In their 11 games since the Olympic break, the Connecticut Sun are 7-4, a solid record that most teams would sign up for, but, in context with their 12-1 start to the season, below the standard expected from this squad. On Sunday, Connecticut avoided their first three-game losing streak of the season, defeating the Sparks 79-67 in Los Angeles.
The Connecticut Sun displayed a balanced attack in their win over the Sparks!
Jones: 21 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST, 2 BLK
Carrington: 19 PTS, 5 STL, 9-14 FG
Thomas: 12 PTS, 10 REB, 11 ASTToday marks Alyssa Thomas’s 3rd triple-double of the szn and 11th of her career #WelcometotheW pic.twitter.com/zLNmnr88Yc
— WNBA (@WNBA) September 9, 2024
Prior to Sunday, the Sun had struggled to put the ball in the basket of late, scoring 64 and 67 points, respectively, in consecutive home losses to the Seattle Storm and Las Vegas Aces. The cliché is, “Defense wins championships.” But for the Sun’s top-ranked defense (94.5 defensive rating) to deliver the franchise’s first title to Uncasville, the team must establish a baseline level of offensive consistency. Can they make that happen?
Two potential players stand out as particularly determinative: Marina Mabrey and Alyssa Thomas.
Mabrey, Mabrey not
The midseason acquisition of Marina…
