The Connecticut Sun (12-3) will host the New York Liberty (9-3) Tuesday in the second matchup of the season between the two teams, and it’s a big one, with Connecticut currently sitting 1.5 games ahead of New York for second place in the WNBA standings. The game will be broadcast on NBA TV and tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET.
The Sun are one of the WNBA’s hottest teams, having won four straight games, and would do well to put another game in between themselves and the Liberty in the standings. They’ll be attempting to do so without starting center Brionna Jones, however, who ruptured her right Achilles tendon last week and will miss the remainder of the 2023 season. Jones, one of the WNBA’s most formidable back-to-the-basket centers, was averaging career highs across the board when she got injured — 15.9 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.8 steals per game — and her production will be difficult to replace.
Fortunately for Connecticut, Alyssa Thomas is playing better than ever. Sun head coach Stephanie White has used Thomas as a small-ball center since Jones went down, and the results thus far have been spectacular: Thomas recently recorded a massive triple-double against the Chicago Sky, racking up 14 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists (and only one…
