Seattle Storm Wins WNBA Title Over Sun
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Betty Lennox had another huge night, scoring 23 points to lead the Seattle Storm to their first WNBA title with a 74-60 victory over the Connecticut Sun on Tuesday 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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Kara Lawson scores 16 points, Yolanda Griffith adds 14 and the Sacramento Monarchs win their third straight, beating the Seattle Storm, 81-72, on Thursday night.
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STORM 64, LYNX 54: At Seattle - Lauren Jackson scored 18 points and Seattle advanced to the Western Conference finals with a victory over Minnesota on Monday night.
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In a possible Western Conference finals preview, Nikki Teasley scored 21 points to lead the Sparks past the Seattle Storm 83-80 in the regular-season finale Saturday night.
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SACRAMENTO, California (Ticker) -- The Sacramento Monarchs should get a rousing welcome Friday when they host the Seattle Storm in Game One of the Western Conference finals.
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Nykesha Sales smiled when someone suggested the Connecticut Sun could add a WNBA title to this year's NCAA championships won by the UConn men's and women's teams. "This is going to be really good for the state," she said Monday. "It's the basketball capital of the world." Not so fast, Nykesha.
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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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In Seattle&#39;s last meeting with the Sun, 6-foot-1 Katie Douglas guarded Sue Bird, who is 5-9. Douglas&#39; size disrupted the Storm offense, and Bird had one of her least effective games.
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SEATTLE - Betty Lennox scored 27 points, and the Seattle Storm held off the Connecticut Sun, 67-65, on Sunday to force a decisive third game in the WNBA Finals.
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SEATTLE (Ticker) -- The Seattle Storm look to end a three-game losing streak when they host the defending WNBA champion Detroit Shock at Key Arena on Wednesday.
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When all the talk in the WNBA during the preseason centered on how the college draft was the strongest, deepest ever, the Seattle Storm opted to trade its top pick and Amanda Lassiter to Minnesota in exchange for forward Sheri Sam and center Janell Burse.
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Nursing a repaired nose, Sue Bird has 10 points and 14 assists to lead the Seattle Storm to the WNBA finals with an 82-62 win over the Sacramento Monarchs on Tuesday.
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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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Mike Thibault was honored as WNBA Coach of the Year on Sunday after leading the Connecticut Sun to the Eastern Conference championship and the league's best record.
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The Connecticut Sun clinched a playoff spot for the second straight year behind Nykesha Sales's 28 points in an 81-67 win over the Sting last night at Charlotte, N.C.
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Sue Bird led Seattle with 23 points and Lauren Jackson returned from a three-game absence to score 15, helping the Storm snap a three-game losing streak.