Basketball might be a game of runs, but Connecticut-versus-Minnesota basketball is a game of inches. Regardless of which arena, which lineup, which month — no two WNBA teams have been better matched,

Alyssa Thomas flirted with a triple-double as the Connecticut Sun won Game 1 of a WNBA semifinal series, beating the Minnesota Lynx.

The third-seeded Sun took Game 1 of the best-of-five series from the second-seeded Lynx after 13 lead changes and eight ties.