| Qtr | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 CONN | 16 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 61 |
 POR | 17 | 20 | 13 | 21 | 71 |
C. Leite led all scorers (20 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST). A. Morrow answered with 13 for the Sun, but it wasn't enough. The game turned on a 10-0 Fire run. It changed hands 13 times and was tied on 4 separate occasions. Sun won Q3 by 10 (23–13), the period that decided it. Field goals: Sun 39%, Fire 46%. From deep: Sun 5%, Fire 32%. Rebounds: Sun 33, Fire 26. Turnovers: Sun 22, Fire 21. Points in the paint: Sun 38, Fire 32.
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.
Frieda Buhner makes 4-foot layup (Teja Oblak assists)Score55-58Bridget Carleton makes 7-foot two point shot (Sarah Ashlee Barker assists)Score55-60Saniya Rivers makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Olivia Nelson-Ododa assists)Score57-60Carla Leite makes 23-foot three point jumper (Bridget Carleton assists)Score57-63Frieda Buhner makes 25-foot three point jumper (Carla Leite assists)Score57-66Carla Leite makes free throw 1 of 2Score57-67Carla Leite makes free throw 2 of 2Score57-68Diamond Miller makes free throw 1 of 2Score58-68Charlisse Leger-Walker makes free throw 1 of 3Score59-68Charlisse Leger-Walker makes free throw 2 of 3Score60-68Charlisse Leger-Walker makes free throw 3 of 3Score61-68Carla Leite makes free throw 1 of 2Score61-69Carla Leite makes free throw 2 of 2Score61-70Megan Gustafson makes free throw 2 of 2Score61-71Each side's next fixtures, with the date and who travels.
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