Phoenix Mercury coach Nate Tibbetts took his players to task after they suffered one of the worst blowouts in WNBA history Saturday night in a 106-58 loss to the host Las Vegas Aces.
The 48-point loss is tied for the third largest in league history. The record is a 59-point defeat by the Indiana Fever to Minnesota in 2017, a game in which the Lynx went on a 37-0 run. In Saturday’s rout, the Aces never had a run longer than nine points. They led by as many as 54 in the fourth quarter.
“The reality is, we can’t have any more of these,” Tibbetts said. “It’s time for us to make a move if we’re going to make a move. You don’t want to come out and play like that. Extremely disappointed for everyone involved — the players, the staff, the organization, the fans, everybody. That was completely unacceptable.”…