Alyssa Thomas racked up another triple-double on Sunday in Los Angeles.
Connecticut will try to carry over that fourth-quarter form into a rematch Tuesday night at Los Angeles, where it will shoot for a sweep of the teams’ two-game series.
Thomas finished with 12 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds as the Sun improved to 25-10. They trailed going into the fourth quarter but unleashed a 24-9 run that allowed them to stay a game behind Minnesota for the second-best record in the WNBA.
Brionna Jones scored a team-high 21 points to go along with nine rebounds, continuing a recent stretch of good play. Jones has scored at least 17 points in each of the last four games. She has tallied at least 20 in three of those games.
Meanwhile, Los Angeles (7-28) has nothing to play for but pride and individual stats. Owners of the league’s worst record, the Sparks are guaranteed to finish with no worse than a top-three lottery pick and have the best odds to wind up with the No. 1 pick.
The good news for Los Angeles is that it’ has found a potential cornerstone in rookie forward Rickea Jackson, who scored a game-high 23 points Sunday and added a career-high three steals.
The Sun have won the teams’ first three matchups this year by an average of 9.7 points per game.
