The Connecticut Sun (21-10) have been one of the WNBA’s best teams for the vast majority of the 2023 regular season, keeping pace with the Las Vegas Aces (28-4) and New York Liberty (25-7) near the top of the league’s standings through early August. At times, it seemed as if they were in a position to perhaps even surpass the Liberty, which would be quite the feat given the difference in star-level talent between the two teams.
Recently, though, the Sun have fallen off. Connecticut has lost its last three games—the team’s first three-game losing streak since 2021—and with nine games remaining in the regular season, the Sun are running out of time to catch the second-place Liberty in the standings.
The loss of Brionna Jones is catching up to Connecticut
A third-place finish, to be clear, would certainly not be seen as a failure for the Sun, especially after an early-season injury to starting center Brionna Jones forced the team into a major starting…
