Connecticut Sun 75 - Seattle Storm 70

Después de ir perdiendo durante los primeros 39 minutos, la tormenta aún tenía una oportunidad para llevarse la victoria en Connecticut el viernes por la noche, pero no pudo llegar a el disparo necesario para empatar o tomar la delantera al final del partido. Por tanto con un resultado de 19 abajo en un momento dado, las Storm se unieron detrás de la energía proporcionada por Swin Cash, que hizo un perfecto 12 de 12 en la línea de tiros libres y anotó 25 puntos. Cash fue fundamental en el 15-2 de inicio para terminar el tercer cuarto que acortando la distancia en el marcador.

Dos veces en el último minuto, la tormenta asumió hasta dos o tres. En ambas ocasiones, Sue Bird fallo los disparos que pudo haber empatado el marcador. A falta de 4,2 segundos por jugarse y tras fallar Sue el triple que hubiera empatado el partido las storm pidieron falta de Asjha Jones, pero los árbitros no estuvieron de acuerdo y pitaron falta de Camille Little concediendo dos tiros libres a Kalana Greene. El partido acabó con la victoria 75-70 de Connecticut Sun. Tina Charles anotó 20 puntos y cogió 10 rebotes, mientras que Lawson anotó 16 y Renee Montgomery 10 puntos y 8 asistencias. Camille Little y Willingham Le'Coe anotó 10 puntos cada uno para las Storm, que tiro 3 de 21 (14,3%) desde la línea de tres puntos.

Artículo relacionado: Game at a Glance - Connecticut 75, Storm 70 (WNBA.com/storm)

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PostGame Quotes: Brian Agler, Sue Bird, Swin Cash / Mike Thibault, Kara Lawson, Asjha Jones

SUE BIRD

On two different halves:

That’s kind of the story with this team right now. It’s a little bit of the tale of two halves or tale of two teams. When we are clicking defensively and getting stops and able to run and get our offense off of that, that is when we are at our best. We just had some lapses in the first half where we let them get those leads. Then we had to try to turn it back up. That was the story for us tonight. We talked about that after the game. We know we cannot succeed playing that way. So it has been addressed and now we just need to keep improving.

On Cash's performance:

Swin played great tonight. She was aggressive in getting on the block and taking advantage of the mismatch that she was finding down there. She was really the one that was making us go tonight. Unfortunately, at some point, more of us have to step up. When she comes out of the game for a rest or for a switch in the rotation, it’s up to the rest of us to keep things going. It’s unfortunate because we had some opportunities tonight. With everything being said and done, we had some opportunities that we didn’t take advantage of. To me, that’s the reason why we lost.

On the Storm's resilience:

Of course, there is something to be said about a team that can come back, but there also needs to be something said about why we are falling behind like that. I think that is what we are going to focus on in trying to improve. However, if you give yourself a chance to win on the road like we did tonight, like I said, there is something to be said about that.