4 loss of the semifinals, Taurasi played in a winner-take-all Game 5 that would decide whether the Phoenix Mercury would play in the 2021 WNBA finals. After a Game 5 win on October 8, 2021, Taurasi had a message for Taylor in her post-game interview, closing it with "Hold it in babe, I'm coming". Taurasi then flew from Las Vegas, where the game took place, back to Phoenix, arriving in time to witness Taylor give birth on October 9, 2021, at 4:24am to the couple's first daughter. Career statistics University of Connecticut |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2000–01 | style="text-align:left;"| Connecticut | 33 || 14 || 23.9 || .444 || .386 || .878 || 3.2 || 3.3 || 1.2 || 0.9 || 2.2 || 10.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2001–02 | style="text-align:left;"| Connecticut | 39 || 39 || 29.0 || .494 || .440 || .828 || 4.1 || 5.3 || 1.3 || 1.2 || 2.1 || 14.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2002–03 | style="text-align:left;"| Connecticut | 37 || 37 || 31.9 || .476 || .350 || .815 || 6.1 || 4.4 || 0.9 || 1.2 || 3.1 || 17.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2003–04 | style="text-align:left;"| Connecticut | 35 || 35 || 31.9 || .456 || .390 || .795 || 4.0 || 4.9 || 1.5 || 0.8 || 2.4 || 16.2 |- style="background:skyBlue;" | style="text-align:left;"| Career | | 144 || 125 || 29.3 || .469 || .392 || .819 || 4.4 || 4.5 || 1.2 || 1.0 || 2.5 || 15.0 |} WNBA regular season |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2004 | style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix | 34 || 34 || 33.2 || .416 || .330 || .710 || 4.4 || 3.9 || 1.3 || 0.7 || 2.7 || 17.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2005 | style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix | 33 || 33 || 33.0 || .410 || .313 || .801 || 4.2 || 4.5 || 1.2 || 0.8 || 3.4 || 16.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2006 | style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix | 34 || 34 || 33.9 || .452 || .397 || .781 || 3.6 || 4.1 || 1.2 || 0.8 || 2.3 || bgcolor="EOCEF2" | 25.3 |- |style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| 2007† | style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix | 32 || 32 || 32.0 || .440 || .367 || .835 || 4.2 || 4.3 || 1.4 || 1.1 || 2.6 || 19.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2008 | style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix | 34 || 34 || 31.9 || .446 || .360 || .870 || 5.1 || 3.6 || 1.4