Betty Lennox and Iziane Castro Marques led a late surge as the Seattle Storm rallied for a 95-86 victory over the Sun in a rematch of last season's WNBA Finals.
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It looked the Sun would sweep the season series. They led virtually the entire way before the Storm used a 15-5 burst over the final 3:46 of the contest.
Lennox scored six points and Marques five in the late spurt for the Storm, who shot 51 percent (35-of-69) and made 21-of-23 free throws.
Lennox finished with 29 points and Lauren Jackson 23 for the Storm, who trailed by as many as 10 points in the first half before battling back to within 49-44 at the break.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin scored 21 points and Lindsay Whalenand Asjha Jones each added 16 for Connecticut, which had a franchise-record eight-game winning streak stopped.




















