UNCASVILLE, Conn. — After the Connecticut Sun’s Game 3 semifinal loss to the Minnesota Lynx, Sun coach Stephanie White said her staff didn’t do a good enough job of getting players prepared. She said the Sun were outplayed, out-executed and, most of all, out-coached.
On Saturday, the lone day between Game 3 and Sunday’s Game 4, White and her assistants spent time dwelling on what they could change. Different lineup combinations were thrown out and debated. It wasn’t until around midnight, about 15 hours before the Sunday afternoon tip, that they settled on what to do. The solution: slide Ty Harris back into the starting lineup and move Marina Mabrey back to the sixth-player role.
Harris missed the conclusion of Connecticut’s first-round sweep over the Indiana Fever with an ankle injury. She has been limited in the semifinals. Back in the starting lineup Sunday night, she provided the Sun with a jolt, leading Connecticut to a 92-82 Game 4 victory with a team-high and career playoff-high 20 points to even the series 2-2.
As a result, the Sun and Lynx are heading to a fifth and final contest. Tuesday night’s Game 5 will decide who will play the New York Liberty in the 2024 WNBA Finals, which begin on Thursday.
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