The Connecticut Sun wanted a sweep of their WNBA first-round series against the Minnesota Lynx. But having to go the distance and win a decisive Game 3 on the road Wednesday brought out the best in Sun standouts Alyssa Thomas and DeWanna Bonner.
They led the way in a 90-75 victory at Target Center in Minneapolis as the Sun advanced to the WNBA semifinals for the fifth consecutive year.
“The common denominator in all of them is Alyssa Thomas,” Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve said of the forward who has spent her 10-season career in Connecticut. “I don’t know of a player with a greater will to win. That’s a player who just puts her team on her back. I’m super excited that I get a chance to be on her side when we are with USA Basketball.”
Reeve will be coach of the U.S. national team for the 2024 Olympics. Thomas has not played on an Olympic team yet, although she was on the U.S. team that won the FIBA World Cup last year. Thomas has had an MVP-level season this year in the WNBA, and her performance Wednesday was more of the same.
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