Connecticut plays the Phoenix Mercury after Tina Charles scored 20 points in the Connecticut Sun's 88-71 loss to the Indiana Fever.

Tonight, the Connecticut Sun (2-9) dropped their final Commissioner’s Cup contest to the Indiana Fever (6-5), 88-71, on the road in Indianapolis. The Sun are now 1-1 against the Fever during the 2025 regular season.

Connecticut Sun star Tina Charles and Chicago Sky phenom Angel Reese had a heated moment in Sunday’s game, but both hold a deep mutual respect for the other.

In a chippy 88-71 win over Connecticut on Tuesday night, the Indiana Fever punched their ticket into the Commissioner's Cup final.

Tina Charles knows what elite rebounding looks like — she’s built a WNBA career on it. And after facing Angel Reese in the Connecticut Sun’s 78-66 loss to the Chicago Sky on Sunday, Charles saw something that reminded her of her younger self.

Charles and Reese continued their dialogue throughout Sunday’s game in Connecticut. And when play heated up in the third quarter, the two got in each other’s faces. It started with Sun veteran Bria Hartley pulling Reese’s braid on a rebound. Reese didn’t like it and shoved off an intervening Sun player. Charles didn’t like that either.

The Phoenix Mercury are on a hot streak and visit the Connecticut Sun to secure their ninth win of the season on Wednesday. Phoenix Preview The Mercury have won the first game of their four-game road trip after defeating the Las Vegas Aces,

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