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Portland Fire hold the Mystics to 29% shooting in a 75-56 rout 2%
By AP staff1%
7/17/2026, 2:27:37 PM
Topics: Sports, Basketball
Keywords: Sports, Basketball
BS Summary: This article contains 2 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 8.1% saturation with 12 hits. Analysis detected 24 faulty-reasoning hits from 149 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 11.2% and a BS Rank of 2% (17,330 of 17,595 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 98.50% of the article peer group.
Carla Leite scored 14 points, Serah Williams had 12 points and the Portland Fire beat the Washington Mystics 75-56 on Thursday night.
Sarah Ashlee Barker added 10 points to help Portland (11-14) avenge a quadruple-overtime loss to Washington on June 28.
Frieda Buhner made all three of her 3-point attempts, and the Fire finished 10 of 35 from distance.
Shakira Austin had 19 points and nine rebounds for Washington (12-11).
The Mystics shot 29% from the field, going 2 of 21 from 3-point range, to go with 19 turnovers.
Portland jumped out to a 28-13 lead after the first quarter and extended it to 43-20 by the midway point of the second.
The Fire led by double figures the entire second half.
Up next
Fire: At Minnesota on Saturday night.
Mystics: At Golden State on Saturday night.
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