Sun 80-74 Mystics (21 May, 2023) Play-by-Play

Washington Mystics

1-1, 0-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
WSH	24	14	20	16	74
CONN	14	20	23	23	80

Connecticut Sun

2-0, 1-0 home

Brionna Jones makes layup (DeWanna Bonner assists)
Natisha Hiedeman misses 23-foot three point jumper
Natisha Hiedeman misses 25-foot three point jumper
Alyssa Thomas misses driving floating jump shot
DeWanna Bonner misses finger roll layup
DeWanna Bonner misses layup
Tiffany Hayes misses jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shakira Austin blocks Brionna Jones 's 5-foot layup
Natisha Hiedeman makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Natasha Cloud blocks Tiffany Hayes's driving layup
Tiffany Hayes misses 22-foot three point jumper
Elena Delle Donne blocks Natisha Hiedeman 's 7-foot layup
Tiffany Hayes makes 25-foot three point jumper (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
Alyssa Thomas makes layup (Brionna Jones assists)
Tiffany Hayes makes layup
Rebecca Allen misses 23-foot three point jumper
Tiffany Hayes misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
Tiffany Hayes misses 21-foot jumper
Rebecca Allen misses layup
Natisha Hiedeman misses 25-foot three point jumper
Alyssa Thomas makes jump bank shot (Tyasha Harris assists)
Elena Delle Donne blocks Alyssa Thomas 's 5-foot layup
Natisha Hiedeman makes layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
DeWanna Bonner makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Olivia Nelson-Ododa makes 10-foot pullup jump shot
Rebecca Allen makes 25-foot three point jumper (DeWanna Bonner assists)
DeWanna Bonner makes driving layup
DeWanna Bonner makes layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Alyssa Thomas misses 8-foot pullup jump shot
DeWanna Bonner misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
DeWanna Bonner misses layup
Tiffany Hayes misses 24-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes two point shot
Alyssa Thomas misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
DeWanna Bonner misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
Tiffany Hayes misses 3-foot two point shot
Alyssa Thomas makes two point shot
Brionna Jones misses driving layup
Alyssa Thomas misses 11-foot two point shot
DeWanna Bonner misses 6-foot two point shot
Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
Tiffany Hayes makes driving layup (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
DeWanna Bonner makes driving layup (Brionna Jones assists)
DeWanna Bonner misses 24-foot three point jumper
Brionna Jones makes 17-foot jumper (Tiffany Hayes assists)
Natisha Hiedeman makes 20-foot step back jumpshot
Alyssa Thomas misses 5-foot jumper
Rebecca Allen misses three point jumper
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough blocks Natisha Hiedeman 's 17-foot jumper
Brionna Jones makes layup (Tiffany Hayes assists)
Brionna Jones misses layup
Natisha Hiedeman misses 13-foot jumper
Tyasha Harris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Tyasha Harris misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
DeWanna Bonner misses 24-foot three point shot
Brionna Jones makes 9-foot two point shot
Alyssa Thomas misses driving layup
DeWanna Bonner misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Tyasha Harris misses 23-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes 12-foot two point shot
Rebecca Allen makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Brionna Jones misses layup
DeWanna Bonner misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
Tyasha Harris misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Alyssa Thomas makes 17-foot jumper (Brionna Jones assists)
Rebecca Allen misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rebecca Allen misses 20-foot jumper
Elena Delle Donne makes 10-foot two point shot (Ariel Atkins assists)
Shakira Austin makes layup (Ariel Atkins assists)
Brittney Sykes misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Elena Delle Donne misses 7-foot jumper
Elena Delle Donne makes layup (Shakira Austin assists)
Shakira Austin makes layup
Brittney Sykes makes finger roll layup
Elena Delle Donne makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
Shakira Austin misses layup
Ariel Atkins misses 25-foot three point jumper
Elena Delle Donne misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
Natasha Cloud makes driving layup (Amanda Zahui B. assists)
Rebecca Allen blocks Tianna Hawkins 's 5-foot layup
Amanda Zahui B. misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 25-foot three point jumper
Olivia Nelson-Ododa blocks Natasha Cloud 's 9-foot jumper
Amanda Zahui B. makes three point shot (Brittney Sykes assists)
Brittney Sykes misses 20-foot jumper
Elena Delle Donne makes layup (Ariel Atkins assists)
Amanda Zahui B. misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brittney Sykes misses driving layup
Amanda Zahui B. misses driving layup
Kristi Toliver misses 22-foot three point jumper
Elena Delle Donne misses 7-foot pullup jump shot
Shakira Austin makes layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
Ariel Atkins misses 27-foot three point jumper
Elena Delle Donne makes 24-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Natasha Cloud misses 8-foot two point shot
Olivia Nelson-Ododa blocks Shakira Austin 's 15-foot pullup jump shot
Natasha Cloud misses 24-foot three point jumper
Elena Delle Donne misses driving layup
Ariel Atkins makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
Tianna Hawkins misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tianna Hawkins makes driving layup (Brittney Sykes assists)
Elena Delle Donne misses 27-foot three point jumper
Ariel Atkins misses 25-foot three point jumper
Natasha Cloud makes 19-foot jumper
Shakira Austin makes driving layup (Elena Delle Donne assists)
Shakira Austin makes two point shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
Elena Delle Donne misses driving layup
Ariel Atkins makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Brittney Sykes assists)
Shakira Austin makes 10-foot two point shot
Natasha Cloud makes driving layup
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shakira Austin makes driving layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
Shakira Austin misses 5-foot jumper
Ariel Atkins misses pullup jump shot
Elena Delle Donne misses 6-foot jumper
Kristi Toliver makes 26-foot three point jumper (Brittney Sykes assists)
Tianna Hawkins misses driving layup
Kristi Toliver misses 31-foot three point jumper
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Natasha Cloud misses 24-foot three point jumper
Elena Delle Donne makes layup (Shakira Austin assists)
Ariel Atkins misses 10-foot two point shot
Shakira Austin makes driving layup
Shakira Austin makes driving layup
Natasha Cloud misses 24-foot three point jumper
Elena Delle Donne misses 24-foot three point jumper
Elena Delle Donne makes layup (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 24-foot three point jumper
Elena Delle Donne misses 12-foot two point shot
Shakira Austin misses 18-foot jumper
Shakira Austin makes 7-foot two point shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
Natasha Cloud misses driving layup
Ariel Atkins misses 27-foot three point jumper
Elena Delle Donne misses jumper
Natasha Cloud makes driving layup
Ariel Atkins misses 24-foot three point jumper

MYSTICS

SUN

TIME		WSH	CONN
10:00	Shakira Austin vs. Brionna Jones (Ariel Atkins gains possession)	0	0
9:48	Natisha Hiedeman personal foul	0	0
9:39	Elena Delle Donne makes 10-foot two point shot (Ariel Atkins assists)	2	0
9:27	Shakira Austin shooting foul	2	0
9:27	Tiffany Hayes misses free throw 1 of 2	2	0
9:27	Sun offensive team rebound	2	0
9:27	Tiffany Hayes makes free throw 2 of 2	2	1
9:07	Shakira Austin makes layup (Ariel Atkins assists)	4	1
9:07	Alyssa Thomas shooting foul	4	1
9:07	Shakira Austin misses free throw 1 of 1	4	1
9:03	Brionna Jones defensive rebound	4	1
8:48	Brionna Jones makes layup (DeWanna Bonner assists)	4	3
8:36	Brittney Sykes misses 16-foot pullup jump shot	4	3
8:33	Natisha Hiedeman defensive rebound	4	3
8:23	Natisha Hiedeman misses 23-foot three point jumper	4	3
8:19	Elena Delle Donne defensive rebound	4	3
8:11	Elena Delle Donne misses 7-foot jumper	4	3
8:07	Shakira Austin offensive rebound	4	3
8:06	Elena Delle Donne makes layup (Shakira Austin assists)	6	3
7:42	Natisha Hiedeman misses 25-foot three point jumper	6	3
7:39	Brittney Sykes defensive rebound	6	3
7:35	Tiffany Hayes shooting foul	6	3
7:35	Brittney Sykes makes free throw 1 of 2	7	3
7:35	Brittney Sykes makes free throw 2 of 2	8	3
7:22	Alyssa Thomas misses driving floating jump shot	8	3
7:20	Elena Delle Donne defensive rebound	8	3
7:12	Shakira Austin makes layup	10	3
6:51	DeWanna Bonner misses finger roll layup	10	3
6:48	Shakira Austin defensive rebound	10	3
6:43	Natasha Cloud bad pass (Alyssa Thomas steals)	10	3
6:35	DeWanna Bonner misses layup	10	3
6:30	Elena Delle Donne defensive rebound	10	3
6:16	Natasha Cloud bad pass (Brionna Jones steals)	10	3
6:09	Tiffany Hayes misses jumper	10	3
6:08	Mystics defensive team rebound	10	3
6:08	Brionna Jones loose ball foul	10	3
5:53	Brittney Sykes makes finger roll layup	12	3
5:40	Sun Full timeout	12	3
5:34	DeWanna Bonner misses 24-foot three point jumper	12	3
5:31	Shakira Austin defensive rebound	12	3
5:16	Elena Delle Donne makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Natasha Cloud assists)	14	3
5:00	Shakira Austin blocks Brionna Jones 's 5-foot layup	14	3
4:57	Sun offensive team rebound	14	3
4:49	Natisha Hiedeman makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)	14	5
4:36	DeWanna Bonner personal foul	14	5
4:36	Ariel Atkins makes free throw 1 of 2	15	5
4:36	Ariel Atkins makes free throw 2 of 2	16	5
4:25	Alyssa Thomas bad pass (Natasha Cloud steals)	16	5
4:16	Shakira Austin misses layup	16	5
4:14	Alyssa Thomas defensive rebound	16	5
4:10	Natasha Cloud blocks Tiffany Hayes's driving layup	16	5
4:09	Tiffany Hayes offensive rebound	16	5
4:00	Tiffany Hayes misses 22-foot three point jumper	16	5
4:00	Sun offensive team rebound	16	5
4:00	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough enters the game for Brittney Sykes	16	5
3:53	Elena Delle Donne blocks Natisha Hiedeman 's 7-foot layup	16	5
3:51	Shakira Austin defensive rebound	16	5
3:43	Ariel Atkins misses 25-foot three point jumper	16	5
3:39	DeWanna Bonner defensive rebound	16	5
3:31	Tiffany Hayes makes 25-foot three point jumper (Natisha Hiedeman assists)	16	8
3:12	Elena Delle Donne misses 10-foot pullup jump shot	16	8
3:11	DeWanna Bonner defensive rebound	16	8
3:11	Shakira Austin personal foul	16	8
3:11	Rebecca Allen enters the game for DeWanna Bonner	16	8
3:11	Kristi Toliver enters the game for Ariel Atkins	16	8
3:11	Tianna Hawkins enters the game for Shakira Austin	16	8
2:58	Alyssa Thomas makes layup (Brionna Jones assists)	16	10
2:43	Rebecca Allen personal foul	16	10
2:43	Elena Delle Donne makes free throw 1 of 2	17	10
2:43	Elena Delle Donne makes free throw 2 of 2	18	10
2:28	Tianna Hawkins shooting foul	18	10
2:28	Brionna Jones makes free throw 1 of 2	18	11
2:28	Amanda Zahui B. enters the game for Elena Delle Donne	18	11
2:28	Brionna Jones makes free throw 2 of 2	18	12
2:16	Natasha Cloud makes driving layup (Amanda Zahui B. assists)	20	12
2:16	Brionna Jones shooting foul	20	12
2:16	Olivia Nelson-Ododa enters the game for Brionna Jones	20	12
2:16	Natasha Cloud makes free throw 1 of 1	21	12
1:59	Tiffany Hayes traveling	21	12
1:59	Sun delay of game violation	21	12
1:44	Rebecca Allen blocks Tianna Hawkins 's 5-foot layup	21	12
1:40	Olivia Nelson-Ododa defensive rebound	21	12
1:36	Tiffany Hayes makes layup	21	14
1:26	Amanda Zahui B. misses 24-foot three point jumper	21	14
1:22	Alyssa Thomas defensive rebound	21	14
1:15	Rebecca Allen misses 23-foot three point jumper	21	14
1:10	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough defensive rebound	21	14
1:03	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 25-foot three point jumper	21	14
59.2	Natisha Hiedeman defensive rebound	21	14
51.1	Tiffany Hayes misses 21-foot pullup jump shot	21	14
49.0	Tianna Hawkins defensive rebound	21	14
38.0	Olivia Nelson-Ododa blocks Natasha Cloud 's 9-foot jumper	21	14
33.1	Natasha Cloud vs. Olivia Nelson-Ododa (Tiffany Hayes gains possession)	21	14
33.1	Sun defensive team rebound	21	14
31.1	Kristi Toliver personal foul	21	14
31.1	Brittney Sykes enters the game for Natasha Cloud	21	14
25.1	Tiffany Hayes misses 21-foot jumper	21	14
21.1	Brittney Sykes defensive rebound	21	14
4.0	Amanda Zahui B. makes three point shot (Brittney Sykes assists)	24	14
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	24	14

Regular Season Series

CONN wins 4-0

Mystics
74
Sun
80

Game 1

21/5

Sun
88
Mystics
81

Game 2

24/5

Mystics
84
Sun
92

Game 3

9/7

Sun
68
Mystics
64

Game 4

23/8

Mohegan Sun Arena

6:00 PM, 21 May 2023

Uncasville, CT

Attendance: 7,048

Referees:
Jeff Smith
Amy Bonner
Kelly Broomfield

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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