With his team enjoying a free day in Indianapolis on Sunday, Connecticut Sun coach Mike Thibault planned to spend the afternoon relaxing, watching tape on an upcoming opponent and enjoying some down-time. “Maybe go for a little walk, have a little dinner,” he said. He's not getting too comfortable, though. The return to Earth rarely is. No one expected the Sun to continue their torrid pace to start the season, even Thibault. They won eight of their first nine games. They rocketed to first place. They turned aside some of the league's other top teams - and made it look easy at times, too. But with an 81-74 loss at Indiana Saturday - its third in five games - Connecticut (13-6) has played .500 ball (5-5) in its last 10 contests. Shots aren't falling like they used to. Hustle plays aren't producing scores as often. The rookies are playing more like rookies. And yet, the Sun still own the best record in the league, and lead second-place Detroit by a half-game in the Eastern Conference heading into their final matchup of the regular season Tuesday in Auburn Hills, Mich. “There's one thing that's consistent in this league,” Thibault said. “It's that there's inconsistency.” That applies to teams that opened with one of the best starts in its franchise history, too. “It's what maybe I expected at the start and we got by that for a while,” Thibault said of the recent struggles. “I really felt it was a big plus for us to get off to that kind ...
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With his team enjoying a free day in Indianapolis on Sunday, Connecticut Sun coach Mike Thibault planned to spend the afternoon relaxing, watching tape on an upcoming opponent and enjoying some down-time. “Maybe go for a little walk, have a little dinner,” he said. He's not getting too comfortable, though. The return to Earth rarely is. No one expected the Sun to continue their torrid pace to start the season, even Thibault. They won eight of their first nine games. They rocketed to first place. They turned aside some of the league's other top teams - and made it look easy at times, too. But with an 81-74 loss at Indiana Saturday - its third in five games - Connecticut (13-6) has played .500 ball (5-5) in its last 10 contests. Shots aren't falling like they used to. Hustle plays aren't producing scores as often. The rookies are playing more like rookies. And yet, the Sun still own the best record in the league, and lead second-place Detroit by a half-game in the Eastern Conference heading into their final matchup of the regular season Tuesday in Auburn Hills, Mich. “There's one thing that's consistent in this league,” Thibault said. “It's that there's inconsistency.” That applies to teams that opened with one of the best starts in its franchise history, too. “It's what maybe I expected at the start and we got by that for a while,” Thibault said of the recent struggles. “I really felt it was a big plus for us to get off to that kind ...