Connecticut Sun close out Dallas Wings, ready 'to take another step' in WNBA semifinals against Chicago Sky

ARLINGTON, Texas — Just like the New York Liberty the night before, the Dallas Wings had a chance Wednesday to knock out one of the top four seeds from the WNBA playoffs on their home court. And just like the Chicago Sky against New York, the visiting Connecticut Sun didn't let that happen against Dallas.

With the Sun's 73-58 victory over the Wings in Game 3 of their first-round series, the league's semifinal matchups are official, and the top four seeds will face off in best-of-five series starting Sunday. No. 1 Las Vegas is meeting No. 4 Seattle (ESPN, 4 p.m. ET), and the other semifinal will be a repeat of last year, as No. 2 Chicago takes on No. 3 Connecticut (ESPN2, 8 p.m. ET).

In 2021, the Sun had the WNBA's best record, the No. 1 seed and home-court advantage against the No. 6 seed Sky. This year, it's kind of the reverse: Chicago had the top record (tied with Las Vegas), and the Sky will have the home-court edge in the semifinals. But it's not as if the Sun were far off the lead; they finished at 25-11 to the 26-10 records of the Aces and Sky.

Last year, Chicago rode the underdog vibe all the way to a championship, having gone 16-16 in the regular season. There are no underdogs left in the WNBA playoffs this year, although neither the Aces nor the Sun have ever won a WNBA championship. Chicago broke through for its first last year, and Seattle has won four titles.

«Our team is incredibly confident in what they do and who they are,» Connecticut coach Curt Miller said Wednesday. «We're back to the semis for four straight years. This group wants to take another step, and there's not one person that's going to pick us to beat Chicago. So we're going to go with the underdog mentality and give it our best shot.»

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