| Qtr | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 CONN | 24 | 18 | 22 | 18 | 82 |
 POR | 25 | 13 | 26 | 19 | 83 |
Portland Fire survived it 83–82 — a 1-point game that stayed live to the final whistle. B. Carleton led all scorers (18 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST). B. Griner answered with 16 for the Sun, but it wasn't enough. The game turned on a 9-0 Fire run. It changed hands 14 times and was tied on 13 separate occasions. The Fire lived in the paint, 40 points to 36, and that was the margin. Sun won Q2 by 5 (18–13), the period that decided it. Field goals: Sun 51%, Fire 45%. From deep: Sun 35%, Fire 32%. Rebounds: Sun 32, Fire 27. Turnovers: Sun 18, Fire 15. Points in the paint: Sun 36, Fire 40.
The Fire sit 5th in the Western Conference, 15 games back, coming off a loss, 5-5 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.
Sarah Ashlee Barker makes layup (Sug Sutton assists)Score71-71Brittney Griner makes driving layup (Charlisse Leger-Walker assists)Score73-71Sarah Ashlee Barker makes driving layup (Sug Sutton assists)Score73-73Sarah Ashlee Barker makes free throw 1 of 1Score73-74Aneesah Morrow makes 3-foot layup (Brittney Griner assists)Score75-74Emily Engstler makes running layup (Sarah Ashlee Barker assists)Score75-76Sarah Ashlee Barker makes running layupScore75-78Sarah Ashlee Barker makes free throw 1 of 1Score75-79Hailey Van Lith makes driving layup (Brittney Griner assists)Score77-79Hailey Van Lith makes 20-foot pullup jump shot (Saniya Rivers assists)Score79-79Sug Sutton makes 6-foot driving floating jump shotScore79-81Bridget Carleton makes free throw 1 of 2Score79-82Bridget Carleton makes free throw 2 of 2Score79-83Charlisse Leger-Walker makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brittney Griner assists)Score82-83Each side's next fixtures, with the date and who travels.
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