Mercury rising, gain berth in 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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Alana Beard scored 21 points to help the Washington Mystics keep their playoff hopes alive with a 75-63 victory over the Houston Comets on Sunday. The Mystics, winners of three straight, closed on a 6-0 run, capped by Beard's layup with 34 seconds remaining.
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Monique Currie scores a career-high 25 points as the Mystics win their first game of the year, 86-69, over the Phoenix Mercury on Wednesday.
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Diana Taurasi has another award to add to her trophy case. The Phoenix Mercury guard was the runaway winner yesterday as the WNBA Rookie of the Year. Taurasi, who led the University of Connecticut to three successive NCAA championships, became the second No. 1 overall draft pick to win the award, joining Washington's Chamique Holdsclaw (1999). Taurasi was fourth in ...
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Cappie Pondexter picked a big moment to hit a big shot. Pondexter scored a game-high 26 points, including a driving bank shot with 21 seconds to play, and the Phoenix Mercury defeated the Detroit Shock, 77-76, last night to force a deciding fifth game in the WNBA finals.
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PLAYER OF THE GAME: Playing with a broken nose, Seattle point guard Sue Bird set a WNBA playoff record for assists with 14, also pumping in 10 points as the Storm claimed the Western Conference title last night.
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Connecticut rookie Lindsay Whalen played with the guile of a veteran Friday night, leading the Sun to a 68-64 victory over the Seattle Storm in the opening game of the WNBA Finals.
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UNCASVILLE, Conn. - The Connecticut Sun reached the WNBA Finals for the first time by beating the New York Liberty 60-57 Sunday behind Taj McWilliams-Franklin's 18 points to complete a two-game sweep of the Eastern Conference finals...
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Katie Smith has won Olympic gold, an American Basketball League title and scored 5,000 points in the pros. Entering this season, though, her Hall of Fame resume lacked one crucial element: a WNBA championship.
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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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Penny Taylor scored 30 points Sunday and the Mercury cruised to a victory against the defending champion Detroit Shock in the fifth and deciding game of the W.N.B.A. finals.
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Lauren Jackson scored 18 points and Seattle advanced to the WNBA Western Conference finals with the two-game sweep. The host Storm lost starting point guard and US Olympian Sue Bird to a broken nose early in the first half.
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Cappie Pondexter scores 26 points and the Mercury defeats the Shock, 77-76, to force a deciding fifth game in the WNBA finals.
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Cappie Pondexter scored 26 points to lift the Phoenix Mercury to a victory against the San Antonio Silver Stars in Game 1 of the W.N.B.A.âs Western Conference finals.
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Connecticut claims a 93-88 triple-overtime victory against Indiana on Thursday in the first overtime playoff game in WNBA history.
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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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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.