Overview
- Sonia Citron finished with a career-high 32 points, sank 13 of 14 free throws, grabbed six rebounds and drove for the go-ahead layup with 21.4 seconds left in the fourth overtime to put Washington ahead to stay.
- Portland guard Carla Leite repeatedly forced extra periods with last-second threes in regulation and the first overtime and hit a triple in the third overtime but later missed free throws and a final floater that would have tied or won the game.
- Leite paced the Fire with a high-scoring, all-around effort that included 25 points, nine assists, six rebounds and three steals as Sarah Ashlee Barker added 23 points and Megan Gustafson scored 20.
- The game featured 21 ties, 12 lead changes and lasted roughly three hours and 35 minutes, producing a sustained back-and-forth display of clutch shots and momentum swings.
- The result is only the league’s second quadruple-overtime contest and echoes Washington’s involvement in the first such game in 2001; Portland’s ability to push a veteran Mystics team this far underscores the expansion franchise’s early competitiveness and raises short-term questions about player fatigue.