Seattle Storm drop Connecticut Sun for Sonia Raman’s first WNBA win

The start of the Storm’s three-game road trip looked conspicuously liked their season opener less than 48 hours earlier.

In a Sunday morning Mother’s Day matchup against the Connecticut Sun, Seattle scored 29 points in the first quarter — the second most by a WNBA team in the first 10 minutes this season.

The Storm’s early lead dissipated before halftime once again, but Lexie Brown’s scintillating three-point explosion in the third quarter put them back on top to set up a frenetic finish.

At the end, the Storm held the Sun without a field goal in the final 3½ minutes to claim an 89-82 win that gave first-year coach Sonia Raman her first WNBA victory.

Brown, who sank a career-high tying five three-pointers, including four in the third quarter, led the way with 17 points while Flau’jae Johnson had 16 points and six rebounds and Natisha Hiedeman added 11 points and three assists.

Jade Melbourne, who lost half of her front tooth in the…