Ariel Atkins exited in the second quarter with an ankle injury, but the shorthanded Mystics managed to stop Seattle and head into the all-star break with a win.
and Shakira Austin, Washington found a way to win shorthanded, holding off a furious late push to beat the Seattle Storm, 93-86.
“We’ve, big picture, handled this situation really well. I don’t know if every team would handle it as well as we have. Even the games we’ve lost, we’ve been really competitive and handled the situation [well],” Thibault said. “The way we’ve handled it’s been huge, and I got to give a shout-out to our crowd also. The last several games, we won a few in a row at home now, and they’ve given us a big lift right at the time we needed.”The win sends the Mystics into the WNBA all-star break at 11-8.
The fourth quarter was a different story as the Storm rallied behind Jewell Loyd’s 39 points on the night, which included a WNBA record-tying nine three-pointers. Loyd made 11 of 22 shots, including 9 of 16 from deep.When the Mystics’ lead was cut to six with under three minutes remaining, Sykes took over, hitting a pull-up jumper followed by a tough and-one as an anxious crowd erupted.
“I have such good teammates, and I have such a great organization that has so much faith in me,” Sykes said. “This is probably the first time in my career where I’m in a place where what I see in the mirror, somebody else sees,” Sykes said. “When it started getting a little tight, I had to realize that my team still had the same faith in me, whether I made or missed a shot, and I couldn’t get on myself about that because they didn’t.
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