Skylar Diggins-Smith scored 18 points, Jewell Loyd added 17 and the Seattle Storm bounced back from a tough loss at Connecticut last weekend to beat the Sun in a rematch 71-64 on Tuesday night.
The Storm got hammered inside in a 93-86 loss at Connecticut on Sunday when they allowed 56 points in the paint and they got off to a similar start on Tuesday. The Sun led by 12 in the first quarter and nine in the middle of the second with a big rebounding advantage and 20 points in the paint. By the end, the Storm had a 40-34 advantage inside and won the rebounding battle 31-30.
With a minute to go and the lead down to four, the Storm made 5 of 8 free throws to offset Bonner's 3-pointer.The Sun scored the first eight points of the game, starting and ending with Carrington scoring inside, and led 18-6 on Bonner's layup before settling for an 18-13 lead after one.The key for Seattle was finishing strong, using a 7-0 run to close the first quarter and a 14-2 surge at the end of the second to take a 34-31 halftime lead.
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