Atlanta Dream at Connecticut Sun
· Women's National Basketball AssociationDeWanna Bonner hits career-high 7 3s, scores 23 as Sun beat Dream 80-67
Tiffany Mitchell added 13 points and Brionna Jones scored 11 points for Connecticut. Alyssa Thomas added seven points, nine assists and seven rebounds.
Mitchell and Bonner each hit a 3-point in a 9-0 run that made it 17-11 with 2:20 left in the first quarter and the Sun led the rest of the way.
Allisha Gray hit a mid-range pull-up jumper that cut Atlanta’s deficit to 24-20 midway through the second quarter but Veronica Burton answered with a 3-pointer and Jones made a layup before Bonner hit again from behind the arc to give Connecticut a 12-point lead. The Sun led 34-24 at the half.
The Dream made 4 of 11 from the field and committed five turnovers while scoring just eight points in the second quarter before Connecticut scored 33 points — one fewer than its first-half total — on 9-of-11 shooting in the third quarter to open an 18-point lead going into the fourth.
Atlanta (7-13), which beat the Sun 78-74 on June 28 to end a three-game skid, has lost four games in a row and seven of its last eight.
Connecticut (17-4) has won four of its last five games and is tied with the New York Liberty for the best record in the WNBA.
New York, which beat the Sun 82-75 on June 8 to end Connecticut's nine-game win streak to open the season, visits Wednesday.
Gray led Atlanta with 19 points on 7-of-11 shooting. Tina Charles added 13 points and Nia Coffey 11.
Rhyne Howard (ankle) — who is second on the Dream in scoring (15.4 per game) this season and leads the team in assists (3.4), steals (2.2) and blocks (0.8) — Cheyenne Parker-Tyus (foot), Aerial Powers (calf) and Jordin Canada (finger) did not play for Atlanta.
Regular Season Series
Series tied 2-2
Recent Plays
4th 0.0 | End of Game | 67 - 80 | |
4th 0.0 | End of the 4th Quarter | 67 - 80 | |
4th 17.1 | Tiffany Mitchell discontinue dribble turnover | 67 - 80 | |
4th 29.1 | Laeticia Amihere makes two point shot | 67 - 80 | |
4th 29.1 | Laeticia Amihere offensive rebound | 65 - 80 |
Statistics
ATL | CONN | |
---|---|---|
24-59 | FG | 28-64 |
40.7 | Field Goal % | 43.8 |
4-10 | 3PT | 10-23 |
40.0 | Three Point % | 43.5 |
15-19 | FT | 14-19 |
78.9 | Free Throw % | 73.7 |
31 | Rebounds | 36 |
9 | Offensive Rebounds | 11 |
22 | Defensive Rebounds | 25 |
16 | Assists | 20 |
4 | Steals | 4 |
4 | Blocks | 3 |
10 | Turnovers | 7 |
3 | Team Turnovers | 2 |
13 | Total Turnovers | 9 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 1 |
14 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 14 |
6 | Fast Break Points | 5 |
28 | Points in Paint | 26 |
18 | Fouls | 14 |
4 | Largest Lead | 20 |
Game Information
Location: Uncasville, CT
Attendance: 7,527 · Capacity:
2023-24 Eastern Conference Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
New York | - | 8 | L1 | 0.8 | 32 |
Connecticut | 4 | 12 | W1 | 0.7 | 28 |
Indiana | 12 | 20 | L1 | 0.5 | 20 |
Atlanta | 17 | 25 | W3 | 0.375 | 15 |
Washington | 18 | 26 | W1 | 0.35 | 14 |
Chicago | 19 | 27 | L5 | 0.325 | 13 |
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