Monarchs advance to WNBA finals with win
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Playing aggressive defense, the Sacramento Monarchs took the Los Angeles Sparks out of their game. Yolanda Griffith scored 15 points to lead the Monarchs into the WNBA finals for the second straight season with a 72-58 victory over the Sparks on Saturday night. The Sparks were held to 37 percent shooting for the game and got outrebounded 40-25.
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Lauren Jackson scored 23 points and the Seattle Storm forced a decisive third game in the Western Conference finals, beating the Sacramento Monarchs 66-54 Sunday night.
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Although the Sacramento Monarchs' first-round grace was gone, they still had the grit and grind they needed to stay with their biggest rivals. And then Kara Lawson and Nicole Powell provided just enough graceful moments against the Los Angeles Sparks to put the Monarchs on the verge of a return trip to the WNBA finals.
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PHOENIX - Cappie Pondexter scored 9 of her 33 points in the final five minutes and the Phoenix Mercury advanced to the WNBA Finals with a 98-92 win last night over the San Antonio Silver Stars.
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UNCASVILLE, Connecticut (Ticker) - Katie Douglas and the Connecticut Sun had just enough poise in their first WNBA Finals contest.
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Katie Smith scored 22 points, 1 shy of her career playoff high, to help the defending champion Shock beat the cold-shooting Phoenix Mercury and take a 2-1 lead in the W.N.B.A. finals.
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Tangela Smith had 17 points and six rebounds for the Sacramento Monarchs, who used a 12-0 run in the second half to eliminate the Comets from playoff contention with a 71-62 victory last night in Houston.
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Seimone Augustus scores her 1,000th career point, reaching that mark in the second-fewest games in WNBA history, and the Minnesota Lynx earn an 83-58 victory over the Sparks.
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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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Lindsay Whalen matched her career-high with 21 points and the Connecticut Sun beat the Washington Mystics 80-70 Monday night to even the best-of-three WNBA Eastern Conference semifinal.
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Cappie Pondexter scores 25 points as the Phoenix Mercury blow a 22-point, second-half lead but recover for a 95-89 win and a sweep of the Seattle Storm in the Western Conference semifinals.
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The New York Liberty made sure they wrapped up a playoff spot sooner than later. The Liberty beat the Connecticut Sun 69-66 Friday night behind Crystal Robinson&#39;s season-high 22 points to gain a playoff berth in the WNBA.
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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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Connecticut&#39;s Taj McWilliams-Franklin played outstanding against New York on Sunday as the Sun swept the Liberty to earn their first trip to the WNBA finals.
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Cappie Pondexter scored 9 of her 33 points in the final five minutes as the host Phoenix Mercury advanced to the W.N.B.A. finals with a 98-92 victory yesterday over the San Antonio Silver Stars.The Mercury, which has swept each of its best-of-three playoff series, will play beginning Wednesday against the Detroit Shock or the Indiana Fever. The Fever leads the series, 1-0.Penny Taylor added 23 points and Diana Taurasi had 18 for the Mercury, which has won 15 of its past 16 games.
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Becky Hammon scored 15 of her 20 points in the first half and the San Antonio Silver Stars beat the visiting Sacramento Monarchs, 86-61, to tie their Western Conference semifinal series at 1-1. Rebekkah Brunson led the Monarchs with 18 points and 8 rebounds. The deciding game of the series will be tomorrow night in San Antonio.In Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, Anna DeForge scored 26 points to help the host Indiana Fever defeat the Connecticut Sun, 78-59, to tie their best-of-three series. Game 3 is tomorrow night. Katie Douglas led the Sun with 11 points.
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The Connecticut Sun have the &quot;Tasmanian Devil&quot; on their side as they enter the WNBA Finals tonight. &quot;Well, you know, I play a lot like that; I&#39;m kind of