Monumental effort: The wildest stats and biggest plays from the Mystics' quadruple-overtime win over the Fire
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- Sonia Citron hit the go-ahead bucket with 21.4 seconds left in the fourth overtime and finished with a career-high 32 points after logging 53 minutes on the floor for the Mystics.
- Carla Leite matched Citron with 32 points for Portland, nailing buzzer-beating three-pointers to force both overtime and the first extra period, though she missed one of two free throws with 13.1 seconds left that could have tied the final margin.
- The Washington Mystics' 124-123 win was only the second quadruple-overtime game in WNBA history; the first came in 2001, also won by Washington, 72-69 over Seattle.
- The game ran 3 hours and 36 minutes of real time, making it the longest WNBA game ever by clock, while the teams combined for 247 points (four shy of the league record) and 21 ties (second most in league history).
- Five players set career-highs, including Michaela Onyenwere (30 points, career-high-tying six threes) and Kiki Iriafen (27 points, 11 rebounds), marking the first time two Mystics players scored 30+ in the same game.
- Washington improved to 9-9 while Portland fell to 8-12, though the Fire drew 39 personal fouls and attempted 101 field goals — the second-most ever in a WNBA game — and coach Alex Sarama praised the group for refusing to give up.
- The win came with a cost: Georgia Amoore exited in the first half with right knee soreness, and Citron was limping late as the Mystics now rest until hosting Atlanta on July 2.
Why it matters: The Mystics' win made Washington the only franchise to have played in both 4OT games in WNBA history and pushed them back to .500 at 9-9, while a career-high night for five players signals the team's young core is producing despite a middling record. The Fire's 8-12 mark understates a team that pushed the league's longest game to the wire.
