The Connecticut Sun needed all three games to eliminate the Minnesota Lynx, but after a 90-75 win on the road in Game 3 they have advanced. Alyssa Thomas and DeWanna Bonner, the team’s two best players all season long, stepped up in Game 3 to combine for 53 points, 16 rebounds and 18 assists and ensure their season continued..
Now, the Sun are on to the semifinals for the fifth consecutive season, which ties the Las Vegas Aces for the longest active such streak. There, they will face the New York Liberty, who swept the Washington Mystics in the first round. The Liberty swept the four head-to-head games this season, but the Sun are not going to go down without a fight. That series will get underway on Sunday afternoon in New York.
(3) Connecticut Sun def. (6) Minnesota Lynx, 2-1
Game 1: Sun 90, Lynx 60 (Sun lead 1-0)
Game 2: Lynx 82, Sun 75 (Series tied 1-1)
Game 3: Sun 90, Lynx 75 (Sun win series 2-1)
Players to watch
Sun: Alyssa Thomas
Perhaps no player in the league means quite as much to their team as Thomas, who put together a historic and unique season as she became the triple-double queen and single-handedly led the Sun to the No. 3 seed. When she was on the floor this season, the Sun had a plus-7.5…
