Brittney Griner Was One Point Away From History, And Nobody Saw The Sun's Collapse Coming!
Holy smokes, you guys, what a finish in Portland last night! Sug Sutton just dropped a tiebreaking runner with 22.6 seconds left, and the Portland Fire snatched an 83-82 home win right out from under the Connecticut Sun. You know what that means, right? The Sun are STILL the WNBA's only winless team, now sitting at a brutal 0-5 on the season. My jaw is on the floor, seriously.
Portland's Wild Comeback & Barker's Big Night
This game was an absolute roller coaster, man. Portland was down by seven late in the third quarter, and you could feel the momentum slipping away. But then, BANG! A 9-0 run, capped by a Sarah Ashlee Barker three-pointer, put them back in the lead. And Barker? DUDE. She went off! Eight of her career-high 18 points came in the fourth quarter, including a couple of critical three-point plays that set up Sutton's game-winner. That's a serious performance off the bench, shooting 7-for-13. Bridget Carleton was right there with her, matching 18 points and grabbing five boards. Emily Engstler added 15, Sutton had 12, and Nyadiew Puoch chipped in 10. Talk about a team effort to claw back!
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But let's be real, the story here, especially for the Sun, is tough. How do you lose a one-point game with veteran Brittney Griner leading the charge? She had 16 points, five boards, and four assists, shooting 6-for-12. And get this: she's just ONE point shy of hitting 6,000 career points! Can you believe it? She was right there, on the cusp of a huge milestone, and it just slipped away. But the real gut-punch for Connecticut? EIGHTEEN turnovers and a horrific 11-for-20 from the free-throw line. Seriously, you can't win like that. Hailey Van Lith tried to keep them in it with 12 points, including a couple of buckets in the final minute to tie it up. Aneesah Morrow had a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds, and Aaliyah Edwards also added 12 points, with Charlisse Leger-Walker getting 10. But even with all that, they couldn't close it out.
So, the Sun remain stuck at 0-5. It's rough, especially when you come so close. Brittney Griner will have to wait for her 6,000th point, and the entire team needs to figure out how to stop giving the ball away and hit their free throws. It just hurts to watch them be the last winless squad in the league. We'll be watching to see if they can turn this thing around, because this is a brutal start to the season.
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