On Tuesday evening, two teams punched their tickets to the WNBA semifinals, as and in their respective first round series. On Wednesday, the , as they were able to complete their 2-0 series victory over the Indiana Fever with a wildly entertaining, 87-81 win. The Fever started the game on fire, racing out to a 14-6 lead and locking in on both sides of the floor.
But over the final 3:05 of the first, Connecticut was able to get into a groove. The shots started falling, which let them set their defense, which knocked Indiana completely out of the rhythm that it found early in the game. As a result, the Sun were able to close the period out on an 11-0 run, and took a 17-14 lead into the second.
ENERGYYY 😤 Alyssa Thomas takes it coast-to-coast and finishes with authority at the rim presented by — WNBA (@WNBA) MONEY MABREY CASHES IN 🤑 The Connecticut Sun are on a 9-1 run over the last 1:48 on ESPN presented by — WNBA (@WNBA) Connecticut continued its run to kick off the second quarter, as they got their lead up to as many as 10 points by starting things off with a 9-2 spurt. And while Indiana was able to settle in after that and keep the Sun from going into the locker room at halftime with an even bigger lead, they struggled to hit shots or get out and run. It meant Connecticut found itself with a 41-34 lead at the break, with all seven players who took the floor scoring at least four points, led by nine from Marina Mabrey.
For the Fever, Caitlin Clark’s 14 points, fou.
