UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) - Alyssa Thomas scored eight of Connecticut's final 11 points, including two free throws with 1.9 seconds left, and the Sun beat the Chicago Sky 67-65 on Thursday night.
Thomas finished with 14 points, Kelsey Bone had 14 points and 12 rebounds for her first double-double of the season and Alex Bentley scored 16 points for the Sun (2-1) after scoring 17 points in each of the first two games.
Elena Delle Donne made 10 of 20 shots and all seven of her free throws in scoring 27 points for the Sky (1-2), who came into the game averaging a league-best 94 points per game. Cappie Pondexter added 14 points and Courtney Vandersloot 13.
Pondexter drove to tie the score with 10 seconds left but Thomas was fouled underneath after a nifty pass by Bentley and she made both free throws. Delle Donne missed a long 3-pointer at the buzzer.
LIBERTY 68, MERCURY 57
NEW YORK (AP) - Tina Charles had 19 points and 11 rebounds, Essence Carson added 10 points and the Liberty beat the Mercury.
The Liberty (3-1) never trailed to remain undefeated at home, and snapped a four-game losing skid against Phoenix. New York is 3-1 for the first time since the 2007 season. The Mercury (1-1) were only able to tie it once, 23-23 with 1:15 left in the second quarter.
New York opened the third quarter on a 12-3 run and led 48-39 heading into the fourth. This was second straight game that New York used a big third quarter to blow open a close game. The Liberty have outscored opponents 70-45 during the third quarter in their last three games combined.
DeWanna Bonner scored 22 points, Candice Dupree added 12 and Currie had 11 for Phoenix.
LYNX 94, STORM 70
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Tricia Liston scored 15 points to lead five players in double figures and the Lynx rolled to a victory over the Storm.
Minnesota (3-0) never trailed en route to its 10th straight home win. Liston hit four 3-pointers. Jennifer O'Neill, Seimone Augustus and Rebekkah Brunson each added 12 points apiece and Damiris Dantas chipped in 10 for the Lynx, who shot 53 percent from the floor.
Asjha Jones scored eight points in her Lynx debut.
Seattle (1-2) shot just 38 percent, and followed another double-digit loss after opening its season with an 86-61 win over Los Angeles. Sue Bird scored 12 points and Renee Montgomery 10 to lead the Storm.
Bird made a jumper to pull the Storm within 49-38 midway through the third quarter. The Lynx answered with a 12-0 run and led by double digits the rest of the way.
Minnesota guard Monica Wright, who averaged 5.8 points in 2014, has missed all three games with a strained right calf.
STARS 72, DREAM 69
ATLANTA (AP) - Angel McCoughtry scored 21 points and Atlanta defeated the Stars for the Dream's first victory of the season.
Erika de Souza added 13 points and Tiffany Hayes 10.
The Dream (2-1) still didn't solve their early-season shooting woes, making just 36.8 percent, but outrebounded the Stars 41-29. Twenty came on the offensive boards, two short of the team record. Sancho Lyttle had 10 rebounds.
The Stars (0-2) rallied from an 11-point deficit before Lyttle's basket gave Atlanta a 68-66 lead with 2:21 remaining. The Dream extended their lead to five on McCoughtry's layup with 1:29 left before letting the Stars get back into the game without using any time.
Kayla McBride made two free throws on a clear-path foul with 44.1 seconds left and Danielle Robinson added another free throw when she was fouled before the ball was inbounded to cut the lead to 71-69. But after a Stars rebound, Jia Perkins was called for a charge. Moments later McCoughtry hit one of two free throws and McBride missed a good look at a 3-pointer as time ran out.