WNBA: Seattle Storm vs Connecticut Sun | Full Game 1st QTR | Sep 3, 2024 | Women's Basketball

one today partner the adjustments should be fun to watch here we go round two Seattle Connecticut storm basketball Williams first year in a storm uniform and she throws it away Stephanie white seconde head coach of the sun her fourth year overall as a WNBA head coach 51 victories still eight games to go in year two including tonight he's done an ex job very proud of her team despite the fact they had some bumps at the end lost some discipline on Sunday how they closed out that ball game off the kneecaps of Bonner she recovers but just five to shoot for D boner over the timeline with three Hees Carrington pounces at an offensive board attacks juw ly de Carrington Bol mods of confidence carington making herself being belt early with the offensive rebound and put back at 14 points Sunday on six of nine shooting three steals for Carrington of the break they still have positive urg urgency still no Panic quite yet for Seattle they know they can do it before and get hot di Smith tees up a three rebound B there's no Panic from the from the storm as of yet because they're in the playoffs right now now it's about consisten consistency both of these teams want to be starting to play at the highest level going into to the playoffs Rim running big Bri Jones for zip Connecticut NECA AUM te's up one left the three short Harris is on it in attack mode Tai Harris Blows By diin Smith a 60 Sun Run in the first minute 40 Ty Smith bringing the energy [Applause] early every Connecticut starter has average double figures this year Lloyd to three no Ty Harris bringing the energy early danana boner initiates offense Harris to the rescue Sun shot the ball well on Sunday 54% from the floor and as we said 65% in the paint carington up one leg swish in her bag timeout Seattle for the sun on Sunday Connecticut has risen to sixth in the league in points from the bench staying ready neaum smooth on the turnaround that is the reason why you can get always score in the paint with NECA it's just out of a timeout trying to get something easy for the team Thomas takes matters into her own hands draws a foul and hers two at the line NECA gum the guilty party well it seems the Sun have found comfortability in rotations as of late under Stephanie white with May taking taking over as that first player Off the Bench it's now her sixth game coming off the bench consecutively in her nine games with the sun overall then you have Burton filtering in Olivia Nelson ad DOTA nice mix yeah they have a great mix of of players and I think the one thing that Ney does is if someone gets in foul trouble she can really fill the void in any position and you know you have a change of pace when Burton comes into the game she is a different type of a point guard than Tai Harris Ty Harris is is a primary scorer scoring time point guard but Burton will come in and if you get offense out of her that's great but she's looking to get defensive stops as a magore can stretch the floor averaging 12 a game 8 and 1 12 rebounds in the mix like DJ Carrington for most improved player bana Jones Stephanie white said we've got to be more aggressive getting her touches she's two for two she's two for two and starting off right where she she left off last game and just filling the defense that was just great body control asserting herself the sun used their defense to fuel offense Harris makes the catch stayed in bounds but threw it away Williams Maneuvers by Carrington and lays it in you're not stopping Gabby Williams once she gets a full steam ahead going towards the r kzo you must be proud of her I am proud of her that's my girl kick it boner no little closer [Music] yes take her time and do it right Bonner hesitated on the first one but she gathered and knocked it down something else Stephanie white has harped on when we have those catch and shoot threes do not hesitate do not hesitate and they get gra books and they have great Shooters so that's the last thing Stephanie white wants out of her players is second guessing the shot that was a mismatch right there bana Jones just took Skyler diin lunch money Carrington matched up with lyd and as a player sometimes you may not know that you're as open as you think you are but you're more open than what you think you are so it's a good idea to just catch it and shoot it Bri Jones what have you had for breakfast the last three days chicken noodle soup chicken noodle soup for breakfast and a soda on the side three for three from the floor six [Music] points on Sunday she was nine of 13 five to shoot for Seattle diing Smith off the dribble Outlet NECA Jones was wrapped up with magore got the box out halfway through the first Sun by nine car Inon fumbles it with a bit Gabby Williams looks to stay in front of boner contested isn't like a high flyer so she uses her body so well to get positioning and pin people underneath the basket get great passing angles to receive the ball and positioning for her to just turn and score she's not messing around down there and even when she doesn't get the ball you have to account for her create spacing right absolutely she creates spacing cuz you to know where she is because she's going to either clear out and box kind of box her player out to create another Lane for her players to drive and score that's how you threw your body around in stores hey I mean I was I was taking charges over there always about the little things Caron the step through but she traveled on that play right there I'd like to see DJ bring it out a little bit because she had there's a lot of traffic and her players teammates aren't down there yet but I love the aggressiveness from her I think Connecticut is great when she's just being assertive and being aggressive juel ly at 27 on Sunday Skyler diin Smith she fouled out in Punch Time in Sunday's game six to shoot he long gated possession AUM on the turnaround and last touched by Mercedes Russell some ball the one thing that Connecticut does defensively Against The Storm cuz they the storm just all season hasn't really found their stride shooting the ball and so they're packing the defense in and it's making it a hard time CU they know they want to score in the paint for the storm step back Trey Carrington Off the Mark Noel Quinn said when we get out and run we can be tough to stop similar to Connecticut but another Seattle turnover they only committed 12 in Sunday's game the storm have three in the first quarter boner catch finish Alissa Thomas qb1 it is football season it is football season we got a good game tomorrow too oh my goodness Chiefs Braven that should be good nice little opener Russell [Music] connects just eight points for the storm in the first seven minutes of the game [Music] Harris Jordan hon and Sammy Wickham at the scorers table for Seattle Williams was tied up an awkward release storm now just four of 13 shooting for Connecticut Burton mayy and Nelson ADOT to check in a line change I was just thinking the same thing hockey line change right here well edona was spot on though about the bench I mean Stephanie white normally it's one for one subs and you're kind of you know whisking your way through the rotation but the confidence level to go to three reserves on the floor with two starters out there with Thomas and Carrington well mayy is like having another starter and it's and it's really you know having the confidence in your in your team that's what you need right now is the confidence in your players because let me tell you bch players they win games for you Russell not this time from the opposite side Lloyd just one shot here in the first still scoreless maybery steps in one I thought it was catch I was here like throwing the cash sign like money in the [Music] bank Floyd was doubled but threw it away and Russell fouls Burton and that's exactly what you get from Burton is just being a pest defensively as soon as she comes in a game making an impact right [Music] away baby Carrington Burton Thomas and Nelson adod are five right now for Connecticut under two in the first Wham creates chaos the sun give it back Stephanie white says we expect so much from D Carrington we admit it's really not fair to her that's how much she's improved though this season Lloyd taking it strong on mavy Seattle recovers magore spinorama no storm Now 44 as ma directs traffic parting of the Seas but magmag Gore blocks Thomas that's a great block ASI magore only Trails Asia Wilson and block shots reward the big nice look by hor that was a great look that was a great play by Seattle turning their defense in the offense and getting early shots in The Possession Burton with the entry Seattle gets the hands in the storm number one in the W in steals per game they have six players on their roster that average north of one steal a contest there's Jew first points of the night and it's just a five-point game and just like that the storm are back in the game well they did not back down on Sunday and they won't back down this is a well coached well highly talented team gritty they're going to come at you with every out score Connecticut 30 to 28 in the fourth quarter so while it was just a two-point difference the 30 points allowed by that Connecticut def defense was the stunner and that's where Connecticut has to close out games and half the score because the teams that they're going to be facing in the playoffs they're all good scoring teams Carrington attempted the skip pass Wickam sniff that out 3 seconds on the shot clock for the sun Thomas to trigger it in lobs it up Carrington Lloyd chips it out of her hands they're going to say out of bounds off of Carrington what matchup has been more enticing or fascinating to you Carrington and Lloyd or Thomas and NECA guman those have been two individually good matchups both of them has been great back I'm I'm a guard so I'm going to go with the Carrington and Lloyd match up because you have a player who's just extremely Dynamic offensively with a player that is highly talented defensively in Carrington and you really want to see the both of them just go at it and sometimes offense gets the better of it and sometimes defense gets the better of it but they've been going at it the last two games that's the beauty of these backto backs you really get a playoff series feel forston threw it away and that is how the first quarter