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  Monday, Jul. 24 7:30pm ET
Portland 61, Detroit 57
 
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) _ Sophia Witherspoon scored 18 points and Vanessa Nygaard added 16 as the Portland Fire beat the slumping Detroit Shock 61-57 Monday night.

Portland (8-16) snapped a three-game losing streak and won on the road for the first time since July 11.

The Shock (10-13) have lost three straight since the All-Star break and dropped to fifth place in the Eastern Conference.

Both teams struggled through a sloppy first half. Portland shot just 29.7 percent, but led 27-24 at intermission by holding Detroit to 33.3 percent shooting and forcing 12 turnovers.

The Fire led 39-35 when Portland went on a 9-1 run. Nygaard scored the final five points, capping it off with a 3-pointer with 8:35 to play.

Detroit, which went nearly six minutes without a field goal, falling behind by 12, finally cut the margin to five.

But Sylvia Crawley's tip-in gave Portland a seven-point lead and Detroit started turning the ball over again.

After Witherspoon's steal and layup with 1:30 made the score 57-48, Detroit had one last flurry. Anna DeForge's three-point play made it a six-point game before Portland clinched the game from the line.

 


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Charlotte 82
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Portland 61
Detroit 57

New York 78
Washington 64

Phoenix 67
Cleveland 57

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