Phoenix Mercury retire Diana Taurasi's jersey at halftime vs. Portland Fire

After the Phoenix Mercury's 88-85 loss to the Portland Fire on Sunday night, Diana Taurasi held court, detailing a Hall of Fame career that now includes a jersey retirement ceremony that felt "like the end and the beginning of so many things in my life."

The Phoenix Mercury retired Diana Taurasi's No. 3 jersey Sunday, adding the WNBA legend and all-time leading scorer to their Ring of Honor.

The big names in basketball showed up for Diana Taurasi's No. 3 jersey retirement on Sunday, Aug. 16, at Mortgage Matchup Center.

The Mercury’s game against Fire doubled as Diana Taurasi’s Ring of Honor induction, where her No. 3 jersey was retired and hung in the rafters.

PHOENIX — The desert heat eclipsed 100 degrees Sunday afternoon, but it didn’t stop the crowds of fans from gathering outside of Mortgage Matchup Center for Diana Taurasi. Most donned her jersey in anticipation of the halftime ceremony where the Phoenix Mercury would retire Taurasi’s No. 3, which the guard wore throughout her storied WNBA career. “Today feels different,” Taurasi said before the Mercury’s game against the Portland Fire. “When your number goes up there, you can’t use it anymore. I

There's certainly a good case to be made that Diana Taurasi is the best player in WNBA history. For Phoenix Mercury fans, that case is already closed: She's undeniably the G.O.A.T. Taurasi was inducted into the Mercury Ring of Honor on Sunday at halftime of a game between the Mercury and Portland Fire, with the franchise retiring her No. 3 jersey and celebrating a superstar who has become synonymous with basketball in Arizona for more than two decades.

Taurasi retired from basketball last year after a highly-decorated 20-year career in Phoenix.

As the Mercury prepare to retire Diana Taurasi’s jersey, share your favorite memories of one of the WNBA’s GOATs.