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WNBA: Sun down Aces, Fowles powers Lynx past Storm

WNBA: Sun down Aces, Fowles powers Lynx past Storm

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The Connecticut Sun huddle up after the game against the New York Liberty on June 5, 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. File photo. Chris Marion/NBAE via Getty Images/AFP.
The Connecticut Sun huddle up after the game against the New York Liberty on June 5, 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. File photo. Chris Marion/NBAE via Getty Images/AFP.

Briann January scored a game-high 19 points, DeWanna Bonner added 18 points and nine rebounds, and the Connecticut Sun clinched a WNBA playoff berth with a 76-62 win over the Las Vegas Aces on Tuesday in Uncasville, Conn.

Bonner, who scored a season-high 31 points on Thursday against Minnesota, also had three steals. Brionna Jones had 15 points and eight boards while Sun scoring leader Jonquel Jones finished with a season-low eight points but contributed 10 rebounds.

Connecticut (18-6) claimed the top spot in the league standings with its sixth straight win, knocking Las Vegas (17-7) into second place.

"Our fight and our energy, man, it's contagious," Bonner told the team's ESPN3 broadcast. "Still one game at a time. We still fighting for first place -- Vegas and Seattle are still right there. Yeah, we clinched, but we've still got a long way to go."

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Seattle clinched a spot in the playoffs earlier Tuesday before the Storm lost to the Minnesota Lynx.

Aces leading scorer A'ja Wilson was held to four points on 1-of-15 shooting, snapping her streak of 53 straight regular-season games scoring in double figures.

Chelsea Gray had 15 points and both Liz Cambage and Dearica Hamby scored 13 for Las Vegas, which had a three-game winning streak snapped.

Connecticut improved to a league-best 11-1 at home this season. The Sun swept the three-game season series against the Aces, winning 72-65 at Las Vegas on May 23 before earning a 74-67 home victory on June 1.

-- Sylvia Fowles’ big night leads Lynx past Storm --

Sylvia Fowles posted 29 points and 20 rebounds, and Napheesa Collier scored seven of her 18 points on crucial baskets down the stretch Tuesday night to lead the Minnesota Lynx to a 76-70 win over the Seattle Storm in Minneapolis.

After winning their last game with six players scoring in double-figures, the Lynx (15-9) relied heavily on the two-player attack of Fowles and Collier to upend the defending WNBA champions. Fowles registered a season high for rebounds and fell one short of her scoring season high.

With Minnesota holding a 68-64 lead with 2:27 remaining, Fowles blocked a layup attempt by Seattle's Jewell Loyd. On the ensuing possession, Collier nailed a 3-pointer to extend the Lynx lead to seven points, and Minnesota held on.

Minnesota led most of the way thanks to a 25-14 first quarter, but Seattle (18-8) whittled away at the gap.

The Storm -- playing the last of five consecutive road games -- cut the deficit to just one point twice in the fourth quarter despite a dismal 37.8 percent shooting night from the floor.

Seattle's shooting woes were exemplified by All-Star Breanna Stewart, who went 6 for 23. She did make all five of her free throws to finish with a team-high 18 points.

Stewart also grabbed 16 rebounds to pace Seattle to a 41-37 advantage on the glass despite Fowles' outstanding effort.

-- Allie Quigley helps Sky stretch Dream's skid to nine games --

Allie Quigley had a game-high 21 points with seven rebounds to lead the hot-shooting Chicago Sky to an 86-79 victory over the Atlanta Dream on Tuesday at College Park, Ga.

The Sky, who welcomed the return of Candace Parker from an ankle injury, made 51.5 percent of their shots from the field, including 8 of 17 from 3-point range.

Parker, who missed the Sky's home loss against the Minnesota Lynx on Saturday, finished with 18 points, nine rebounds and four assists.

Courtney Vandersloot had 12 points and 10 rebounds, and Kahleah Cooper finished with 16 points and four assists for Chicago (12-12).

Atlanta (6-18) lost its ninth consecutive game and its fifth straight since the Olympic break under interim coach Darius Taylor.

Odyssey Sims had 17 points and Courtney Williams 16 to lead the Dream.

-- Mystics blow past Sparks despite leading scorer's absence --

Playing without the WNBA's leading scorer, center Tina Charles, the Washington Mystics snapped a four-game losing streak Tuesday night in emphatic fashion with a 78-68 drilling of the Los Angeles Sparks in Washington, D.C.

Charles, who averages 25.4 points and 9.7 rebounds per game, aggravated a hip injury during Sunday's home loss to Seattle. Coach Mike Thibault said before Tuesday night's tip-off that Charles would miss a couple of games.

Washington (9-14) made up for her absence for one game with a dominant performance on both ends of the floor, ending Los Angeles' four-game winning streak. It established a 56-23 halftime lead and made the entire second half a pursuit of contractual obligation.

Myisha Hines-Allen led a balanced attack with 19 points in just 22 minutes, canning 8 of 13 field goals. Elena Delle Donne scored 18 in her second game following a 22-month absence due to back surgeries.

Shatori Walker-Kimbrough and Ariel Atkins each added 10 points. Point guard Natasha Cloud contributed eight rebounds and eight assists.

The game was so lopsided so fast that none of the Mystics played more than 25 minutes. Ten of the 11 players who saw action earned double-figure minutes.

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