The Seattle Storm clinched a playoff spot and visit the Connecticut Sun in a battle for seeding on Tuesday
The Seattle Storm (19-13) clinched a WNBA playoff berth on Friday, continuing a bounceback from a dismal 2023 season. On Tuesday, the Storm take on the Connecticut Storm (24-8) for the second straight game. The Sun are still in the mix for the No. 1 overall seed. With eight games remaining, Seattle is a game behind the defending champion Las Vegas Aces for fourth place and homecourt in the first round while the Sun are two-and-a-half games back of the New York Liberty for the top spot on the bracket. Meanwhile, Connecticut leads the Minnesota Lynx by just a half-game while the Storm has a two-and-a-half game edge over the surging Indiana Fever, who have won four in a row and eight of 10.
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Game Date: Sept. 3, 2024
Game Time: 7 p.m. ET
TV: NBC Sports Boston
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Seattle has lost its last two games, including a 93-86 loss to the Sun on Sunday to open its three-game Eastern swing. The Storm cut a 13-point deficit to three twice in the final 1:07 but never had the ball when the game was down to a single possession. Jewell Loyd paced the Storm, who shot just 4-of-21 from deep, with 27 points while Nneka Ogwumike finished with 20 points and 11 rebounds.
Brionna Jones scored 17 of her team-high 26 points in the second half for Connecticut, which has won two in a row and seven of 10. Marina Mabrey came off the bench for 15 points while Alyssa Thomas paced the Sun with eight rebounds and eight assists on the night.
Loyd is fourth in the WNBA, scoring 20.6 points per game, with Ezi Magbegor contributing 12.1 points and a team-high 8.4 rebounds a night. Skylar Diggins-Smith puts up 14.3 points and 6.5 assists and Ogwumike adds 17.2 points and 7.9 boards a contest.
DeWanna Bonner leads a balanced attack for Connecticut with 15.8 points per game and also gets 6.3 boards a night. Jones scores 13.1 points per game and Thomas gets 10.9 points, 8.7 boards and 7.6 assists per game, the latter trailing only Indiana rookie Caitlin Clark in the WNBA.
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