Explosive Victory – Fever Matches Longest Streak in 10 Years With Fifth Straight Win! The Indiana Fever have shocked the league by equaling their longest win streak in over a decade. But what’s fueling their incredible rise? Is this a mere coincidence, or are they hiding a secret strategy that no one’s seen before? With their fifth consecutive victory, they’re making waves – but will they keep this momentum going? More revelations below…
Explosive Victory – Fever Matches Longest Streak in 10 Years With Fifth Straight Win!
The Indiana Fever have shocked the league by equaling their longest win streak in over a decade. But what’s fueling their incredible rise? Is this a mere coincidence, or are they hiding a secret strategy that no one’s seen before? With their fifth consecutive victory, they’re making waves – but will they keep this momentum going? More revelations below…
SEATTLE — The Indiana Fever survived a late run by the Seattle Storm on Sunday to hold on for a 78-74 win, extending their winning streak to five to match the longest by the Fever since August 2015, during coach Stephanie White’s previous run as the team’s head coach.
The Fever also won five consecutive games last August and September, but that run was led by All-Star guard Caitlin Clark, who averaged 24.2 points, 9.2 assists and 6.0 rebounds in the five wins, making 21 total 3-pointers. This streak has come entirely without Clark, who has sat out the past seven games because of a right groin injury.
Up 12 midway through the fourth quarter Sunday, Indiana was able to withstand an 11-0 run by Seattle that cut the margin to one point on a Skylar Diggins three-point play with 2:14 remaining.
“I also think it shows the growth that we’ve had as a team because early in the season, we were just so inconsistent, and if teams were to do that, we would normally lose those games,” said forward Sophie Cunningham, whose 17 points on 4-of-5 3-point shooting were a high since joining the Fever. “Just shows that we’re getting closer, we’re trusting each other — I think that’s the biggest part is trusting and knowing that we can win those games even if they go on runs.”
Said White: “I was proud of our group for how we stayed — not just together, because we always stay together — but how we stayed even and we came down and we went to the next play. We made some big plays in key moments that allowed us to win the ballgame.”
The Storm did have multiple opportunities to tie the score. Over the final 1:07 of the fourth quarter, Seattle missed five 3-pointers that could have evened the score, culminating with Gabby Williams‘ attempt rimming out in the final five seconds. Aliyah Boston, who had a sixth consecutive double-double (16 points, 12 rebounds) secured the miss to end the threat.
“My stomach was doing flips there,” White said. “I felt like they did a really good job of executing. We didn’t do quite as good a job of anticipating action and communicating screens. You know, we got fortunate that they didn’t fall.”
For the Storm, Sunday was a second loss this weekend decided in the final seconds. On Friday, Seattle lost to the Los Angeles Sparks at home in double overtime when Diggins missed at the buzzer. The results dropped the Storm to sixth in the WNBA standings, a game behind Indiana.
“I’m super proud of our group, having had a tough game on Friday and rallying back to get us in position to win the game,” Seattle coach Noelle Quinn said. “I thought that we executed really well in finding the looks we wanted. For us, we want to not just have moral victories around those particular things.
“We are getting better in those areas and we know those deposits are going to pay dividends coming up, but yeah, I think this group needs to feel a win, getting rewarded for all their hard work, effort to get us in that position.”
WNBA-leading Lynx trade for Wings’ DiJonai Carrington
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The Minnesota Lynx have traded for Dallas Wings guard DiJonai Carrington, as the top team in the WNBA this season acquired last year’s Most Improved Player.
The Wings are getting forward Diamond Miller, guard Karlie Samuelson and the Lynx’s 2027 second-round draft pick.
Carrington was averaging 10.4 points and a career-high 5.1 rebounds per game after joining Dallas in February from the Connecticut Sun as part of a four-team trade.
With the Sun, Carrington was an all-defensive first-team selection in 2024 along with her Most Improved honor.
Miller, the No. 2 overall pick by the Lynx in the draft two years ago, averaged 7.1 points per game in her time in Minnesota, while Samuelson joined Minnesota in an April trade and was averaging 3.3 points per game this season. Samuelson hasn’t played since June 29 because of surgery on her left foot.
To complete the trade, the Wings waived Teaira McCowan, who had been on a protected veteran contract and was averaging 5.6 points and 4.6 rebounds per game.
Minnesota is 24-5 this season. The Wings, with No. 1 overall draft pick Paige Bueckers, have lost eight of their past 10 games and are 8-21.
Sun president says sale not done, team to play in Connecticut in ’26
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UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Connecticut Sun president Jennifer Rizzotti confirmed Sunday that the team plans to play at Mohegan Sun Arena in 2026 after a deal was reached Saturday for a Boston-based investor group to buy the franchise and relocate it there for the 2027 season.
Rizzotti reiterated the sale by the Mohegan Tribe is “not quite at the finish line yet.” The sale and potential relocation to Boston are subject to approval by the WNBA Board of Governors.
In the meantime, the Sun have opened their season ticket renewal process for next season, which will run through Aug. 22.
“We’ve gotten a lot of positive feelings from our fans based on the news that we’ll be here next year,” Rizzotti said. “I know there’s still uncertainty about the future, but our loyal fans, they’re excited to be able to watch this team grow and get into Year Two of this retooling of the roster and see where we can go. And if it ends up being our last year here, we’re going to make sure we blow it out.”
A group led by Steve Pagliuca, a minority owner of the NBA’s Boston Celtics, agreed to buy the Sun for $325 million and contribute $100 million for a practice facility, ESPN confirmed Saturday. The sales price would be a record for women’s sports franchise.
Pagliuca said in a statement released on Sunday that an offer had been made to buy the team, but “approval has not been obtained thus far, and we cannot proceed without it. We will respect, cooperate with, and abide by all league rules and decisions on these matters.”
“Central to our proposal is enabling the Sun to play in larger capacity arenas in New England,” Pagliuca wrote. “We believe our record-setting offer and deep commitment to growing the WNBA in the region that is home to the most passionate basketball fans in the nation will significantly benefit the league, the team, and all its fans.”
Rizzotti and the Mohegan Tribe are restricted in what they can say due to a non-disclosure agreement, but the Sun president indicated any proposal would have to be put in front of the league, and then the league would have to present it to the Board of Governors.
The Mohegan Tribe initially purchased the franchise in 2003, when it was the Orlando Miracle, and relocated it to Uncasville, making them the first non-NBA owners of a WNBA team.
Rizzotti said the Mohegan Tribe is responsible for “decades worth of investment in the WNBA before it was popular to own a WNBA team,” which she said is reflected in the organization’s tremendous on-court success: 17 playoff appearances, including eight straight, as well as four trips to the WNBA Finals.
But the Sun are one of the few teams who have not built or announced plans to complete a dedicated practice facility. The team currently practices at Mohegan Sun Arena or at the Mohegan Tribal Center, a communal space. While WNBA arenas vary in size from roughly 4,000 to 18,000 in capacity, the Sun are at the lower end of that range, fitting just shy of 9,000 fans.
Rizzotti credited the Mohegan Tribe for being “thoughtful” about the direction the league is heading and argued it has “tried to do what’s best for not just this team, but for the league as a whole.” She has met with different ownership groups in recent months and said the Mohegan Tribe has done a thorough job of vetting potential new owners.
“Have they gotten passed by?” Rizzotti said. “They know that, in some ways, but we’ve never suffered in loyalty and commitment and a great fan base and people who really care about taking care of our players.”
The Boston Globe, which first reported the agreement, also reported the league may force the Mohegan Tribe to sell to a Connecticut-based buyer and would prefer to give Boston an expansion team in 2033.
“I can’t imagine that if there is an investment group at the right level in a great city, why anybody would not consider that to be a viable option,” Rizzotti said.
The Sun sold out games in 2024 and 2025 at Boston’s TD Garden, and Rizzotti says her conversations with players around the league suggest they’d prefer to play in a bigger market with more opportunities than Uncasville.
“Relocation decisions are made by the WNBA Board of Governors and not by individual team,” the WNBA said in a statement Saturday, adding that cities that submitted expansion bids have priority over Boston in that process.
