In San Antonio, the Sun nearly recovered from a dysfunctional first half. The visitors trailed by 25 but zoomed within one possession with seconds to go.

The Silver Stars got the W. Coach Hughes: "You saw the whole deal tonight. You saw how good we can play, and you saw what we're still working on."

The first half recalled the Sun's meltdown in the preseason. Keys to the near-comeback: Carey and Erika da Souza, who replaced Whalen and Dydek for almost the whole second half. Coach Thibault: "I stayed with the group that just figured out how to keep playing."