Bueckers leads Wings past the Sun for 1st win of

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP)– Paige Bueckers had a triumphant go back to Connecticut by scoring a career-best 21 points as Dallas won its first game of the season, beating the Sun 109-87 on Tuesday night.Bueckers, the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft, shot 8 for 10 from the field and completed with 7 helps and five rebounds.Advertisement Bueckers stayed best at Mohegan Sun Arena, where the Sun play their home games. She went 15-0 at the structure in college while playing for UConn, consisting of winning 4 Big East champions with the Huskies. A number of her previous teammates remained in participation Tuesday night.She received a loud ovation from the sellout crowd when presented before the game, and lots of fans were using her No. 5 jersey from UConn and Dallas.LIBERTY 95, VALKYRIES 67 NEW YORK CITY( AP)– Breanna Stewart scored 24 points, Jonquel Jones included 13 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists and New york city

never ever routed in a win over Golden

State.Advertisement The defending WNBA champion, New York (4-0)has won 8 successive regular-season games.Kayla Thornton, who was chosen by the Valkyries in December’s growth draft, and Veronica Burton scored 13

points apiece to lead Golden State and Temi Fagbenle added 11. Thornton spent the last two seasons with the Liberty.Marine Johannes scored 18 points on

6-of-11 shooting from 3-point variety for the Liberty. Natasha Cloud had 10 of New York’s season-high 30 assists.LYNX 82, STORM 77 MINNEAPOLIS(AP)– Courtney Williams scored 23 points, Napheesa Collier had 16 points and 10 rebounds and Minnesota held on to beat Seattle in a matchup of early season leaders in the Western Conference.Advertisement The Lynx extended their season-opening winning streak to five games and invited the return of Kayla McBride, who missed the

first 4 games for individual reasons.Minnesota led by double digits early before Seattle’s Dominique Malonga scored to open the 4th quarter and pulled the Storm within 54-53. The Lynx kept their lead and successive 3-pointers by Williams and Alanna Smith made it 70-64 near the four-minute mark.Williams struck a couple of pull-up jumpers for a 76-69 lead with 2 minutes left.Seattle scored the next 4 points, and it was 76-73 with 27 seconds staying.

McBride added four totally free throws and Minnesota led 80-74 with 14 seconds remaining. Erica Wheeler struck a 3 for Seattle, Collier included two more totally free throws for the Lynx, and the Storm turned it over on their final possession.Advertisement DREAM 88, STIMULATES 82 LOS ANGELES (AP)– Allisha Gray scored 25 points and

Atlanta endured a fourth-quarter rally and beat Los Angeles.Kelsey Plum had six points and a help in the

Triggers’ 14-3 go to open the fourth quarter and Atlanta, which led by 17 points with a minute remaining in the 3rd, led 69-67 with 5 minutes left.Three-pointers from Rhyne Howard and Gray assisted Atlanta preserve a five-point lead, 79-74, with 3 minutes to go. Azura Stevens hit a 3-pointer for the Stimulates to make it 81-77 with 59 seconds left

, however Naz Hillmon’s deep 3-pointer put Atlanta back up by seven. Gray included four complimentary tosses to close it out.Advertisement Howard had 15 points, nine rebounds and 7 assists for Atlanta( 4-2).

Brionna Jones scored 13 points, Naz Hillmon 11 and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough 10. MERCURY 94, SKY 89 PHOENIX(AP )– Satou Sabally scored 20 points, novice Kitija Laksa included a season-high 18 points and Phoenix rallied from a 16-point

deficit in the 2nd half and beat winless Chicago.Alyssa Thomas had 10 points, 15 assists, 7 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 blocks for the Mercury. Thomas moved previous Tamika Catchings( 1,488)into 12th location in WNBA history with 1,503 career helps. The five-time All-Star ended up being the first player in WNBA history with a minimum of 10 points, five assists and five rebounds

in each of the first five games of a season.Advertisement Kathryn Westbeld and Monique Akoa Makani– who was a game-time choice due to illness– scored 13 points each and combined to hit five 3-pointers in the fourth quarter for the Mercury.Angel Reese had 13 points and 15 rebounds for the Sky. Ariel Atkins added a season-high 21 points, Kamilla Cardoso had 16 points and nine rebounds and Courtney Vandersloot completed with 15 points and 11 helps. Kia Nurse, who went into the game shooting 6.6 %(1 of 15 )from beyond the arc this season, scored 14 points, consisting of four 3s.