Sparks 71, Monarchs 57
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Mwadi Mabika scored 22 points and Tamecka Dixon had 17 points, nine rebounds and five assists to lead the Los Angeles Sparks to a 71-57 victory over the Sacramento Monarchs in the second game of their WNBA first-round playoff series Sunday.
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Peja Stojakovic scored 29 points to steer the Sacramento Kings to their eighth victory in nine games, a 98-93 decision over the Memphis Grizzlies Tuesday.
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Cuttino Mobley scored 19 points to lead a balanced attack, and the Orlando Magic snapped a three-game losing streak by beating the weary and wounded Denver Nuggets 117-95 on Saturday night.
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WNBA rookie Marta Fernandez scored a career-high 26 points, leading the Los Angeles Sparks to a 74-64 victory over the Sacramento Monarchs on Wednesday night.
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The Detroit Shock came back one last time and made off with their second WNBA championship in four years. Deanna Nolan scored 10 of her 24 points during a game-changing 18-3 run to open the second half and the Shock won the title with an 80-75 victory over the defending champion Sacramento Monarchs in the deciding Game 5 on Saturday.
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Justin Dentmon, benched in favor of a freshman for most of the season, scored 20 points Sunday to lead previously wayward Washington to a 71-61 victory against No. 5 U.C.L.A in Seattle.
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Richard Hamilton scored 23 points and delivered nine assists to fire the Detroit Pistons to a 114-101 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Friday, their seventh win in a row.
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A whole lot of Latta coupled with a whole lot of Old Dominion turnovers and not enough Lady Monarchs offense led to a 79-55 North Carolina victory on Thursday at the Smith Center.
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The suspension- and injury-depleted Indiana Pacers keep finding ways to win. Fred Jones scored eight of his 23 points in the final 2:30 to rally the Pacers from a six-point deficit in an 82-77 win over the Charlotte Bobcats on Friday night.
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Lee Nailon scored 30 points, and Dan Dickau's 17 points included a late go-ahead free throw that helped the New Orleans Hornets to an upset of the Indiana Pacers, 90-87 on Wednesday night.
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SEATTLE, Sept. 19 (Ticker) -- The top teams in the Western Conference didn&#39;t look like they had nothing to play for. Nikki Teasley scored 21 points to lead all five starters scored in double figures as the
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Brendan Plavich scored all but two of his 26 points on 3-pointers Saturday to lead Charlotte to a 91-90 victory over No. 18 Cincinnati in the final regular-season meeting between the two Conference USA rivals.
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Patrick Sparks scored 15 points against his former coach and No. 9 Kentucky cruised to a 76-55 victory over Georgia on Saturday.
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Hakim Warrick had 22 points and 14 rebounds to lead seventh-ranked Syracuse past Albany 72-55 on Tuesday night.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Tangela Smith scored 21 points Friday night, helping the Sacramento Monarchs humble the top-seeded Los Angeles Sparks 72-52 in Game 1 of their first-round WNBA playoff series.
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Leslie scored a season-high 27 points and grabbed 13 rebounds Wednesday night to lead the Sparks to a 77-69 victory over the San Antonio Silver Stars.
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Nykesha Sales scored 25 points to lead the Connecticut Sun to a 93-88 victory in triple overtime against the visiting Indiana Fever in the W.N.B.A. Eastern Conference semifinals. It was the first overtime playoff game in league history. Connecticut (19-16) took a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three series. Anna DeForge had a season-high 31 points for the Fever (21-14).In Western Conference semifinals opener last night, Nicole Powell scored 22 points and the Sacramento Monarchs played sterling defense in an 86-65 victory over the visiting San Antonio Silver Stars.