Alyssa Thomas carries Sun against playoff-hopeful Mercury

With the WNBA season in the homestretch, not only are teams revving up for playoff pushes, players are making cases for individual awards.

In the case of Connecticut Sun forward Alyssa Thomas, one of her teammates is vouching for her as the league's Defensive Player of the Year.

"If you really know basketball and just watch (Thomas) play defense," guard DiJonai Carrington wrote on Twitter, "you'll see what I'm saying."