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Wednesday, Jun. 28 10:00pm ET
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BOX SCORE
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Sophia Witherspoon and Alisa Burras each scored 22 points as the Portland Fire beat the Cleveland Rockers 80-69 on Wednesday night. Burras also had seven rebounds for the Fire (3-8). Merlakia Jones scored 16 points for the Rockers (7-6). Portland was ahead by 13 points with 2:35 left, but Cleveland scored five points with less than a minute to go. Mery Andrade stole a pass from Sylvia Crawley and hit a layup to cut the lead to seven and at 76-69 before Stacey Thomas and Tully Bevilaqua hit free throws to end the run. Portland shot 73 percent in the first five minutes to take a 21-7 lead. Witherspoon scored 12 points during the stretch and Burras added seven. | ALSO SEE WNBA Scoreboard RECAPS Houston 76 Charlotte 66
Portland 80
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