Portland Fire's Carla Leite puts Mystics' Shakira Austin in a blender with filthy handles

Portland Fire's Carla Leite puts Mystics' Shakira Austin in a blender with filthy handles originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.The Portland Fire and Washington Mystics played four overtimes on Sunday.

In all that WNBA action, there was bound to be something special, and there was plenty. Nothing will match what Carla Leite did for the Fire on one dribble move late in the game while defended by Shakira Austin.Leite got a switch with the Washington big on her, and the French guard went to work.

She started to drive to her left, then stopped and reversed, as if to head back outside.But when Austin let up slightly to follow her toward the perimeter, Leite reversed again and surged by the Mystics defender and got to the hoop to score.Absolutely filthy:That is so filthy 😭😭😭😭 pic.

twitter.com/zrZ4n8r4Ho— Shabazz 💫 (@ShowCaseShabazz) June 28, 2026MORE: Angel Reese dissed former LSU teammate Flau'jae JohnsonThe only bummer for Leite is that the Fire came up one shot short in the fourth OT, and so the Mystics won the game.Leite was incredible, finishing with 32 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists.

She's been a revelation with the expansion Fire.On the other side, Austin had 9 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists in a fascinating statline for the frontcourt player. She was on the floor for 47 minutes.

Leite, for what it's worth, played 48 minutes.It was an epic basketball matchup between Portland and Washington, and within it, Leite pulled out one of the moves of the season.MORE: Olivia Miles is the truth, and she just set another WNBA record