Briann January made sure of it. January made some timely baskets and dogged All-Star Courtney Williams defensively as Connecticut beat the short-handed Atlanta Dream 84-72 Friday night before 2,286 at Mohegan Sun Arena. The Sun (13-6) clinched the Eastern Conference berth in the inaugural Commissioner’s Cup on Aug. 12 in Phoenix. Each player from the winning team earns in excess of $30,000 each, players on the losing team receive $10,000 each and the game's MVP gets an additional $5,000. “We secured the bag tonight,” January said with a grin. DeWanna Bonner said: “One goal down.” The Sun will play the defending WNBA champion Seattle Storm in the Cup. Seattle earned the Western Conference berth when the Las Vegas Aces lost to the Minnesota Lynx late Friday night, 85-77.