Connecticut Sun Advances in WNBA Playoffs with Sweep Over Fever
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00:00In fact, DRS, of the quadrupleheader we saw to start the WNBA playoffs on Sunday, Connecticut
00:09had the largest margin of victory, absolutely blowing out Indiana 96-69.
00:15Only a six and a half point spread, though, for game number two, and late in the game,
00:20it was Indiana with a lead in the fourth quarter before the Sun rallied.
00:26They win, they sweep, they're on to round two and the semifinals with an 87-81 win.
00:33Six and a half point spread, so the Fever do cover.
00:37Connecticut, back into the semifinals for a second consecutive year.
00:40Yeah, it's a shame, too, because we really wanted to see the Fever move forward because
00:44of the, you know, the attention that the WNBA would get if Katelyn Clarke moves forward.
00:48But also, how about just a game number three in the Fever's building, how much fun that
00:52would have been to watch, and so that raucous atmosphere.
00:55It's a shame that goes away, but also brings up that broader picture of the WNBA.
00:59You had all the eyeballs and you do in the summer, like Major League Baseball is there,
01:03but obviously that's a long sport here and there's not really a crescendo that you have.
01:07The fact that we have the WNBA in the playoffs in the month of September, just kind of tough
01:11because the eyeballs for me, I actually would have seen when one of these games are on,
01:16like, you know what, if it's on, I'm going to check it.
01:17Now it doesn't really hit the radar at this point, and it's a shame because it's probably
01:20the best WNBA season that we've ever seen because of the ratings are up and all the
01:25excitement around it.
01:26And there's still really good ball clubs left in it.
01:28But I know as well, upper management for the WNBA itself was like, hey, that's great.
01:33The Sun are a good team.
01:34You know, they should be moving on.
01:35But at the same time, boy, it would have been nice to squeeze at least one more game at
01:38a Katelyn Clarke in the Fever, and if they advance, boy, you could really push that through.
01:42Not going to happen.
01:43The better team won, and we sort of expected that.