{"id":3809,"date":"2025-07-12T08:40:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T08:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/3809\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T08:40:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T08:40:03","slug":"storm-overcome-sloppy-start-use-strong-4th-quarter-to-top-sun-79-65","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/3809\/","title":{"rendered":"Storm overcome sloppy start, use strong 4th quarter to top Sun 79-65"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SEATTLE \u2014 Gabby Williams scored 18 points, including a 3-pointer with 6:10 remaining, to put the Seattle Storm up for good in a 79-65 win against the Connecticut Sun on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Williams’ shot gave the Storm (13-8) a 63-62 lead and started a 19-3 game-ending run. The Storm outscored the Sun 24-13 in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

Nneka Ogwumike chipped in 16 points while Skylar Diggins and Ezi Magbegor each added 14 points for Seattle.<\/p>\n

Tina Charles led Connecticut (3-17) with 20 points. Saniya Rivers had 12 points while Olivia Nelson-Ododa and Leila Lacan scored 10 each.<\/p>\n

The strong finish was needed considering the Storm got off to a slow start. Seattle trailed 16-10 after the first quarter thanks to a sloppy shooting. The Storm converted just 23.5% of their shots in the opening frame while Connecticut forward Charles scored eight of her 20 points in the quarter.<\/p>\n

The Storm chipped away at their deficit, and even took a 29-28 lead at the 1:57 mark in the second quarter on a 14-foot jump shot from Erica Wheeler. The teams traded the lead for much of the second and third quarters before Seattle pulled away in the fourth.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

The Sun continue with their quick road trip on Sunday against the Los Angeles Sparks. The Storm, meanwhile, will continue their homestand on Sunday when they host the Washington Mystics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEATTLE \u2014 Gabby Williams scored 18 points, including a 3-pointer with 6:10 remaining, to put the Seattle Storm…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3810,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[2000,4384,4387,4390,4389,4385,4391,1839,4386,99,4388,1608,4200,434],"class_list":["post-3809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-connecticut","tag-connecticut-sun","tag-ezi-magbegor","tag-fourth-quarter","tag-gabby-williams","tag-nneka-ogwumike","tag-points","tag-seattle","tag-skylar-diggins","tag-sports","tag-storm","tag-sun","tag-win","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}