Taurasi makes it back in time for birth of daughter

Published October 9, 2021 12:01 PM

PHOENIX, Ariz. (AP) — Diana Taurasi made it back home in time to see her wife Penny Taylor give birth to a baby girl, the couple’s second child.

Taurasi flew back to Phoenix from Las Vegas immediately after helping the Mercury beat the Aces in Game 5 of their semifinal series.

She had 14 of her 24 points in the fourth quarter of the 87-84 win.

The league’s all-time leading scorer playfully said in a postgame interview to Taylor to “hold it in babe.”

She had a plane waiting for her for the short flight to Phoenix, then took a car straight to the hospital.

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