Sun 92-84 Mystics (9 Jul, 2023) Play-by-Play

Washington Mystics

10-8, 4-6 away

	1	2	3	4	T
WSH	16	25	25	18	84
CONN	18	28	19	27	92

Connecticut Sun

14-5, 7-3 home

Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup
Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup
Rebecca Allen misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
Tiffany Hayes makes layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
DeWanna Bonner misses 23-foot three point jumper
Rebecca Allen misses 18-foot jumper
Natisha Hiedeman makes 12-foot two point shot
DeWanna Bonner makes 20-foot jumper
Rebecca Allen misses 25-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses 21-foot jumper
Alyssa Thomas makes 3-foot layup (Rebecca Allen assists)
Tiffany Hayes misses 23-foot three point jumper
Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup (DeWanna Bonner assists)
Alyssa Thomas misses 3-foot two point shot
DiJonai Carrington misses driving layup
DeWanna Bonner makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rebecca Allen assists)
DiJonai Carrington misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
Tianna Hawkins blocks Natisha Hiedeman 's 4-foot driving layup
DiJonai Carrington makes 26-foot three point jumper (Rebecca Allen assists)
Rebecca Allen makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Queen Egbo blocks Alyssa Thomas 's 4-foot jumper
Tyasha Harris misses 15-foot jumper
Alyssa Thomas makes 13-foot jumper (Tiffany Hayes assists)
Natisha Hiedeman makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
Alyssa Thomas makes two point shot
Alyssa Thomas makes 10-foot two point shot (DeWanna Bonner assists)
Brittney Sykes blocks DeWanna Bonner 's 5-foot layup
DeWanna Bonner misses three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tyasha Harris assists)
Alyssa Thomas misses 9-foot pullup jump shot
DeWanna Bonner misses 29-foot three point jumper
Tiffany Hayes makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
DeWanna Bonner makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
DiJonai Carrington makes 3-foot layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
DeWanna Bonner makes 26-foot three point jumper
Natisha Hiedeman misses 28-foot three point jumper
Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup
Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup
Rebecca Allen makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tiffany Hayes assists)
Rebecca Allen misses pullup jump shot
Tyasha Harris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Tyasha Harris misses 22-foot pullup jump shot
DiJonai Carrington misses 26-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses driving layup
DeWanna Bonner misses 27-foot three point jumper
DiJonai Carrington makes 24-foot three point jumper (DeWanna Bonner assists)
Tyasha Harris misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
DiJonai Carrington misses layup
Alyssa Thomas misses driving layup
DeWanna Bonner misses 25-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses layup
Tyasha Harris makes three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes 28-foot three point jumper (Tyasha Harris assists)
Tyasha Harris makes 17-foot step back jumpshot
Tiffany Hayes makes 21-foot two point shot
DeWanna Bonner misses 18-foot two point shot
Rebecca Allen makes 25-foot three pointer
Rebecca Allen misses 27-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes 16-foot two point shot (Tyasha Harris assists)
DeWanna Bonner makes 26-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
DeWanna Bonner makes 28-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Alyssa Thomas makes 21-foot two point shot (DeWanna Bonner assists)
DeWanna Bonner misses layup
DeWanna Bonner misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ariel Atkins blocks Tyasha Harris 's 6-foot driving layup
Elena Delle Donne misses pullup jump shot
Tianna Hawkins misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Ariel Atkins misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
Brittney Sykes misses 24-foot three point jumper
Elena Delle Donne misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brittney Sykes assists)
Tianna Hawkins misses driving layup
Tianna Hawkins makes layup (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)
Brittney Sykes misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Li Meng makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brittney Sykes assists)
Tianna Hawkins makes 3-foot layup (Myisha Hines-Allen assists)
Tianna Hawkins makes 4-foot layup (Ariel Atkins assists)
Tianna Hawkins makes driving layup (Ariel Atkins assists)
Li Meng misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes driving layup (Ariel Atkins assists)
Queen Egbo makes driving layup (Brittney Sykes assists)
Brittney Sykes makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
Elena Delle Donne misses jumper
Queen Egbo makes layup (Elena Delle Donne assists)
Ariel Atkins misses 26-foot three point jumper
Linnae Harper makes 8-foot jumper
Brittney Sykes makes driving layup (Elena Delle Donne assists)
Brittney Sykes makes layup
Linnae Harper makes 20-foot jumper (Brittney Sykes assists)
Brittney Sykes makes driving layup
Brittney Sykes makes two point shot
Ariel Atkins misses 24-foot three point jumper
Myisha Hines-Allen makes 7-foot two point shot (Li Meng assists)
Ariel Atkins misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brittney Sykes misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Myisha Hines-Allen misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes 18-foot jumper (Brittney Sykes assists)
Brittney Sykes misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Myisha Hines-Allen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ariel Atkins assists)
Myisha Hines-Allen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brittney Sykes assists)
Tianna Hawkins makes driving layup (Brittney Sykes assists)
Tianna Hawkins makes driving layup (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)
Tianna Hawkins makes driving layup (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)
Ariel Atkins makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Tianna Hawkins assists)
Ariel Atkins misses 24-foot three point jumper
Queen Egbo misses 7-foot jumper
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 23-foot three point jumper
Tianna Hawkins makes three point jumper (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)
Tianna Hawkins makes driving layup (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)
Queen Egbo misses driving layup
Myisha Hines-Allen misses 29-foot three point jumper
Ariel Atkins makes two point shot
Alyssa Thomas blocks Queen Egbo's jumper
Myisha Hines-Allen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Queen Egbo assists)
Li Meng misses 24-foot three point jumper
Brittney Sykes misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Ariel Atkins makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
Tianna Hawkins makes driving layup (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)
Ariel Atkins makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tianna Hawkins assists)
Brittney Sykes makes two point shot
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Myisha Hines-Allen misses finger roll layup
Ariel Atkins misses 27-foot three point jumper
Myisha Hines-Allen misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Brittney Sykes misses 7-foot jumper
Queen Egbo makes two point shot

MYSTICS

SUN

TIME		WSH	CONN
10:00	Brittney Sykes vs. DeWanna Bonner (Alyssa Thomas gains possession)	0	0
9:54	Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup	0	2
9:28	shot clock turnover	0	2
9:14	Elena Delle Donne shooting foul	0	2
9:14	DeWanna Bonner misses free throw 1 of 2	0	2
9:14	Sun offensive team rebound	0	2
9:14	DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 2 of 2	0	3
8:53	Elena Delle Donne misses pullup jump shot	0	3
8:50	Natisha Hiedeman defensive rebound	0	3
8:39	Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup	0	5
8:21	Tianna Hawkins misses 15-foot pullup jump shot	0	5
8:19	DeWanna Bonner defensive rebound	0	5
8:06	Rebecca Allen misses 24-foot step back jumpshot	0	5
8:03	Brittney Sykes defensive rebound	0	5
7:57	Ariel Atkins misses 11-foot pullup jump shot	0	5
7:55	Alyssa Thomas defensive rebound	0	5
7:49	Tiffany Hayes makes layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)	0	7
7:28	Brittney Sykes misses 24-foot three point jumper	0	7
7:25	Rebecca Allen defensive rebound	0	7
7:18	Alyssa Thomas lost ball turnover (Elena Delle Donne steals)	0	7
7:12	Elena Delle Donne out of bounds bad pass turnover	0	7
6:53	DeWanna Bonner misses 23-foot three point jumper	0	7
6:52	Ariel Atkins defensive rebound	0	7
6:50	Rebecca Allen personal foul	0	7
6:37	Brittney Sykes out of bounds bad pass turnover	0	7
6:15	Ariel Atkins shooting foul	0	7
6:15	Tiffany Hayes misses free throw 1 of 2	0	7
6:15	Sun offensive team rebound	0	7
6:15	Tiffany Hayes misses free throw 2 of 2	0	7
6:13	Ariel Atkins defensive rebound	0	7
6:04	Alyssa Thomas personal foul	0	7
5:57	Elena Delle Donne misses 17-foot pullup jump shot	0	7
5:56	Natisha Hiedeman defensive rebound	0	7
5:46	Rebecca Allen misses 18-foot jumper	0	7
5:42	Elena Delle Donne defensive rebound	0	7
5:35	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brittney Sykes assists)	3	7
5:24	Natisha Hiedeman makes 12-foot two point shot	3	9
5:09	Tianna Hawkins misses driving layup	3	9
5:08	Tiffany Hayes defensive rebound	3	9
5:08	Ariel Atkins personal foul	3	9
5:08	Li Meng enters the game for Ariel Atkins	3	9
4:53	Alyssa Thomas bad pass (Elena Delle Donne steals)	3	9
4:49	Tianna Hawkins makes layup (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)	5	9
4:31	DeWanna Bonner makes 20-foot jumper	5	11
4:13	Official timeout	5	11
4:12	Elena Delle Donne vs. Alyssa Thomas (Brittney Sykes gains possession)	5	11
4:12	Tiffany Hayes personal foul	5	11
4:03	Brittney Sykes misses 18-foot pullup jump shot	5	11
4:01	Alyssa Thomas defensive rebound	5	11
3:42	Rebecca Allen misses 25-foot three point jumper	5	11
3:40	Li Meng defensive rebound	5	11
3:40	Li Meng out of bounds lost ball turnover	5	11
3:27	DeWanna Bonner misses 21-foot jumper	5	11
3:26	Rebecca Allen offensive rebound	5	11
3:21	Alyssa Thomas makes 3-foot layup (Rebecca Allen assists)	5	13
3:05	Li Meng makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brittney Sykes assists)	8	13
2:47	Tiffany Hayes misses 23-foot three point jumper	8	13
2:47	Sun offensive team rebound	8	13
2:47	Li Meng loose ball foul	8	13
2:47	Ariel Atkins enters the game for Elena Delle Donne	8	13
2:47	Myisha Hines-Allen enters the game for Brittney Sykes	8	13
2:35	Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup (DeWanna Bonner assists)	8	15
2:28	Tiffany Hayes personal foul	8	15
2:28	DiJonai Carrington enters the game for Tiffany Hayes	8	15
2:17	Tianna Hawkins makes 3-foot layup (Myisha Hines-Allen assists)	10	15
1:57	Alyssa Thomas misses 3-foot two point shot	10	15
1:55	Myisha Hines-Allen defensive rebound	10	15
1:47	Tianna Hawkins makes 4-foot layup (Ariel Atkins assists)	12	15
1:25	DiJonai Carrington misses driving layup	12	15
1:24	Ariel Atkins defensive rebound	12	15
1:18	Tianna Hawkins makes driving layup (Ariel Atkins assists)	14	15
56.1	DeWanna Bonner makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rebecca Allen assists)	14	18
43.0	Li Meng misses 24-foot three point jumper	14	18
40.1	DiJonai Carrington defensive rebound	14	18
25.0	DiJonai Carrington misses 10-foot pullup jump shot	14	18
23.0	Ariel Atkins defensive rebound	14	18
20.1	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes driving layup (Ariel Atkins assists)	16	18
3.1	Tianna Hawkins blocks Natisha Hiedeman 's 4-foot driving layup	16	18
1.0	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough defensive rebound	16	18
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	16	18

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

8:00 PM, 9 July 2023

Uncasville, CT

Attendance: 6,558

Referees:
Roy Gulbeyan
Maj Forsberg
Sha'Rae Mitchell

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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