Without Holdsclaw, Mystics make surprising run to playoffs
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The first-round draft pick cried after she played a dreadful game, then unexpectedly found help from the NBA. The first-year coach called a team meeting after a two-game skid, sternly telling his players &quot;to produce if you want to keep your minutes.
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The team worked out against its male practice players, but not to get accustomed to Connecticut&#39;s expected bruising style tonight in Game 3, which will determine a WNBA champion.
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It&#39;s easy to understand why. After almost a solid year of basketball that included a third straight NCAA championship, an Olympic gold medal and now WNBA Rookie of the Year honors, she plans to take three days off.
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The Mystics return to the road on Friday against the Minnesota Lynx, where they have been a better team this season.
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The Seattle Storm is the new Women&#39;s National Basketball Association champion. Seattle defeated the visiting Connecticut Sun, 74-60, in the third and decisive game of the WNBA Finals.
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From worst to first, the Mystics have pulled off a rally unprecedented in the franchise's seven-year history.
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Swin Cash scores 20 points to help the Detroit Shock improve to 3-0 with a 94-79 victory over the Washington Mystics on Wednesday night.
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Alana Beard scores 12 of her 16 points in the second half to lead the Washington Mystics to a 65-58 comeback victory over the Houston Comets.
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Crystal Robinson scored a season-high 22 points and paced a 12-0 run that helped the New York Liberty gain a playoff berth in the WNBA with a 69-66 victory Friday night over the Connecticut Sun.
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Alana Beard has 25 points and seven rebounds, and the Mystics rally from a double-digit deficit in the fourth quarter to beat the Chicago Sky, 77-73.
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After an 0-8 start, the Mystics have won three of five and will go for back-to-back wins for the first time this season when they face the Sun on Tuesday.
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In the Eastern Conference's cellar for much of the season, the Mystics could lock up a trip to the conference championship with a victory over the Sun Monday.
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Back-to-back drubbings at the hands of the Fever have plunged the Mystics into the Eastern Conference's cellar and endangered the team's postseason chances.
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Alana Beard scores 20 points against the Sun, leading the Mystics to a 91-75 victory and their first pair of back-to-back wins all season.
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After struggling offensively during their 0-8 start, the Mystics have increased their scoring by an average of 21 points in a 4-2 stretch.
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Four players scored in double figures for the Washington Mystics, whose defense stymied the Connecticut Sun for a 67-59 victory Saturday in game one of their opening-round WNBA Eastern Conference playoff series.
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The Connecticut Sun had an off game last Saturday, when they dropped the opener of their WNBA Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Washington Mystics.