DeWanna Bonner 解除するs Sun to series-開始 勝利，勝つ vs. Liberty
DeWanna Bonner 得点する／非難する／２０d 20 points and Rebecca Allen 追加するd 18 as the Connecticut Sun stole Game 1 of the Eastern 会議／協議会 semifinal series with a 78-63 victory over the host New York Liberty on Sunday.
Allen made four 3-pointers and finished 7 of 9 全体にわたる from the 床に打ち倒す to pace the Sun, who had lost all four 正規の／正選手-season 会合s against the Liberty.
Tiffany Hayes and Natisha Hiedeman 得点する／非難する／２０d 12 points apiece for Connecticut, which visits New York in Game 2 on Tuesday.
Breanna Stewart led the Liberty with 19 points while Jonquel Jones 記録，記録的な／記録するd a 二塁打-二塁打 of 14 points and 11 回復するs. Sabrina Ionescu 追加するd 12 points for New York, which struggled in the second half after 主要な 40-37 at halftime.
Connecticut opened the third ４半期/4分の1 on a 7-0 run, 点火（する）d by a 3-pointer from Hiedeman in the corner that tied the game at 40-40.
The Sun led 46-40 before the Liberty 得点する／非難する／２０d their first points of the ４半期/4分の1 off a layup by Stewart. Hiedeman answered with a 3-pointer for a 49-42 lead.
Hayes gave Connecticut its first 二塁打-digit lead of the day at the 5:39 示す, 運動ing hard into the 小道／航路 for a layup and a 53-42 advantage.
New York was within 56-51 with 2:48 left in the third but two 解放する／自由な throws by Bonner and a 3-pointer from Allen gave the Sun a 65-55 lead 長，率いるing into the fourth.
The Sun led 25-21 after one and were up by as many as nine (23-14) in the second.
The Liberty 戦う／戦いd 支援する and の近くにd the half on a 10-2 run 燃料d by Stewart, who knocked 負かす／撃墜する a running jumper in the 小道／航路 with 2.6 seconds left to give New York a 40-37 辛勝する／優位.
Stewart also stepped up defensively, 封鎖するing two 発射 試みる／企てるs by Alyssa Thomas in the final seconds of the half.
--Field Level マスコミ
