Mohegan — The Connecticut Sun beat the Chicago Sky on Thursday night 67-65.

Let that sink in for a minute, Sun fans.

Connecticut held the Sky to 29 points below their average and won before 4,523 at Mohegan Sun Arena.

Alyssa Thomas made two free throws with 1.9 seconds left as the Sun found a way to fight back and beat the defending Eastern Conference champions.

“We needed that win,” Thomas said.

It’s way, way, way, way too early to draw any conclusions about any WNBA teams two weeks into the season.

Connecticut (2-1), however, has shown signs of improvement and won successive games at the Atlanta Dream and over Chicago. The Dream have been a league force. The Sky have the nearly unstoppable Elena Delle Donne (game-high 27 points) and Cappie Pondexter (14 points) and played in their first WNBA Final last season.

The Sun have finished last in back-to-back years and lost nearly half their team to injury before the season started.

“We know that if we can stay together and the five of us on the floor stay together and stay on the same page, we’ll be fine,” Sun center Kelsey Bone said.

“I’m extremely, extremely, extremely proud of the last two wins. We’re talking about two of the better teams, two of the teams projected to be so great in the East, and lil’ ol’ us coming in and nobody is worried about us. Nobody is focused on us and we’re fine with that. We want it to stay like that.”

Chicago (1-2) shot 48.6 percent in its first two games.

The Sky shot 36.2 percent against Connecticut.

“You have to give credit to Connecticut,” Chicago’s Courtney Vandersloot said. “They played very hard, and they had a game plan, especially for Elena. She was not getting many easy looks and she worked really hard for everything.”

“That crew in (the Connecticut locker room) takes pride, and they take pride defensively,” Sun coach Anne Donovan said. “They’re mature enough to understand that we have to defend because we’re not going to outscore people.”

Bone had 14 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks for Connecticut.

“If we can get a double-double from Bone on most nights, we're in good shape,” Donovan said.

Thomas scored eight of her 14 points in the fourth quarter and added eight rebounds. Alex Bentley scored 16.

Pondexter made a driving layup with 10.4 seconds left to tie the game at 65 and the Sun raced the ball up court.

“I saw A.T. — huge — coming into the middle of the lane,” Bentley said. “Nobody was on her. Nobody was guarding her, so it was the perfect opportunity for us to score.”

Thomas made both free throws. Delle Donne missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer.

The Sun scored the game’s first seven points and led 32-18 with over six minutes left in the first half.

Chicago came back and took the lead late in the third quarter.

Delle Donne’s three-point play gave the Sky a 57-52 lead with over seven minutes remaining in the game.

Bentley had a steal and drove the length of the court for a layup. She followed with a running bank shot to cut Connecticut’s deficit to a point.

Thomas scored back-to-back baskets to put the Sun back ahead 60-57 with 3 minutes, 16 seconds left.

“There were a lot of positives after this one,” Donovan said. “(I’m) super, super happy.”

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