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WNBA playoffs 2022: No. 3 Sun — fueled by heated Kahleah Copper-DeWanna Bonner exchange — oust Sky for Finals berth

The Connecticut Sun are into the WNBA Finals with a comeback 72-63 win against the reigning champion Chicago Sky in a deciding Game 5 at Wintrust Arena. The Sun had already started to erase an 11-point deficit when a heated exchange under the basket between the Sky's Kahleah Copper and Sun's DeWanna Bonner fueled a full erasure and eventual win.

It is the No. 3-seeded Sun's fourth Finals berth and they'll face the No. 1 Las Vegas Aces. Game 1 of the WNBA Finals begins Sunday in Las Vegas (3 p.