Lindsay Whalen returned to action and the Sun kept their win streak alive. It was a close battle with the Sky and Whalen and Ashja Jones combined for just 13 points. But the Sun found a way to win.

"Sometimes you can do just about everything right and the other team is on and there is nothing you can do about it," Sylvia Fowles said. "They had a lot of people step up and give their team a lot of energy."

The Sky shot the ball well and were led by the trio of Fowles, Jia Perkins and Candice Dupree. But they also had 22 turnovers. Tamika Whitmore and Barbara Turner paced the Sun with 17 and 16 points respectively.

”I'm happy with the win," said Mike Thibault. "This wasn't the best that we've played since we've come back from the (Olympic) break, but we won on a night where we didn't play our best.”