Another double dose of Commissioner’s Cup games are on deck on Friday night.
In the Eastern Conference, the Atlanta Dream travel to Connecticut to take on the Sun at 7:30 p.m. ET, while the Western Conference will see the Los Angeles Sparks visit the Dallas Wings at 9:30 p.m. ET. Both games will be broadcast on ION.
For the Sun and Wings, the games’ Cup stakes matter little. Both struggling squads are desperate for any kind of win. Here’s more on the issues in Connecticut and Dallas, and whether anything might change on Friday night.
The Dream and the nightmare
One of the best scoring teams of the league meets one of the worst defending teams in the W. The outcome of this one seems certain.
In Europe, head coach Rachid Meziane was a paragon of versatility, as he was able to build successful teams around bigs (Emma Meesseman in Belgium) and explosive wings (Kamiah Smalls in Lille). Now, he seems to be way over his head in Connecticut. The over reliance on 3-point shooting is a high-risk, low-reward strategy. The Sun are making 29 percent of their 3s and are…
