Longtime Seattle Storm point guard Sue Bird, who already had her jersey retired and a street in Seattle named after her, had a statue erected in her honor outside Climage Pledge Arena on Sunday morning.

In a ceremony before Seattle hosted the Phoenix Mercury on Sunday, legendary former Storm guard Sue Bird, who led the franchise to four WNBA championships, became the first WNBA player honored by her team with a statue outside of Climate Pledge Arena.

Seattle Storm legend Sue Bird became the first player in WNBA history to be honored with a statue. On Sunday, the team unveiled outside Climate Pledge Arena a statue of Bird shooting a layup in her Storm jersey,

Lindsey Cunningham — a former Missouri player, current assistant director of development for the Tigers women's basketball team and the younger sister of Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham — blasted the WNBA's officiating Sunday after her older sister went down with a knee injury against the Connecticut Sun.

Sophie Cunningham was helped off the court in the second quarter of Indiana’s game against the Connecticut Sun after Bria Hartley fell into her leg. Cunningham was in visible pain as she clutched her knee before she was helped off the court and to the locker room. The Fever quickly announced she would return to the game.

Sophie Cunningham’s mom and sister seem to have as many issues with the WNBA officiating as the Fever star does.

Kelsey Mitchell entered Sunday's matchup against the Sun fourth in the league in scoring (19.9 points per game), fourth in made 3-pointers per game (2.4), and fifth in 3-point percentage (37.7), and her performance in the Fever's 21-point comeback may have earned her a seat at the table in the MVP discussion.

Indiana Fever head coach Stephanie White said the team's "hope" is that star guard Caitlin Clark returns at some point in the regular season.

While Fever head coach Stephanie White hopes to get Caitlin Clark back before the end of the regular season, her absence is weighing on Indiana as the playoff race tightens.