On Sunday, one of the WNBA’s superteams, the New York Liberty, gave up a 19-point lead and lost, while another, the Las Vegas Aces, overcame a 10-point deficit and won.
Are the Connecticut Sun, a team that lost its leading scorer and rebounder from last season, poised to move into first place in ESPN’s WNBA Power Rankings?
The Aces are still No. 1 in our Week 3 rankings, but by just a hair over the Sun. They’ll meet twice this week in Connecticut. And by this time next week, we could have a change at the top.
The Sun no longer have former MVP Jonquel Jones (now with New York) or longtime coach Curt Miller (now with the Los Angeles Sparks), but Alyssa Thomas, DeWanna Bonner and Brionna Jones are still going strong for them. Thomas has put herself in the early MVP discussion after several strong performances, including Friday’s 16-point, 16-assist, nine-rebound game.
In five of the Sun’s seven games, Thomas has at least 10 points, 10 rebounds and five assists. In all, she has 28 such games in her WNBA career, according to ESPN Sports & Information research,…
