Jonquel Jones

Breanna Stewart and Courtney Vandersloot hope their championship pedigrees can help the New York Liberty win their first WNBA championship.

Brittney Griner's highly publicized legal woes in Russia and the country's invasion of Ukraine has the top WNBA players opting to take their talents elsewhere this offseason.

It was a big night for Chelsea Gray scoring 20 points to lead the Las Vegas Aces to their first WNBA title, in a 78-71 win over the Connecticut Sun and named WNBA Finals' MVP.

Jonquel Jones had 15 points and 10 rebounds and the Connecticut Sun overcame an 11-point deficit in the fourth quarter, beating the Chicago Sky 72-63 in the decisive fifth game of the semifinal series and advancing to the WNBA Finals.

Jonquel Jones led a sweep of three major WNBA awards for Connecticut, earning MVP honors hours before the Sun opened their best-of-five playoff series against Chicago.

Breanna Stewart scored 22 points to help the Seattle Storm beat the Connecticut Sun 89-66. The Storm improved their lead atop the WNBA standings over the second-place Sun to 1 1/2 games.

Sue Bird scored 21 points, Jewell Loyd had 19 points, eight rebounds, as the Seattle Storm handed the Connecticut Sun their first loss of the season with a 90-87 win.

Alyssa Thomas and the Connecticut Sun turned up their defense to stop the Washington Mystics 90-86 forcing a decisive Game 5 of the WNBA Finals.

Alyssa Thomas scored 22 points to lead a balanced Connecticut offense and the Sun opened the WNBA semifinals with an 84-75 win over the Los Angeles Sparks.