(Phoenix, AZ)  --  Natasha Howard scored 22 points and pulled down 12 rebounds as the Storm beat the Mercury 82-70 in Phoenix.  Alysha Clark added 17 and Jewell Loyd had 11.  Brittney Griner scored 22 points for Phoenix.  Seattle has moved up into a tie for sixth with the Minnesota Lynx at 17-and-15.  The fifth and sixth seeds will host the seventh and eight seeded teams in single-game elimination matchups.