Mystics edge – Sonia Citron’s go-ahead basket with 21.4 seconds left helped the Washington Mystics hold off the Portland Fire 124-123 on Sunday in a record-tying four-overtime thriller. The game matched the WNBA’s longest-ever format and featured 21 ties, 12 lead changes, an
WASHINGTON — Sonia Citron’s shot didn’t just put the Washington Mystics in front. It arrived with 21.4 seconds left, when legs were heavy and the momentum had swung so many times it felt impossible to pin down.
In the end, Washington held on for a 124-123 win over the Portland Fire on Sunday, finishing a marathon that went to four overtimes and tied the longest game in WNBA history.
The Mystics also repeated a piece of franchise history in the process: they became the first team in league history to have three players reach at least 27 points in the same game.
Citron scored 32 points for Washington, including the basket that allowed the team to stay ahead. Michaela Onyenwere added 30 points, and Kiki Iriafen contributed 27 for Washington (9-9). For Portland, Carla Leite answered with 32 points, while Sarah Ashlee Barker scored 25 and Megan Gustafson added 20 (8-12).
Leite’s impact didn’t stop at the final moments. She banked in a 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left in regulation to send the game to overtime, and later, her late heroics kept Portland connected to the lead changes that defined the night.
This wasn’t the first four-overtime game in franchise lore, but it was the kind that makes history stick. The other contest to reach four overtimes in league history happened on July 3, 2001, when Washington beat Seattle 72-69.
From the start, the scoreboard never settled. The game featured 21 ties and 12 lead changes, and it took 3 hours and 35 minutes in real time. Portland built a cushion early, leading 55-48 at halftime. Washington tightened the game in the third quarter, holding the Fire to 12 points and cutting the deficit to 67-62.
Late in regulation, the Mystics surged again, taking control before Leite’s regulation tie at 87-all flipped everything back into extra time. After that, the rhythm of the game kept changing—just not in a way that made it easier to breathe.
One moment carried real physical weight even as the basketball kept coming. Georgia Amoore left the game and did not return due to right knee soreness—the same knee she injured last year.
With the dust finally settling on a contest that demanded patience and endurance. Portland now turns its attention to its next stop: the Fire visit the Seattle Storm on Saturday. Washington, meanwhile, hosts the Atlanta Dream on Thursday, carrying the confidence of a win that took four overtimes to decide.
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