The Connecticut Sun have one game left to make up ground in the WNBA standings before the Olympic break.

Connecticut plays at the Chicago Sky on Friday night (Allstate Arena, 8:30 p.m.), and both are among the seven teams with losing records.

The top eight teams qualify for the playoffs this season regardless of conference. Chicago (11-12) would be seeded sixth if the season ended today. The Sun (7-16) are way back at No. 11.

Connecticut is a longshot to make the postseason, but it can make up ground in its last 11 games. The Seattle Storm (9-14) and Washington Mystics (9-14) are tied for the eighth-best record and both have a three-game lead over the Sun based on each winning the season series vs. the latter.

The Phoenix Mercury (10-14) are in seventh and also hold the head-to-head tiebreaker over Connecticut.

The Sun have won four of their last seven games. The Sky have a three-game winning streak, including winning their last two games in the final second. They routed Connecticut on opening night (90-73, May 14), thus the Sun must win the final two meetings to earn a tiebreaker.

— Ned Griffen