Atlanta faces Connecticut on 3-game slide

Atlanta Dream (7-12, 3-8 Eastern Conference) at Connecticut Sun (16-4, 9-2 Eastern Conference) Uncasville, Connecticut; Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Atlanta Dream enters the matchup with Connecticut Sun as losers of three games in a row. The Sun are 9-2 in Eastern Conference games. Connecticut ranks second in the Eastern Conference with 38.4 points per game in the paint led by Brionna Jones averaging 8.9. The Dream have gone 3-8 against Eastern Conference opponents. Atlanta ranks third in the Eastern Conference with 8.3 offensive rebounds per game led by Tina Charles averaging 2.4. Connecticut is shooting 44.0% from the field this season, 1.2 percentage points higher than the 42.8% Atlanta