Zellous lifts Fever over Sun in Game 2
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Shavonte Zellous drained the game-winning jumper with 0.5 seconds to go as the Indiana Fever kept their season alive with a 78-76 victory over the Connecticut Sun in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Monday.
With the Sun trailing, 76-74, Allison Hightower floated home a 16-footer to tie the game with 12.5 seconds left and went to the line for the back end of the three-point play with a chance to give Connecticut a one-point lead.
Hightower missed the free throw, however, and Indiana's Tamika Catchings grabbed the rebound before heaving an outlet pass down the court for Briann January.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}January felt the trailing pressure on her way to the hoop, and her potential game-winning layup rolled off the iron with 5.9 seconds remaining.
January collected her own rebound and fed Zellous, who nailed a 13-footer from the left elbow, sending the Fever back to Connecticut for a deciding Game 3 on Thursday.
Zellous finished with four points and four rebounds, while Katie Douglas led the Fever with a game-high 24 points. Catchings netted 21 points in the victory for Indiana, which bounced back from a 76-64 setback in Game 1.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Kara Lawson scored 18 points, Asjha Jones added 17 points and 10 rebounds and regular-season MVP Tina Charles contributed 15 points and eight boards for the Sun, who will try to secure their first Finals appearance since 2005 in Game 3.