Mystics 78-76 Sun (31 May, 2017) Play-by-Play

Connecticut Sun

1-5, 1-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CONN	21	11	25	19	76
WSH	19	15	25	19	78

Washington Mystics

4-2, 3-0 home

Tayler Hill misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jonquel Jones blocks Tayler Hill's layup
Krystal Thomas misses layup
Tierra Ruffin-Pratt misses 16-foot jumper
Tierra Ruffin-Pratt misses 17-foot jumper
Elena Delle Donne misses 13-foot jumper
Krystal Thomas misses layup
Tayler Hill misses 19-foot jumper
Elena Delle Donne misses 16-foot jumper
Jonquel Jones blocks Krystal Thomas's layup
Kristi Toliver makes 27-foot three point jumper (Tayler Hill assists)
Tayler Hill makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tierra Ruffin-Pratt assists)
Elena Delle Donne makes technical free throw
Tierra Ruffin-Pratt misses layup
Kristi Toliver misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tierra Ruffin-Pratt misses free throw 1 of 2
Tierra Ruffin-Pratt makes free throw 2 of 2
Tianna Hawkins misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kristi Toliver misses 20-foot jumper
Natasha Cloud makes 6-foot two point shot (Tayler Hill assists)
Natasha Cloud misses 24-foot three point jumper
Natasha Cloud makes two point shot
Tianna Hawkins makes free throw 1 of 2
Tianna Hawkins makes free throw 2 of 2
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes free throw 1 of 2
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes free throw 2 of 2
Ivory Latta makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
Ivory Latta misses 13-foot jumper
Tianna Hawkins makes 16-foot jumper
Lynetta Kizer blocks Ivory Latta 's 3-foot layup
Ivory Latta misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tianna Hawkins makes 19-foot jumper (Ivory Latta assists)
Elena Delle Donne misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tayler Hill misses 25-foot three point jumper
Elena Delle Donne misses jumper
Tierra Ruffin-Pratt makes layup
Elena Delle Donne makes layup (Tayler Hill assists)
Elena Delle Donne misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tayler Hill makes free throw 1 of 2
Tayler Hill makes free throw 2 of 2
Elena Delle Donne makes free throw 1 of 2
Elena Delle Donne makes free throw 2 of 2
Tayler Hill makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
Tayler Hill misses 26-foot three point jumper
Elena Delle Donne misses 9-foot jumper
Krystal Thomas makes layup (Tayler Hill assists)
Jonquel Jones blocks Elena Delle Donne 's 5-foot jumper
Krystal Thomas makes layup (Tayler Hill assists)
Tayler Hill misses 14-foot jumper
Kristi Toliver makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tayler Hill assists)
Tierra Ruffin-Pratt misses 27-foot three point jumper
Tierra Ruffin-Pratt makes 17-foot two point shot (Tayler Hill assists)
Tierra Ruffin-Pratt makes 14-foot jumper (Elena Delle Donne assists)
Elena Delle Donne makes 13-foot two point shot
Elena Delle Donne makes free throw 1 of 1
Tayler Hill misses layup
Tierra Ruffin-Pratt makes 13-foot jumper (Elena Delle Donne assists)
Tayler Hill makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tierra Ruffin-Pratt assists)
Tierra Ruffin-Pratt misses 6-foot jumper
Krystal Thomas makes layup (Elena Delle Donne assists)
Ivory Latta misses 27-foot three point jumper
Elena Delle Donne misses 14-foot jumper
Tayler Hill makes 21-foot jumper (Elena Delle Donne assists)
Natasha Cloud makes free throw 1 of 2
Natasha Cloud makes free throw 2 of 2
Elena Delle Donne misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 9-foot jumper
Elena Delle Donne misses layup
Tierra Ruffin-Pratt misses 15-foot jumper
Tayler Hill misses 27-foot three point jumper
Tierra Ruffin-Pratt misses 15-foot jumper
Ivory Latta makes free throw 1 of 2
Ivory Latta makes free throw 2 of 2
Tayler Hill misses free throw 1 of 2
Tayler Hill makes free throw 2 of 2
Jonquel Jones blocks Tierra Ruffin-Pratt 's 3-foot layup
Tierra Ruffin-Pratt misses 16-foot jumper
Elena Delle Donne makes free throw 1 of 2
Elena Delle Donne makes free throw 2 of 2
Krystal Thomas makes two point shot (Tierra Ruffin-Pratt assists)
Tayler Hill makes free throw 1 of 2
Tayler Hill makes free throw 2 of 2
Ivory Latta makes free throw 1 of 2
Ivory Latta makes free throw 2 of 2
Elena Delle Donne misses 12-foot jumper
Krystal Thomas misses free throw 1 of 2
Krystal Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2
Krystal Thomas makes 3-foot layup (Tayler Hill assists)
Elena Delle Donne misses 8-foot jumper
Tayler Hill makes free throw 1 of 2
Tayler Hill makes free throw 2 of 2
Elena Delle Donne makes layup (Ivory Latta assists)
Elena Delle Donne makes free throw 1 of 1
Ivory Latta misses 7-foot jumper
Alex Bentley makes two point shot
Jonquel Jones makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jasmine Thomas assists)
Alyssa Thomas misses 7-foot jumper
Shekinna Stricklen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alex Bentley assists)
Jonquel Jones makes 17-foot jumper (Alex Bentley assists)
Shekinna Stricklen makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jonquel Jones assists)
Jasmine Thomas misses 3-foot jumper
Jonquel Jones makes two point shot
Alex Bentley misses 11-foot jumper
Alex Bentley misses 18-foot jumper
Elena Delle Donne blocks Jonquel Jones's layup
Elena Delle Donne blocks Alyssa Thomas 's 2-foot layup
Jasmine Thomas misses 23-foot three point jumper
Tianna Hawkins blocks Lynetta Kizer 's 14-foot jumper
Lynetta Kizer makes 19-foot jumper (Jasmine Thomas assists)
Jasmine Thomas makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alex Bentley assists)
Jordan Hooper misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shekinna Stricklen misses 22-foot three point jumper
Jasmine Thomas misses 20-foot jumper
Jonquel Jones misses layup
Alex Bentley makes free throw 1 of 2
Alex Bentley misses free throw 2 of 2
Jonquel Jones misses 12-foot jumper
Jasmine Thomas misses 17-foot jumper
Jonquel Jones misses jumper
Lynetta Kizer misses 15-foot jumper
Courtney Williams makes 17-foot two point shot (Jasmine Thomas assists)
Jasmine Thomas makes 16-foot jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Jonquel Jones misses layup
Alyssa Thomas makes two point shot
Alex Bentley misses 15-foot jumper
Shekinna Stricklen misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shekinna Stricklen misses 15-foot jumper
Lynetta Kizer misses jumper
Lynetta Kizer makes two point shot
Jonquel Jones misses jumper
Alex Bentley makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jonquel Jones assists)
Lynetta Kizer misses 16-foot jumper
Lynetta Kizer misses 14-foot jumper
Alyssa Thomas makes 15-foot two point shot (Jasmine Thomas assists)
Shekinna Stricklen makes 24-foot step back jumpshot (Alex Bentley assists)
Alex Bentley makes two point shot
Alex Bentley misses free throw 1 of 1
Jonquel Jones makes layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Jasmine Thomas misses 13-foot jumper
Alex Bentley misses 18-foot jumper
Jasmine Thomas makes driving layup
Shekinna Stricklen misses 23-foot three point jumper
Lynetta Kizer makes layup
Courtney Williams misses 17-foot jumper
Lynetta Kizer makes free throw 1 of 2
Lynetta Kizer makes free throw 2 of 2
Jasmine Thomas makes driving layup
Jonquel Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jasmine Thomas misses 14-foot jumper
Jonquel Jones makes free throw 1 of 2
Jonquel Jones makes free throw 2 of 2
Courtney Williams makes 19-foot two point shot (Jasmine Thomas assists)
Lynetta Kizer makes layup (Jasmine Thomas assists)
Elena Delle Donne blocks Courtney Williams 's 15-foot jumper
Courtney Williams misses two point shot
Brionna Jones misses 4-foot jumper
Shekinna Stricklen makes 20-foot jumper (Lynetta Kizer assists)
Elena Delle Donne blocks Lynetta Kizer 's 1-foot layup
Lynetta Kizer misses layup
Shekinna Stricklen makes 24-foot three point jumper (Rachel Banham assists)
Shekinna Stricklen makes 26-foot three point jumper (Rachel Banham assists)
Brionna Jones misses layup
Brionna Jones misses layup
Jonquel Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
Lynetta Kizer makes layup
Jonquel Jones misses 9-foot jumper
Shekinna Stricklen misses 3-foot jumper
Alyssa Thomas makes 5-foot two point shot
Alyssa Thomas misses free throw 1 of 1
Jonquel Jones makes 26-foot three point jumper (Shekinna Stricklen assists)
Shekinna Stricklen makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Lynetta Kizer misses 11-foot jumper
Lynetta Kizer misses 5-foot jumper
Jonquel Jones misses 8-foot jumper
Elena Delle Donne blocks Courtney Williams 's 8-foot jumper
Alyssa Thomas makes layup (Alex Bentley assists)
Alex Bentley misses 15-foot jumper
Alyssa Thomas misses 6-foot jumper
Alex Bentley misses free throw 1 of 3
Alex Bentley makes free throw 2 of 3
Alex Bentley misses free throw 3 of 3
Krystal Thomas blocks Alyssa Thomas 's 3-foot layup

SUN

MYSTICS

TIME		CONN	WSH
10:00	Jonquel Jones vs. Krystal Thomas (Shekinna Stricklen gains possession)	0	0
9:44	Alex Bentley makes two point shot	2	0
9:26	Tayler Hill misses 25-foot three point jumper	2	0
9:25	Connecticut defensive team rebound	2	0
9:12	Jonquel Jones makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jasmine Thomas assists)	5	0
8:53	Jonquel Jones blocks Tayler Hill's layup	5	0
8:53	Washington offensive team rebound	5	0
8:48	Krystal Thomas misses layup	5	0
8:48	Shekinna Stricklen defensive rebound	5	0
8:36	Alyssa Thomas misses 7-foot jumper	5	0
8:34	Elena Delle Donne defensive rebound	5	0
8:18	Tierra Ruffin-Pratt misses 16-foot jumper	5	0
8:18	Alex Bentley defensive rebound	5	0
8:11	Shekinna Stricklen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alex Bentley assists)	8	0
8:11	Washington Full timeout	8	0
7:52	Tierra Ruffin-Pratt misses 17-foot jumper	8	0
7:50	Elena Delle Donne offensive rebound	8	0
7:47	Elena Delle Donne misses 13-foot jumper	8	0
7:47	Krystal Thomas offensive rebound	8	0
7:43	Krystal Thomas misses layup	8	0
7:43	Krystal Thomas offensive rebound	8	0
7:30	Tayler Hill misses 19-foot jumper	8	0
7:28	Jonquel Jones defensive rebound	8	0
7:15	Jonquel Jones makes 17-foot jumper (Alex Bentley assists)	10	0
6:56	Elena Delle Donne misses 16-foot jumper	10	0
6:54	Krystal Thomas offensive rebound	10	0
6:50	Jonquel Jones blocks Krystal Thomas's layup	10	0
6:50	Krystal Thomas offensive rebound	10	0
6:45	Kristi Toliver makes 27-foot three point jumper (Tayler Hill assists)	10	3
6:26	Shekinna Stricklen makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jonquel Jones assists)	13	3
6:09	Tayler Hill makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tierra Ruffin-Pratt assists)	13	6
5:52	Jasmine Thomas misses 3-foot jumper	13	6
5:50	Jonquel Jones offensive rebound	13	6
5:48	Jonquel Jones makes two point shot	15	6
5:37	Jonquel Jones defensive 3-seconds (Technical Foul)	15	7
5:37	Elena Delle Donne makes technical free throw	15	7
5:37	Tianna Hawkins enters the game for Krystal Thomas	15	7
5:31	Tierra Ruffin-Pratt misses layup	15	7
5:30	Tierra Ruffin-Pratt offensive rebound	15	7
5:26	Kristi Toliver misses 25-foot three point jumper	15	7
5:24	Jasmine Thomas defensive rebound	15	7
5:24	Tierra Ruffin-Pratt personal foul (Jasmine Thomas draws the foul)	15	7
5:09	Alex Bentley misses 11-foot jumper	15	7
5:09	Washington defensive team rebound	15	7
5:09	Jonquel Jones loose ball foul (Elena Delle Donne draws the foul)	15	7
4:47	Alyssa Thomas shooting foul (Tierra Ruffin-Pratt draws the foul)	15	7
4:47	Tierra Ruffin-Pratt misses free throw 1 of 2	15	7
4:47	Washington offensive team rebound	15	7
4:47	Tierra Ruffin-Pratt makes free throw 2 of 2	15	8
4:35	Tierra Ruffin-Pratt personal foul (Alyssa Thomas draws the foul)	15	8
4:26	Alex Bentley misses 18-foot jumper	15	8
4:26	Washington defensive team rebound	15	8
4:26	Natasha Cloud enters the game for Tierra Ruffin-Pratt	15	8
4:09	Tianna Hawkins misses 24-foot three point jumper	15	8
4:07	Shekinna Stricklen defensive rebound	15	8
4:01	Elena Delle Donne blocks Jonquel Jones's layup	15	8
4:01	Connecticut offensive team rebound	15	8
4:01	Lynetta Kizer enters the game for Jonquel Jones	15	8
3:57	Elena Delle Donne blocks Alyssa Thomas 's 2-foot layup	15	8
3:56	Lynetta Kizer offensive rebound	15	8
3:51	Jasmine Thomas misses 23-foot three point jumper	15	8
3:51	Washington defensive team rebound	15	8
3:51	Alyssa Thomas loose ball foul (Kristi Toliver draws the foul)	15	8
3:51	Jordan Hooper enters the game for Alyssa Thomas	15	8
3:33	Kristi Toliver misses 20-foot jumper	15	8
3:32	Lynetta Kizer defensive rebound	15	8
3:17	Tianna Hawkins blocks Lynetta Kizer 's 14-foot jumper	15	8
3:16	Elena Delle Donne defensive rebound	15	8
2:55	Natasha Cloud makes 6-foot two point shot (Tayler Hill assists)	15	10
2:39	Lynetta Kizer makes 19-foot jumper (Jasmine Thomas assists)	17	10
2:25	Tianna Hawkins bad pass (Lynetta Kizer steals)	17	10
2:06	Jasmine Thomas makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alex Bentley assists)	20	10
1:44	Natasha Cloud misses 24-foot three point jumper	20	10
1:43	Connecticut defensive team rebound	20	10
1:43	Ivory Latta enters the game for Kristi Toliver	20	10
1:31	Jordan Hooper misses 25-foot three point jumper	20	10
1:30	Natasha Cloud defensive rebound	20	10
1:24	Natasha Cloud makes two point shot	20	12
1:10	Shekinna Stricklen misses 22-foot three point jumper	20	12
1:09	Tayler Hill defensive rebound	20	12
1:05	Shekinna Stricklen shooting foul (Tianna Hawkins draws the foul)	20	12
1:05	Tianna Hawkins makes free throw 1 of 2	20	13
1:05	Jonquel Jones enters the game for Jordan Hooper	20	13
1:05	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough enters the game for Tayler Hill	20	13
1:05	Tianna Hawkins makes free throw 2 of 2	20	14
58.0	Elena Delle Donne personal foul (Lynetta Kizer draws the foul)	20	14
52.0	Jasmine Thomas misses 20-foot jumper	20	14
50.0	Jonquel Jones offensive rebound	20	14
48.0	Jonquel Jones misses layup	20	14
48.0	Jonquel Jones offensive rebound	20	14
47.0	Jonquel Jones bad pass (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough steals)	20	14
47.0	Alex Bentley personal foul (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough draws the foul)	20	15
47.0	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes free throw 1 of 2	20	15
47.0	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes free throw 2 of 2	20	16
36.0	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough shooting foul (Alex Bentley draws the foul)	20	16
36.0	Alex Bentley makes free throw 1 of 2	21	16
36.0	Alex Bentley misses free throw 2 of 2	21	16
35.0	Jonquel Jones offensive rebound	21	16
24.0	Jonquel Jones misses 12-foot jumper	21	16
23.0	Tianna Hawkins defensive rebound	21	16
1.0	Ivory Latta makes 25-foot step back jumpshot	21	19
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	21	19

Regular Season Series

CONN leads 2-1

Sun
76
Mystics
78

Game 1

31/5

Mystics
92
Sun
96

Game 2

9/7

Sun
-
Mystics
-

Game 3

29/7

Sun
86
Mystics
76

Game 3

30/8

Capital One Arena

4:30 PM, 31 May 2017

Washington, DC

Attendance: 5,393

Referees:
Tiara Cruse
Daryl Humphrey
Billy Smith

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New York	32	8	.800	-	L1
Connecticut	28	12	.700	4	W1
Indiana	20	20	.500	12	L1
Atlanta	15	25	.375	17	W3
Washington	14	26	.350	18	W1
Chicago	13	27	.325	19	L5

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