247 Points and Four Overtimes. The WNBA Just Had Its Wildest Game Ever.

The Washington Mystics needed four overtimes to finally put away the Portland Fire on Sunday. Final score: 124-123. That’s not a typo.

This was only the second quadruple-overtime game in WNBA history. The first one happened back in 2009. And the combined 247 points? That’s a league record too, topping the 236 points scored in that 2009 Finals game between Phoenix and Indiana.

Sonia Citron carried the Mystics through the chaos. She was the steady hand in a game that felt like it might never end. Washington had dropped two straight before this one, losses to Minnesota and Connecticut. So yeah, they needed this win. But nobody expected it to look like this.

The game kept slipping away from both teams. Portland would grab a lead. Washington would answer. Then it would happen again. And again. And again. Four overtimes. The crowd at the Entertainment and Sports Arena was spent by the end, but they got something historic for their trouble.

The WNBA doesn’t see a lot of games like this. The league’s style of play usually rewards efficiency and ball movement, not chaos. But Sunday was an exception. Both teams just kept trading baskets. And misses. And fouls. It was messy and exhausting and absolutely electric.

ClutchPoints caught the moment on social media as the game headed into its fourth extra period. The video shows a building that can’t quite believe what it’s watching. The players looked gassed. The coaches looked fried. The refs probably needed oxygen.

For the Mystics, this could be a turning point. They’ve been fighting for consistency all season. A win like this, ugly as it was, builds something. It’s the kind of game you point to later and say, remember when we survived that?

Portland will kick themselves for letting this one get away. They had chances. But in a game this long, one possession decides everything. And on this night, it went Washington’s way.

More details on the box score and postgame quotes should be available soon. But the headline is already written: four overtimes, 247 points, and a WNBA record that might stand for a while.