Connecticut Sun head coach Curt Miller, assistant Brandi Poole and forward Joyner Holmes all have been ruled out of Saturday’s game against the visiting Washington Mystics due to health and safety protocol.
Assistant coach Chris Koclanes will serve as the head coach for the Sun (5-2).
Holmes, 24, has played in six games off the bench for the Sun and has averaged 0.3 points with 1.5 rebounds in 8.8 minutes. Over three seasons with the New York Liberty, Las Vegas Aces and Sun, she has averaged 2.4 points with 2.1 rebounds in 30 games off the bench.
The Mystics (6-2) will be shorthanded as well on Saturday. They will be without two-time WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne (rest) and fellow forward Alysha Clark (health and safety protocol).
Delle Donne, 32, averages team-best totals in points (17.7) and rebounds (6.5) in six games this season.
Clark, 34, averages 6.5 points and 4.0 rebounds in four games (all starts) this season.
Miller, 53, owns a 120-77 record in six-plus seasons as coach of Connecticut. He was the 2017 and 2021 WNBA Coach of the Year.
–Field Level Media
