“We control our own destiny,” New York Liberty's Brondello said Monday after practice. “We are just going to take it one game at a time and see where we end up.”
The Seattle Storm signed five-time first-team all-WNBA center Tina Charlies for the rest of the season on Tuesday, three days after she was let go by Phoenix in a messy divorce from the Mercury.
The two spots in the WNBA Commissioner’s Cup championship could be decided. Connecticut and Seattle hold the top position in the Eastern and Western Conference and would both clinch spots.
Breanna Stewart had 21 points and a season-high 15 rebounds, Sue Bird added 13 points, as the Seattle Storm beat the Indiana Fever 79-69 for their fifth straight victory.
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.
Jewell Loyd scored 13 of her 18 points in the first quarter to lead six Seattle players in double figures, and the Storm cruised past the Atlanta Dream 95-71.
Breanna Stewart scored 28 points, Jewell Loyd added 18 with five assists, and the Seattle Storm beat the Indiana Fever 88-73 for coach Noelle Quinn’s first victory.