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Diggins-Smith and Loyd combined for 19 of the
26 points scored in a breakout third quarter by Seattle (4-3),
which shot 43.8 percent for the game and took advantage of 21
Chicago turnovers. The Storm, though, saw a 19-point
fourth-quarter lead cut to five by a 16-2 Chicago run.
However, Diggins-Smith hit a key 3-pointer from the wing with
2:25 left in regulation for a 76-68 Storm lead.
Star rookie Angel Reese had 11 points and 12 rebounds and Dana
Evans scored 13 for the Sky (2-3), who shot 41 percent while
falling to 0-2 at home.
The Storm led 38-37 at halftime, but Elizabeth Williams (12
points, eight rebounds) and Evans combined for the first four
points of the third to give the Sky a 41-38 lead. That's when
Diggins-Smith and Loyd took over as Seattle scored 16 of the
next 18 points.
The stretch was highlighted by an old-fashioned three-point play
from Diggins-Smith, who scored 11 in the third. Loyd, who grew
up in suburban Chicago, had eight points during that period.
With four points from Nneka Ogwumike (10 points), Seattle used
an 11-0 run to conclude the third and open the fourth to push
its lead to 71-52 and seemingly take control. Marina Mabrey's
3-pointer and five points from Reese highlighted a surge that
got the Sky within 73-68.
Victoria Vivians had seven first-quarter points for the Storm,
who used a 6-0 run to lead by seven. Ogwumike's bucket put
Seattle ahead 24-18.
Chicago scored the next seven, spanning the end of the first
quarter and into the second, to lead 25-24.
The game went back and forth, with four straight points from
Mabrey giving Chicago a 33-29 lead late in the second quarter.
But two free throws from Loyd put the Storm ahead by one at the
break.
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