Los Angeles Sparks at Connecticut Sun
· Women's National Basketball Association
Carrington scores 19 as Sun top Sparks 69-61 in first WNBA game at Celtics home
A franchise record sellout crowd of 19,125 saw the Sun storm back after they trailed 59-55 with less than four minutes to play.
Carrington scored twice in the lane sandwiched around a three-point play by Alyssa Thomas and in less than a minute Connecticut was up 62-59 with the crowd roaring.
Tyasha Harris converted a three-point play that made it 69-56 with 1:40 to go. In just over two minutes the Storm had missed two shots and two free throws and had four turnovers.
Brionna Jones had 15 points and Harris 14 for the Sun (20-7), who overcame an 8 of 17 performance at the foul line. Thomas had nine points, eight assists and 16 rebounds.
Rookie Rickea Jackson and Azura Stevens both had 14 points for the Sparks (6-22).
Carrington, Harris and Jones were all in double figures as the Sun erased an early deficit to take a 41-35 lead at the half.
Connecticut led by 11 in the third quarter but LA cut it to 53-46 entering the fourth. The Sparks scored the first seven points to tie in and turned that into a 13-2 run.
Regular Season Series
CONN wins series 4-0
Recent Plays
| 4th 0.0 |  |
End of Game | 61 - 69 |
| 4th 0.0 | |
End of the 4th Quarter | 61 - 69 |
| 4th 12.1 |  |
Caitlin Bickle enters the game for Tyasha Harris | 61 - 69 |
| 4th 12.1 | |
Astou Ndour-Fall enters the game for Brionna Jones | 61 - 69 |
| 4th 12.1 | |
Olivia Nelson-Ododa enters the game for Alyssa Thomas | 61 - 69 |
Statistics
 LA |
 CONN |
|
|---|---|---|
| 26-66 | FG | 28-73 |
| 39.4 | Field Goal % | 38.4 |
| 2-19 | 3PT | 5-16 |
| 10.5 | Three Point % | 31.3 |
| 7-10 | FT | 8-17 |
| 70.0 | Free Throw % | 47.1 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 8 | Offensive Rebounds | 10 |
| 34 | Defensive Rebounds | 26 |
| 15 | Assists | 21 |
| 8 | Steals | 12 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 2 |
| 22 | Total Turnovers | 12 |
| 1 | Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 1 | Total Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 1 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 20 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 6 |
| 8 | Fast Break Points | 15 |
| 40 | Points in Paint | 42 |
| 14 | Fouls | 14 |
| 5 | Largest Lead | 11 |
Game Information
Location: Boston, MA
Attendance: 19,125 · Capacity:
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Dallas2023-24 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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