Sun 90-86 Mystics (Oct 8, 2019) Play-by-Play

Washington Mystics

26-8, 12-5 away

	1	2	3	4	T
WSH	17	23	28	18	86
CONN	32	24	12	22	90

Connecticut Sun

23-11, 15-2 home

Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup (Jonquel Jones assists)
Jasmine Thomas misses 27-foot three point jumper
Courtney Williams misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
Courtney Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shekinna Stricklen makes 28-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Jonquel Jones makes layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Courtney Williams misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Alyssa Thomas misses 7-foot two point shot
Shekinna Stricklen makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jasmine Thomas assists)
Alyssa Thomas makes 6-foot layup (Courtney Williams assists)
Jasmine Thomas makes two point shot
Courtney Williams makes driving layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Natisha Hiedeman makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Courtney Williams makes pullup jump shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Bria Holmes misses driving layup
Elena Delle Donne blocks Bria Holmes 's 6-foot layup
Natisha Hiedeman makes 27-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Shekinna Stricklen misses 19-foot jumper
Courtney Williams misses driving layup
Courtney Williams makes two point shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Courtney Williams misses 39-foot three point jumper
Shekinna Stricklen misses 28-foot three point jumper
Brionna Jones makes two point shot
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough blocks Natisha Hiedeman 's 24-foot three point jumper
Natisha Hiedeman makes two point shot
Shekinna Stricklen misses 28-foot three point jumper
Alyssa Thomas makes layup (Jonquel Jones assists)
Emma Meesseman blocks Jasmine Thomas 's 6-foot driving layup
Shekinna Stricklen misses two point shot
Alyssa Thomas misses 10-foot jump bank shot
Courtney Williams misses 13-foot step back jumpshot
Jonquel Jones makes two point shot
LaToya Sanders blocks Jonquel Jones 's 7-foot jumper
Alyssa Thomas makes 5-foot layup (Shekinna Stricklen assists)
Jasmine Thomas misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Courtney Williams makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Courtney Williams makes driving floating jump shot (Jasmine Thomas assists)
Courtney Williams makes 15-foot driving floating jump shot
Courtney Williams misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Jonquel Jones misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Courtney Williams misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Shekinna Stricklen misses driving floating jump shot
Shekinna Stricklen misses driving layup
Jasmine Thomas misses driving layup
Elena Delle Donne blocks Jasmine Thomas 's 8-foot two point shot
Shekinna Stricklen makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Jasmine Thomas assists)
Courtney Williams makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Jasmine Thomas assists)
Jonquel Jones makes 4-foot layup (Jasmine Thomas assists)
Alyssa Thomas misses driving layup
Jasmine Thomas makes 26-foot three point jumper (Courtney Williams assists)
Shekinna Stricklen misses 25-foot three point jumper
Emma Meesseman blocks Alyssa Thomas 's 6-foot layup
Emma Meesseman blocks Courtney Williams 's 13-foot two point shot
Natisha Hiedeman misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Jonquel Jones misses 28-foot three point jumper
Bria Holmes misses driving layup
Alyssa Thomas misses 8-foot jumper
Jonquel Jones misses 5-foot tip shot
Jonquel Jones makes 10-foot two point shot (Courtney Williams assists)
Bria Holmes misses 29-foot three point jumper
Shekinna Stricklen makes 13-foot pullup jump shot (Courtney Williams assists)
Jonquel Jones makes layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Jasmine Thomas makes driving layup
Alyssa Thomas misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
Jonquel Jones makes layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Jasmine Thomas makes 27-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Shekinna Stricklen makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jonquel Jones assists)
Jasmine Thomas misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Alyssa Thomas misses driving floating jump shot
Courtney Williams misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Natasha Cloud makes layup
LaToya Sanders misses layup
Ariel Atkins misses 24-foot three point jumper
Natasha Cloud misses driving layup
Elena Delle Donne misses 24-foot three point jumper
Natasha Cloud misses 27-foot three point jumper
Ariel Atkins misses 16-foot two point shot
Kristi Toliver misses jumper
Elena Delle Donne makes 3-foot layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
LaToya Sanders misses 19-foot jumper
Ariel Atkins misses 4-foot jump bank shot
LaToya Sanders makes 6-foot layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
Natasha Cloud misses 9-foot two point shot
Elena Delle Donne makes 28-foot three point jumper (Kristi Toliver assists)
Natasha Cloud misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jonquel Jones blocks Emma Meesseman 's 8-foot jumper
Emma Meesseman misses driving layup
Elena Delle Donne makes two point shot (Aerial Powers assists)
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes 26-foot three point jumper (Aerial Powers assists)
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses driving floating jump shot
Aerial Powers makes 5-foot layup (Emma Meesseman assists)
Emma Meesseman misses 16-foot jumper
Aerial Powers makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Tianna Hawkins assists)
Natasha Cloud makes 14-foot jumper
Aerial Powers makes layup
Tianna Hawkins makes 25-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Natasha Cloud makes 3-foot two point shot
Emma Meesseman misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ariel Atkins makes 27-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Kristi Toliver misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ariel Atkins makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kristi Toliver assists)
Emma Meesseman misses 13-foot jumper
Ariel Atkins makes driving floating jump shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
Ariel Atkins misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
LaToya Sanders misses 17-foot jumper
Elena Delle Donne makes 7-foot jump bank shot
Ariel Atkins misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Elena Delle Donne makes 17-foot step back jumpshot
Ariel Atkins makes 10-foot two point shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
Ariel Atkins misses 23-foot three point jumper
Ariel Atkins makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kristi Toliver assists)
Kristi Toliver makes 24-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Ariel Atkins misses driving floating jump shot
Kristi Toliver makes 28-foot three point jumper
Natasha Cloud makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
Natasha Cloud misses 26-foot three point jumper
Aerial Powers misses 25-foot three point jumper
Emma Meesseman makes driving layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
Emma Meesseman makes 12-foot jump bank shot (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)
Aerial Powers makes driving layup
Aerial Powers misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Tianna Hawkins makes two point shot
Aerial Powers misses 18-foot jumper
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes 20-foot two point shot
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes 20-foot jumper (Tianna Hawkins assists)
Emma Meesseman makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kristi Toliver assists)
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 19-foot jumper
Elena Delle Donne misses 10-foot jumper
Kristi Toliver misses 8-foot jumper
Elena Delle Donne misses 18-foot two point shot
Natasha Cloud makes 3-foot two point shot
Aerial Powers makes 16-foot jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Natasha Cloud misses driving floating jump shot
Emma Meesseman makes 26-foot three point jumper (Aerial Powers assists)
Natasha Cloud makes driving layup (Kristi Toliver assists)
Natasha Cloud misses driving layup
Emma Meesseman misses driving layup
Aerial Powers misses 24-foot three point jumper
Natasha Cloud misses driving floating jump shot
Emma Meesseman misses driving layup

MYSTICS

SUN

TIME		WSH	CONN
10:00	LaToya Sanders vs. Jonquel Jones (Alyssa Thomas gains possession)	0	0
9:55	Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup (Jonquel Jones assists)	0	2
9:40	Natasha Cloud makes layup	2	2
9:40	Shekinna Stricklen shooting foul	2	2
9:40	Natasha Cloud makes free throw 1 of 1	3	2
9:31	Jasmine Thomas misses 27-foot three point jumper	3	2
9:30	Elena Delle Donne defensive rebound	3	2
9:12	LaToya Sanders misses layup	3	2
9:12	Ariel Atkins offensive rebound	3	2
9:06	Ariel Atkins misses 24-foot three point jumper	3	2
9:01	Courtney Williams defensive rebound	3	2
8:58	Elena Delle Donne shooting foul	3	2
8:58	Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2	3	3
8:58	Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2	3	4
8:46	Natasha Cloud misses driving layup	3	4
8:45	Jonquel Jones defensive rebound	3	4
8:36	Courtney Williams misses 11-foot pullup jump shot	3	4
8:35	Elena Delle Donne defensive rebound	3	4
8:28	Elena Delle Donne misses 24-foot three point jumper	3	4
8:24	Shekinna Stricklen defensive rebound	3	4
8:15	LaToya Sanders shooting foul	3	4
8:15	Jonquel Jones makes free throw 1 of 2	3	5
8:15	Jonquel Jones makes free throw 2 of 2	3	6
7:57	Natasha Cloud misses 27-foot three point jumper	3	6
7:56	Alyssa Thomas defensive rebound	3	6
7:48	Courtney Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper	3	6
7:47	Natasha Cloud defensive rebound	3	6
7:33	Ariel Atkins misses 16-foot two point shot	3	6
7:32	Alyssa Thomas defensive rebound	3	6
7:27	Shekinna Stricklen makes 28-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)	3	9
7:18	Washington Full timeout	3	9
7:04	Kristi Toliver misses jumper	3	9
7:03	Jonquel Jones defensive rebound	3	9
6:53	Jonquel Jones makes layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)	3	11
6:36	Elena Delle Donne makes 3-foot layup (Natasha Cloud assists)	5	11
6:23	Natasha Cloud personal foul	5	11
6:14	Courtney Williams misses 18-foot pullup jump shot	5	11
6:12	Kristi Toliver defensive rebound	5	11
5:51	LaToya Sanders misses 19-foot jumper	5	11
5:50	Jonquel Jones defensive rebound	5	11
5:43	Alyssa Thomas misses 7-foot two point shot	5	11
5:42	Natasha Cloud defensive rebound	5	11
5:34	Ariel Atkins misses 4-foot jump bank shot	5	11
5:34	Courtney Williams defensive rebound	5	11
5:21	Shekinna Stricklen makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jasmine Thomas assists)	5	14
5:00	LaToya Sanders makes 6-foot layup (Natasha Cloud assists)	7	14
4:32	Alyssa Thomas makes 6-foot layup (Courtney Williams assists)	7	16
4:20	Natasha Cloud misses 9-foot two point shot	7	16
4:20	Jonquel Jones defensive rebound	7	14
4:07	Jasmine Thomas makes two point shot	7	18
3:49	Elena Delle Donne makes 28-foot three point jumper (Kristi Toliver assists)	10	16
3:32	Courtney Williams makes driving layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)	10	20
3:11	Natasha Cloud misses 24-foot three point jumper	10	20
3:10	Courtney Williams defensive rebound	10	20
3:06	Ariel Atkins shooting foul	10	20
3:06	Bria Holmes enters the game for Shekinna Stricklen	10	20
3:06	Aerial Powers enters the game for Ariel Atkins	10	20
3:06	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough enters the game for Natasha Cloud	10	20
3:06	Emma Meesseman enters the game for LaToya Sanders	10	20
3:06	Courtney Williams makes free throw 1 of 2	10	21
3:06	Natisha Hiedeman enters the game for Jasmine Thomas	10	21
3:06	Courtney Williams makes free throw 2 of 2	10	22
2:48	Jonquel Jones blocks Emma Meesseman 's 8-foot jumper	10	22
2:47	Alyssa Thomas defensive rebound	10	22
2:41	Natisha Hiedeman makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)	10	25
2:34	Washington Full timeout	10	25
2:22	Emma Meesseman misses driving layup	10	25
2:22	Jonquel Jones defensive rebound	10	25
2:11	Courtney Williams makes pullup jump shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)	10	27
1:55	Bria Holmes shooting foul	10	27
1:55	Aerial Powers makes free throw 1 of 2	11	27
1:55	Brionna Jones enters the game for Jonquel Jones	11	27
1:55	Aerial Powers makes free throw 2 of 2	12	27
1:43	Bria Holmes misses driving layup	12	27
1:42	Bria Holmes offensive rebound	12	27
1:40	Elena Delle Donne blocks Bria Holmes 's 6-foot layup	12	27
1:39	Bria Holmes offensive rebound	12	27
1:35	Natisha Hiedeman makes 27-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)	12	30
1:15	Elena Delle Donne makes two point shot (Aerial Powers assists)	14	30
1:15	Bria Holmes shooting foul	14	30
1:15	Shekinna Stricklen enters the game for Bria Holmes	14	30
1:15	Elena Delle Donne misses free throw 1 of 1	14	30
1:15	Shekinna Stricklen defensive rebound	14	30
1:05	Shekinna Stricklen misses 19-foot jumper	14	30
1:04	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough defensive rebound	14	30
54.4	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough lost ball turnover (Brionna Jones steals)	14	30
49.5	Courtney Williams misses driving layup	14	30
48.6	Emma Meesseman defensive rebound	14	30
38.8	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes 26-foot three point jumper (Aerial Powers assists)	17	30
27.1	Courtney Williams makes two point shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)	17	32
7.0	Tianna Hawkins enters the game for Elena Delle Donne	17	32
7.0	Natasha Cloud enters the game for Kristi Toliver	17	32
3.1	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses driving floating jump shot	17	32
2.6	Washington offensive team rebound	17	32
2.6	shot clock turnover	17	32
0.2	Courtney Williams misses 39-foot three point jumper	17	32
0.1	Connecticut offensive team rebound	17	32
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	17	32

Sun
86
Mystics
95

Game 1

9/29

Sun
99
Mystics
87

Game 2

10/1

Mystics
94
Sun
81

Game 3

10/6

Mystics
86
Sun
90

Game 4

10/8

Sun
78
Mystics
89

Game 5

10/10

Mohegan Sun Arena

8:00 PM, October 8, 2019Coverage: ESPN2

Uncasville, CT

Attendance: 8,458

Referees:
Michael Price
Maj Forsberg
Byron Jarrett

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New York	32	8	.800	-	L1
Connecticut	28	12	.700	4	W1
Indiana	20	20	.500	12	L1
Atlanta	15	25	.375	17	W3
Washington	14	26	.350	18	W1
Chicago	13	27	.325	19	L5

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