the first three-time winner since the awards inception in 1997. Air Max Outlet Australia . -- Lou Brocks shoulder-to-shoulder collision with Bill Freehan during the 1968 World Series and Pete Roses bruising hit on Ray Fosse in the 1970 All-Star game could become relics of baseball history, like the dead-ball era. Nike Air Max 93 Australia . LOUIS -- St. http://www.outletairmaxaustralia.com/ . Coach Mike Munchak says Fokou stretched ligaments in his left knee Oct. 13 against Seattle, which could keep out up to five weeks even though the linebacker didnt need surgery. Montreal faces one of its toughest road tests of the season without one of its most effective offensive weapons.Didier Drogba did not make the trip with the Impact to Utah for Saturdays match against Real Salt Lake. It will mark the second straight game he has been sidelined with a thigh injury. Drogba has been a big threat up top in 2016 for Montreal with five goals and five assists.Even without their star striker, the Impact will still have plenty of players who can test Reals defense. Chief among them is midfielder Ignacio Piatti. The midfielder scored his 10th goal in MLS play this season on a game-winning penalty kick in the 54th minute of a 3-2 victory over the New England Revolution last week.Piatti has the second-most goals in MLS this season, trailing only New York City FCs David Villa in the MLS Golden Boot standings.Salt Lake has its own dangerouss playmakers to counter Montreal. Air Max 270 Cheap Australia. Juan Manuel Martinez has scored four goals in his last six games and combined with fellow forwards Yura Movsisyan and Joao Plata for 17 goals and nine assists this season.The scoreboard could get a workout. Real and Montreal are two of three MLS clubs this season with three players who have at least five goals.RSL is one of six MLS clubs still unbeaten at home. If Salt Lake can claim three points against the Impact, veteran goalkeeper Nick Rimando will move into a first-place tie with Kevin Hartman for career MLS victories (180).Neither team has won or forced a draw on the road in the series. The all-time series is level at two wins each, with Real prevailing at home in 2012 and 2014. ' ' '