Tamika Whitmore and Lindsay Whalen scored 19 points apiece to help the Connecticut Sun edge the Chicago Sky 75-73 Sunday. Jia Perkins scored a game-high 21 points but missed a 12-foot baseline jumper over Connecticut's Jones at the buzzer as the Sun (5-1) improved to 7-1 against the third-year Sky, including 5-0 at Chicago. Whitmore tied a season high for scoring with 7-for-15 shooting from the field, including 3-for-7 on 3-pointers. Barbara Turner scored 11 of her 13 in the third quarter and rookie Amber Holt added 11 points for Connecticut. Chicago rookie Sylvia Fowles posted her second consecutive double-double with season highs of 17 points and 12 rebounds. Candice Dupree also had a double-double for the Sky (1-3) with 14 points and a season-high 11 rebounds. Storm 64, Comets 63: At Seattle, Sue Bird scored on a fast-break lay-in with 6.4 seconds left and Seattle rallied to beat winless Houston. Bird finished with 17 points, and Swin Cash had 11 of her 19 in the fourth quarter for the Storm (5-1). Cash scored Seattle's first eight points of the final quarter to help the Storm establish a franchise record for the best start to a season. Shannon Johnson scored 17 points and Tina Thompson added 14 for Houston (0-5), which is halfway to matching last year's franchise-worst 0-10 start. Houston had a chance for the winning shot, but Mistie Williams' try in traffic underneath the hoop fell short, and Tanisha Wright secured the loose ball for Seattle. Seattle's Sheryl Swoopes, playing her first game against her former team, finished with two points and two rebounds in 17 minutes. She also had two steals to top 600 for her career.
