Stewart's 25-point effort carries Storm to blowout victory over Fever

Breanna Stewart scored 25 points, Jewell Loyd and Tina Charles added 15 points apiece and the Seattle Storm beat Indiana 81-65 Sunday in Seattle, to extend the Fever's losing streak to nine games.

Seattle (17-8) is a half-game behind the Las Vegas Aces (18-7) and two games back of the WNBA-leading and defending-champion Chicago Sky (19-6).

Ezi Magbegor scored back-to-back baskets inside to give the Storm the lead for good and spark a 15-2 run that made it 23-13 when Stewart hit a three with 2:11 left in the first quarter. Danielle Robinson hit a pull-up jumper that capped a 10-2 spurt by the Fever to open the second half and trim their deficit to 44-41 with six minutes left in the third quarter but Indiana got no closer.

Magbegor added 10 points for the Storm.

NaLyssa Smith led Indiana (5-22) with 15 points and nine rebounds. Emma Cannon scored a career-high 14 points and Queen Egbo added 13.

The Fever have lost 10 of their last 11 games.

Parker lifts Dream to victory

Cheyenne Parker matched her season high with 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, Tiffany Hayes added 16 points, seven rebounds and six assists and the Atlanta Dream beat the Phoenix Mercury 85-75 on Sunday in Phoenix, Ariz.

Sophie Cunningham hit a three-pointer with 5:39 left in the fourth quarter to give Phoenix a 73-70 lead but Erica Wheeler answered with back-to-back threes and Hayes made a floater to make 78-73 and the Dream led the rest of the way. The Mercury went one for seven from the field and committed three turnovers over the final five-plus minutes.

Wheeler added 14 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for Atlanta (11-14) and AD Durr hit four of five from three-point range and finished with 12 points.

Rhyne Howard (right shoulder), Nia Coffey (right knee) and Monique Billings (right ankle) did not play for the Dream. Howard, the No. 1 overall pick in April's draft, is the team's leading scorer (14.7 per game) and Billings leads Atlanta in rebounding (6.2 per game).

The Dream snapped a three-game losing streak and won for just the third time in their last nine games.

Diana Taurasi led Phoenix (11-16) 23 points and Skylar Diggins-Smith scored 14 but the duo combined to make just 12 of 36 from the field and two of 15 from three-point range. Shey Peddy tied her season high with 16 points, grabbed six rebounds and had five assists. Cunningham finished with 11 points and a career-high nine rebounds.

Diamond DeShields (hip) did not play for the Mercury.

Plum leads Aces to win over Sun

Kelsey Plum scored 14 of her 22 points after halftime, Chelsea Gray tied her season highs with 21 points and nine assists and the Las Vegas Aces beat the Connecticut Sun 91-83 Sunday in a matchup between two of the top teams in the WNBA.

Las Vegas (18-7) has won three games in a row and is second in the league standings, one game behind the defending champion Chicago Sky. Connecticut (16-9), which is 4-5 in its last nine games, fell a half-game behind the Seattle Storm into fourth.

A'ja Wilson scored 20 points, Jackie Young added 12 and Riquna Williams hit three of six from three-point range and finished with 11 points for Las Vegas.

Connecticut led for much of the first half and had a 37-35 advantage at the end of the second quarter before Gray opened the third with a three that gave the Aces the lead for good. Plum followed with back-to-back three-pointers just 23 seconds apart and then made two free throws before finding Wilson for a 14-foot jumper to make it 48-39 and cap a 13-2 run.

DeWanna Bonner led the Sun with 19 points. Natisha Hiedeman, Courtney Williams and Brionna Jones added 16 points apiece. Alyssa Thomas had 14 rebounds and six assists but scored just six points on 1-of-6 shooting and committed a career-high nine of Connecticut's 22 turnovers — one shy of the team's season high.

The Sun trailed by as many as 15 points before the Aces scored 19 of the next 24 points — including 11 straight to trim their deficit to 64-63 after Bonner hit a three-pointer about a minute into the fourth quarter. Williams scored eight points — including two threes — as Las Vegas responded with a 12-2 run and the Sun trailed by at least two possessions the rest of the way.

Delle Donne, Mystics cruise past Lynx

Elena Delle Donne scored 21 points on 8-of-16 shooting and had 10 rebounds, Ariel Atkins added 15 points and three steals and the Washington Mystics beat the Minnesota Lynx 70-57 on Sunday in Washington.

Shatori Walker-Kimbrough was four of five from the field, including two of three from three-point range, and finished with 11 points for Washington (16-11).

Natasha Cloud hit a three-pointer to cap an 8-0 run that made it 28-21 with 4:20 left in the second quarter and gave the Mystics the lead for good. Minnesota went scoreless for more than six minutes in the third quarter as Washington scored 12 consecutive points to take a 19-point lead.

Kayla McBride scored 16 points and Aerial Powers added 11 for Minnesota (10-17). Sylvia Fowles had nine points and 12 rebounds.