{"id":1491,"date":"2026-05-29T15:35:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1491"},"modified":"2026-05-29T15:35:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:35:36","slug":"sun-road-trip-ends-the-way-it-started-with-a-loss-in-portland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1491","title":{"rendered":"Sun road trip ends the way it started: with a loss in Portland"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>PORTLAND, Ore. \u2014 Carla Leite scored 20 points and the expansion Portland Fire won their third straight game with a 71-61 victory over the Connecticut Sun on Wednesday night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1490\">Hurricanes silence the Canadiens to move within a victory of the Stanley Cup Final<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Bridget Carleton added 13 points for the Fire, who were coming off road victories over the Toronto Tempo and the New York Liberty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Aneesah Morrow had 13 points and 13 rebounds for the Sun, who have just one win to open the season. The game was the last of a five-game trip that started with an 83-82 loss to the Fire.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>The Sun led, 55-50, with 8:04 left in the game but Portland\u2019s Teja Oblak answered with a pair of baskets to get to 55-54 and the Fire pulled back in front on Frieda Buhner\u2019s layup.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Buhner added a layup to make it 58-55 with 4:25 left and Portland led the rest of the way.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Frieda Buhner is bringin&#8217; the energy and the buckets \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>CON-PDX | League Pass<br \/>Tap to watch: https:\/\/t.co\/eb8RlRIl9E pic.twitter.com\/jesieRCtIs<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1488\">Game 56: Red Sox at Guardians lineups and notes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WNBA (@WNBA) May 28, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The Sun were 0 for 13 from the perimeter in the first half. Morrow hit Connecticut\u2019s first 3-pointer with 8:23 left in the third quarter, closing the gap to 39-32.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Sun pulled within 43-42 on Olivia Nelson-Ododa\u2019s basket then took the lead on Morrow\u2019s layup and the game was tied at 50 going into the final quarter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Brittney Griner, who led the Sun with 16 points in the previous meeting with the Fire, was not available because of right rib injury. Griner remains a point away from 6,000 career points.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Suns center Aaliyah Edwards went down with 5:02 left in the opening quarter after it appeared that Sarah Ashlee Barker knocked her in the face. Barker was handed a flagrant foul but Edwards missed both free throws. Shortly thereafter Edwards left the game with what the team said was a nose injury.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Sun will host the Los Angeles Sparks on Saturday at Peoples Bank Arena in Hartford, the team\u2019s first game in the city since 2003.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1486\">Trump is using the presidency to \u2018get what he wants\u2019 for an extreme makeover of the nation\u2019s capital<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carla Leite scored 20 points and the expansion Fire won their third straight game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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