The Connecticut Sun have been very good a mere five games into the WNBA season.

Connecticut has also caught some lucky breaks, something head coach Curt Miller readily admits.

The Sun (5-0) are the league's last unbeaten team headed into Tuesday’s game at the Atlanta Dream (McCamish Pavilion, 8 p.m., NBCSB). It's the third game of their four-game, seven-day road trip.

The Dream (2-3) are the first team Connecticut will play that has their entire team. Its other opponents were without key players to either injuries or overseas commitments.

“You are what your record says you are”, to quote Bill Parcells, and the Sun have played very well. On the other hand, it’s somewhere between foolish and lunacy to make definitive judgments on any athlete or team after just a few games. Especially against undermanned opponents.

“We’ve been very fortunate,” Miller said. “This league is about talent and luck ... how your schedule plays out ... can you stay healthy."

Moriah Jefferson, Kayla McBride, Kelsey Plum (Las Vegas Aces). Candace Parker and Jantel Lavender (Los Angeles Sparks). Shenise Johnson (Indiana Fever). Stefanie Dolson and Allie Quigley (Chicago Sky). Elena Delle Donne and Tayler Hill (Washington Mystics). All were either hurt, ill or overseas when their teams played Connecticut.

“We have not played a team at full strength,” Miller said, “but it’s not like we’re the only team playing those (teams).

"Certainly, a little bit of luck has gone our way. ... We caught Washington (Sunday) playing its fourth game in six days. You could see how that affected its shooting. Now we get in that realm of playing our third (road) game in five days, four in seven days, and five in nine.”

Connecticut’s statistics are nutty. The Sun are averaging 97.4 points and 22.4 assists while shooting 50.8 percent from the field and 40 percent from behind the arc.

None of the Sun are among the league’s top 25 scorers. That’s because six of them are averaging in double figures — Alex Bentley (14.2), Jasmine Thomas (14), Alyssa Thomas (13.8), Chiney Ogwumike (13), Jonquel Jones (11.6) and Courtney Williams (11.2).

“If you honestly evaluate us, we have played good basketball in stretches,” Miller said. “On paper, I’m very pleased with some of (our) numbers. They're eye-popping. At the same time, my job is to critique and focus on the pitfalls … when we weren’t very good out of timeouts, or didn’t execute what we talked about going into the game.”

Note that Bentley (23.2 minutes) and Jones (19 mpg) have been coming off the bench. Jones started last season, but has been brought back slowly. She arrived three days before the season-opener due to family and visa issues.

“We’re playing so well right now that we’ve just kept it the way it is,” Miller said. “There’s no doubt that JJ is one of the biggest pieces, if not the biggest piece, to making a run to where we want to be (the WNBA Finals).”

“Our big lineup where we slide (power forward) Alyssa (Thomas) to the three (small forward) and play (posts) Chiney and JJ at the same time is part of every game. And it’s not out of the discussion that it’ll be our starting lineup of the future. But right now, we like what we’re doing, so we’re just trying to continue to play that way. … We’re not playing through a particular alpha dog. I think our pack mentality (offensively), six players in double figures, is really, really hard to prepare for.”

n.griffen@theday.com