Sun 68-64 Mystics (23 Aug, 2023) Play-by-Play

Connecticut Sun

23-10, 14-5 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CONN	19	17	22	10	68
WSH	18	13	19	14	64

Washington Mystics

15-18, 10-7 home

Natasha Cloud makes driving layup
Shakira Austin misses 9-foot two point shot
Natasha Cloud misses 9-foot two point shot
Ariel Atkins misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Alyssa Thomas blocks Shakira Austin 's 5-foot driving layup
Tianna Hawkins makes 15-foot jumper (Ariel Atkins assists)
Ariel Atkins misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shakira Austin makes 3-foot layup (Brittney Sykes assists)
Natasha Cloud makes layup (Ariel Atkins assists)
Queen Egbo misses 15-foot jumper
Brittney Sykes makes 24-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Natasha Cloud makes jumper (Brittney Sykes assists)
Tianna Hawkins misses 13-foot jumper
Natasha Cloud makes 25-foot three point jumper (Li Meng assists)
Li Meng misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ariel Atkins misses 28-foot three point jumper
Shakira Austin makes two point shot
Li Meng misses 25-foot three point jumper
Li Meng misses 27-foot three point jumper
Brittney Sykes misses 19-foot jumper
Brittney Sykes misses two point shot
Natasha Cloud makes 8-foot two point shot
Natasha Cloud misses 24-foot three point jumper
Brittney Sykes makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)
Olivia Nelson-Ododa blocks Tianna Hawkins 's 3-foot layup
Tianna Hawkins makes 25-foot three pointer (Natasha Cloud assists)
Tianna Hawkins misses 14-foot jumper
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses two point shot
Natasha Cloud misses two point shot
Brittney Sykes misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Ariel Atkins misses 9-foot pullup jump shot
Ariel Atkins misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shakira Austin makes pullup jump shot
Natasha Cloud makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brittney Sykes assists)
Shakira Austin misses layup
Shakira Austin misses two point shot
Brittney Sykes misses 24-foot three point jumper
Myisha Hines-Allen makes 13-foot jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Myisha Hines-Allen misses 25-foot three point jumper
Queen Egbo makes two point shot
Queen Egbo makes 3-foot layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
Natasha Cloud misses 13-foot two point shot
Ariel Atkins misses pullup jump shot
Ariel Atkins makes 24-foot three point jumper (Li Meng assists)
Li Meng misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ariel Atkins misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shakira Austin makes 2-foot layup (Li Meng assists)
Li Meng makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ariel Atkins assists)
Ariel Atkins makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
Natasha Cloud misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tianna Hawkins misses 17-foot jumper
Queen Egbo makes 2-foot layup (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 21-foot jumper
Tianna Hawkins misses 25-foot three point jumper
Natasha Cloud misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
Shakira Austin makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
Shakira Austin misses driving layup
Ariel Atkins misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
Brittney Sykes misses jumper
Tianna Hawkins misses layup
Brittney Sykes misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ariel Atkins misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tiffany Hayes makes 26-foot jump bank shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
DeWanna Bonner misses 30-foot three point jumper
Rebecca Allen misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Tiffany Hayes makes driving layup
Tiffany Hayes misses 28-foot three point jumper
Alyssa Thomas makes layup (Rebecca Allen assists)
Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup (DeWanna Bonner assists)
DeWanna Bonner makes 2-foot layup (Tiffany Hayes assists)
Tyasha Harris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rebecca Allen assists)
Brittney Sykes blocks DeWanna Bonner 's 3-foot layup
Alyssa Thomas misses layup
DeWanna Bonner makes pullup jump shot (Tyasha Harris assists)
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough blocks Tyasha Harris's jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses two point shot
Alyssa Thomas makes two point shot
DeWanna Bonner misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
Tyasha Harris misses 62-foot three point jumper
DiJonai Carrington misses 29-foot three point jumper
Ariel Atkins blocks DiJonai Carrington 's 3-foot driving layup
Alyssa Thomas makes two point shot
DeWanna Bonner misses 23-foot three point jumper
Alyssa Thomas misses 22-foot jumper
Tiffany Hayes misses three point jumper
Rebecca Allen misses two point shot
Natisha Hiedeman makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Alyssa Thomas makes layup (DiJonai Carrington assists)
Tiffany Hayes makes 3-foot layup (DeWanna Bonner assists)
DeWanna Bonner misses 27-foot three point jumper
Alyssa Thomas makes layup
Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
Alyssa Thomas makes layup (DeWanna Bonner assists)
Natisha Hiedeman makes three point jumper (Rebecca Allen assists)
Shakira Austin blocks Alyssa Thomas's driving layup
DeWanna Bonner makes two point shot
Natisha Hiedeman misses step back jumpshot
Rebecca Allen makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
DeWanna Bonner misses three point jumper
Brittney Sykes blocks Tiffany Hayes 's 2-foot driving layup
Rebecca Allen misses 24-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes layup (DiJonai Carrington assists)
Brittney Sykes blocks DeWanna Bonner 's 2-foot layup
Natisha Hiedeman misses 20-foot jumper
Tiffany Hayes makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Alyssa Thomas makes 3-foot layup (DeWanna Bonner assists)
DiJonai Carrington misses 24-foot three point jumper
Queen Egbo blocks Alyssa Thomas 's 3-foot driving layup
Alyssa Thomas misses layup
DiJonai Carrington misses two point shot
Alyssa Thomas makes tip shot
DeWanna Bonner misses 23-foot three point jumper
DiJonai Carrington misses 12-foot jumper
Tyasha Harris misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
Tyasha Harris makes 23-foot three point jumper (DeWanna Bonner assists)
Tiffany Hayes misses 20-foot jumper
Rebecca Allen misses 26-foot three point jumper
DiJonai Carrington misses driving layup
DiJonai Carrington misses 26-foot three point jumper
Tiffany Hayes misses 24-foot three point jumper
Alyssa Thomas misses 15-foot jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes 27-foot three point jumper
Natisha Hiedeman misses 24-foot three point jumper

SUN

MYSTICS

TIME		CONN	WSH
10:00	DeWanna Bonner vs. Shakira Austin (Brittney Sykes gains possession)	0	0
9:44	Natasha Cloud makes driving layup	0	2
9:31	Tiffany Hayes makes 26-foot jump bank shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)	3	2
9:17	Shakira Austin misses 9-foot two point shot	3	2
9:14	Alyssa Thomas defensive rebound	3	2
9:00	DeWanna Bonner misses 30-foot three point jumper	3	2
8:56	Shakira Austin defensive rebound	3	2
8:35	Natasha Cloud misses 9-foot two point shot	3	2
8:33	Mystics offensive team rebound	3	2
8:21	Ariel Atkins misses 16-foot pullup jump shot	3	2
8:17	Tiffany Hayes defensive rebound	3	2
8:08	Rebecca Allen misses 16-foot pullup jump shot	3	2
8:05	Shakira Austin defensive rebound	3	2
7:58	Alyssa Thomas blocks Shakira Austin 's 5-foot driving layup	3	2
7:57	Mystics offensive team rebound	3	2
7:49	Tianna Hawkins makes 15-foot jumper (Ariel Atkins assists)	3	4
7:30	Tiffany Hayes makes driving layup	5	4
7:22	Natisha Hiedeman personal foul	5	4
7:09	Ariel Atkins misses 25-foot three point jumper	5	4
7:07	Mystics offensive team rebound	5	4
6:58	Shakira Austin makes 3-foot layup (Brittney Sykes assists)	5	6
6:50	Natisha Hiedeman offensive foul	5	6
6:50	Natisha Hiedeman turnover	5	6
6:50	Tyasha Harris enters the game for Natisha Hiedeman	5	6
6:38	Natasha Cloud makes layup (Ariel Atkins assists)	5	8
6:20	Tianna Hawkins personal foul	5	8
6:20	Queen Egbo enters the game for Shakira Austin	5	8
6:20	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough enters the game for Ariel Atkins	5	8
6:15	Tiffany Hayes misses 28-foot three point jumper	5	8
6:09	Rebecca Allen offensive rebound	5	8
6:07	Alyssa Thomas makes layup (Rebecca Allen assists)	7	8
5:56	Queen Egbo misses 15-foot jumper	7	8
5:54	Sun defensive team rebound	7	8
5:39	Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup (DeWanna Bonner assists)	9	8
5:19	Brittney Sykes makes 24-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)	9	11
4:55	Queen Egbo personal foul	9	11
4:55	Official timeout	9	11
4:50	DeWanna Bonner makes 2-foot layup (Tiffany Hayes assists)	11	11
4:50	Natasha Cloud shooting foul	11	11
4:50	DeWanna Bonner misses free throw 1 of 1	11	11
4:47	Brittney Sykes defensive rebound	11	11
4:30	Queen Egbo lost ball turnover (Alyssa Thomas steals)	11	11
4:22	Tyasha Harris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rebecca Allen assists)	14	11
4:07	Natasha Cloud makes jumper (Brittney Sykes assists)	14	13
3:53	Alyssa Thomas lost ball turnover (Tianna Hawkins steals)	14	13
3:43	Tianna Hawkins misses 13-foot jumper	14	13
3:39	Rebecca Allen defensive rebound	14	13
3:21	Brittney Sykes blocks DeWanna Bonner 's 3-foot layup	14	13
3:15	Natasha Cloud defensive rebound	14	13
2:59	Brittney Sykes out of bounds lost ball turnover	14	13
2:59	Myisha Hines-Allen enters the game for Brittney Sykes	14	13
2:59	Li Meng enters the game for Tianna Hawkins	14	13
2:43	Alyssa Thomas misses layup	14	13
2:38	Queen Egbo defensive rebound	14	13
2:32	Natasha Cloud makes 25-foot three point jumper (Li Meng assists)	14	16
2:15	DeWanna Bonner makes pullup jump shot (Tyasha Harris assists)	16	16
2:04	Li Meng misses 24-foot three point jumper	16	16
2:01	Alyssa Thomas defensive rebound	16	16
1:48	Myisha Hines-Allen defensive 3-seconds (technical foul)	16	16
1:48	DeWanna Bonner makes technical free throw	17	16
1:42	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough blocks Tyasha Harris's jumper	17	16
1:38	Myisha Hines-Allen defensive rebound	17	16
1:32	Li Meng out of bounds bad pass turnover	17	16
1:10	DeWanna Bonner misses two point shot	17	16
1:08	Queen Egbo defensive rebound	17	16
53.0	Natasha Cloud bad pass (Tiffany Hayes steals)	17	16
48.1	Alyssa Thomas makes two point shot	19	16
40.1	Rebecca Allen personal foul	19	16
40.1	Shakira Austin enters the game for Queen Egbo	19	16
40.1	DiJonai Carrington enters the game for Rebecca Allen	19	16
37.0	Shakira Austin offensive foul	19	16
37.0	Shakira Austin turnover	19	16
24.1	DeWanna Bonner misses 17-foot step back jumpshot	19	16
20.1	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough defensive rebound	19	16
2.1	Tyasha Harris shooting foul	19	16
2.1	Natasha Cloud makes free throw 1 of 2	19	17
2.1	Natasha Cloud makes free throw 2 of 2	19	18
1.0	Tyasha Harris misses 62-foot three point jumper	19	18
1.0	Sun offensive team rebound	19	18
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	19	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

Entertainment & Sports Arena

12:00 AM, 23 August 2023

Washington, DC

Attendance: 3,058

Referees:
Roy Gulbeyan
Angelica Suffren
Intae Hwang

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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