WNBA Scores: Storm Rookies Dominate, Sophie Cunningham in Focus

Seattle's rookie tandem Flau'jae Johnson and Awa Fam combined for 45 points as the Storm overpowered the Atlanta Dream 105–90 at Climate Pledge Arena on June 27, while Indiana crushed Los Angeles 111–87 in a separate game that left the Sparks with an unwanted piece of league history. Six teams had their records changed across Saturday's WNBA action, and the Sophie Cunningham story remained one of the league's dominant sidebars.

Seattle Shoots Atlanta Out of the Building

The Storm shot 60.3 percent from the field and 60.9 percent from three-point range in a dominant display that gave them back-to-back wins after what AP reported as an 11-game losing streak, a franchise record for futility. Seattle never trailed.

Johnson led the way with 24 points and 11 rebounds on 9-of-12 shooting. Fam, the No. 3 pick in the 2026 draft according to ESPN's game report, was nearly flawless, 21 points on 8-of-9 from the field and 5-of-6 from distance. Natisha Hiedeman added 20 points and six assists, and Dominique Malonga finished with 16 points and 11 rebounds. Five starters accounted for 91 of Seattle's 105 points.

Atlanta's Rhyne Howard scored 27 on four made threes, and Angel Reese finished with 17 points and nine rebounds. Jordin Canada distributed 10 assists but the Dream shot just 24.1 percent from three on 29 attempts, against Seattle's 60.9 percent on 23. The gap in three-point execution was the defining statistic of the night. Full box scores are available on the official WNBA game page.

Atlanta fell to 12–7, Seattle climbed to 5–15.

Indiana Defeats LA as Sparks Set Grim Record

Indiana's 111–87 win over Los Angeles was powered by Kelsey Mitchell's 26 points, the guard shooting 9-of-13 from the field and 4-of-6 from three according to AP reporting. Nneka Ogwumike led the Sparks with 17 points and seven rebounds, Dearica Hamby added 15.

The Fever won without Caitlin Clark, who sat out with a back injury, and without Kelsey Plum, sidelined by a left-leg injury. Indiana's rotation produced the result without either of them.

For Los Angeles, the defeat carried a specific distinction. AP reported that the Sparks became the first team in WNBA history to allow at least 110 points in consecutive games, having surrendered 125 to Toronto two days earlier on June 25. That combination put 236 points on the Sparks' ledger across the two games. Indiana moved to 11–8, Los Angeles dropped to 8–10.

Updated WNBA Standings After June 27

Minnesota and Las Vegas held firm at the top. Atlanta's loss pulled the Dream level with Golden State and New York at 12–7, creating a three-way cluster for the third through fifth positions, with tiebreak procedures governing the official order. Dallas held sixth at 11–7, and Indiana's win moved the Fever to 11–8 in seventh. The full table, as reflected on the official WNBA standings page:

Source: WNBA official standings as of June 28, 2026. Tied teams ordered by league tiebreak procedures.

Thomas Suspension Served, Mercury Coach Speaks Out

Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas served a one-game suspension on June 27 at Toronto, where the Mercury won 89–80 and improved to 7–13. The suspension stemmed from a retroactive Flagrant Foul 2 assessed by the WNBA for contact with Caitlin Clark during Phoenix's 111–109 win at Indiana on June 24. The league determined the non-basketball act occurred with 6:52 remaining in the second quarter, no foul was called in real time.

Mercury head coach Nate Tibbetts spoke critically of the process after the suspension was announced. According to ESPN's report by Kendra Andrews, Tibbetts said the league had not obtained the team's perspective before issuing its ruling, a claim that ESPN and Reuters reporting did not include a WNBA response to. Teammates Kahleah Copper and Lexi Held publicly defended Thomas, according to the same ESPN report.

Indiana head coach Stephanie White described the play as a cheap shot in comments reported by ESPN after the June 24 game.

The episode renewed debate around officiating standards. ESPN noted that the WNBA had established an officiating committee during the previous offseason, with a stated focus on consistent calls and offensive freedom of movement, though Tibbetts said the process still left his team without a voice in the Thomas decision.

Sophie Cunningham: The Background on the Season's Viral Story

The Indiana Fever guard became one of the most-discussed WNBA players of June 2026 after a specific moment on June 22.

During Indiana's 86–77 win over Phoenix, Cunningham stepped into a disagreement between Caitlin Clark and DeWanna Bonner. What followed was a pointing exchange between Cunningham and Bonner that AP reported lasted 22 seconds, both players received technical fouls. The full AP account of the incident is at AP News. Bonner had a brief stint with Indiana during the 2025 season, which the AP report noted as background to the existing tension.

Cunningham is a 6-foot-1 guard from Missouri who joined Indiana in a February 2025 trade from Phoenix and re-signed with the Fever on April 12, 2026. The WNBA's official player profile listed her 2026 averages as 9.6 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 1.4 assists per game when accessed June 28.

At Missouri, she finished with 2,187 career points, then a program record, along with 537 made free throws and 238 three-pointers, per the university's official biography. She earned three straight first-team All-SEC selections and third-team All-America recognition from AP and USBWA in 2018–19.

On the political searches: no official, authenticated, or verified direct source found in reporting establishes that Cunningham holds a MAGA affiliation. Sports Illustrated summarized a New York Times interview from September 2025 in which Cunningham described herself as politically "right in the middle," saying she agreed and disagreed with positions across the spectrum. That is the strongest sourced record of her stated position. The "MAGA Barbie" label circulating online is a social-media characterization, not a documented affiliation.

Indiana's next game and current schedule updates are available on the official WNBA schedule page.