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The Toronto Tempo have four players on the injury report for this game. Julie Allemand,Temi Fagbenle and Isabelle Harrison are all listed as out, which is no change from Tempo's last game against the Sparks. Nyara Sabally is listed as out due to a neck injury which is a new addition to the injury report.

The Phoenix Mercury have no change to the injury report, as Sami Whitcomb remains out as she recovers from arthroscopy on her left knee.

edit: formatting

edit 2: Nyara Sabally who was originally probable has been changed to out

PHOENIX — Nate Tibbetts can’t recall watching a player smile while shooting the ball until Serbian basketball player Jovana Nogic was signed to the Phoenix Mercury after being scouted overseas.

“As long as she's smiling, it keeps going in,” Tibbetts said on Friday after the Mercury picked up their first win at home on his 49th birthday. “She's an elite level shooter. She has fun while she's doing it.”

Nogic has a lot to smile about lately. The 28-year-old rookie is off to a historic start and recorded four or more 3-pointers in three of her first four games in the league. That includes a 27-point outing in Phoenix’s win over the Chicago Sky on Friday, where she went 5-for-8 from deep and set a WNBA record for the most points by an undrafted rookie.

“It's just fun being out there with (my teammates),” Nogic said. “I really just try to enjoy the moment because this is, I thought, a once in a lifetime opportunity for me. … It's not every day you get to play with players like (Alyssa Thomas) … just letting the game come to me and have fun.”

Last week, Alyssa Thomas said the Mercury wouldn’t be overlooked as contenders if everyone was familiar with the elite players Phoenix brought in. Well, the cat's officially out the bag about Nogic.

With Monique Akoa-Makani overseas and Sami Whitcomb recovering from a procedure on her left knee, a unique opportunity opened up for Nogic to make her mark in the starting lineup. She did so immediately with 19 points (4-for-5 3PT) in her first career start in Phoenix’s 99-66 dismantling of the defending champion Las Vegas Aces.

Watching the ATL home opener versus Vegas…and the intro of their players was pretty underwhelming, especially coming off the playoff run last year and signing Reese. I haven’t seen how other teams treat their first home game (other than Vegas w/ ring ceremony), but it made me appreciate how Phoenix intro’ed their team to the X factor last week

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I don't know how well she's looked or how much competition she has to get on the floor. She's a stretch big that can shoot, post, and drive to the rim. I don't know how that fares on this team but since she left the Valkyries i'm guessing there's a better opportunity in Phoenix.

Is one of the online sellers best? Not looking for anything fancy, just to get in the door and watch the game. Or is it best to just buy tickets at the box office before going in?

Thanks in advance!

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Per the WNBA transactions page.

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