| Qtr | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 WSH | 18 | 18 | 27 | 25 | 88 |
 CONN | 14 | 15 | 29 | 23 | 81 |
S. Citron led all scorers (26 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST). A. Morrow answered with 11 for the Sun, but it wasn't enough. The game turned on a 8-0 Mystics run. It changed hands 8 times and was tied on 6 separate occasions. The Mystics won the glass 33–26, and that was the margin. Mystics won Q1 by 4 (18–14), the period that decided it. Field goals: Mystics 47%, Sun 46%. From deep: Mystics 39%, Sun 20%. Rebounds: Mystics 33, Sun 26. Turnovers: Mystics 13, Sun 5. Points in the paint: Mystics 36, Sun 48.
The Mystics sit 4th in the Eastern Conference, 2 games back, coming off a loss, 6-4 over their last 10. The Sun sit 7th in the Eastern Conference, 16 games back, losers of 3 straight, 3-7 over their last 10.
The most recent baskets, with the running score beside each one. Basketball scores too often to list a game end to end, so this is the latest stretch of it rather than the whole.
Brittney Griner makes 12-foot jumper (Leila Lacan assists)Score76-72Charlisse Leger-Walker makes driving layupScore76-74Michaela Onyenwere makes 27-foot three point jumper (Angela Dugalic assists)Score79-74Sonia Citron makes free throw 1 of 2Score80-74Sonia Citron makes free throw 2 of 2Score81-74Sonia Citron makes driving layupScore83-74Sonia Citron makes free throw 1 of 1Score84-74Kennedy Burke makes free throw 2 of 2Score84-75Sonia Citron makes 1-foot layup (Lauren Betts assists)Score86-75Leila Lacan makes 3-foot layup (Charlisse Leger-Walker assists)Score86-77Leila Lacan makes free throw 1 of 1Score86-78Diamond Miller makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brittney Griner assists)Score86-81Sonia Citron makes free throw 1 of 2Score87-81Sonia Citron makes free throw 2 of 2Score88-81Each side's next fixtures, with the date and who travels.
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