Shock beat Sting, stay in hunt in East
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Coach Bill Laimbeer called it the biggest game of the year, and defending champion Detroit responded with five players in double figures.
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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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DETROIT -- The Detroit Shock came back one last time and made off with their second WNBA championship in four years.
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Shameka Christon has 16 points and a franchise playoff-record 15 rebounds to lead the Liberty to a surprising 73-51 victory over the defending champion Shock in Game 1.
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Samantha Hunt scored in overtime yesterday to give Canada a 4-3 victory over the United States and a three-game sweep in their under-22 womenâs hockey series in Lake Placid, N.Y.Jinelle Zaugg scored twice and Sarah Parsons had the other goal for the United States. Molly Schaus made 38 saves, but could not stop Huntâs wrist shot at 9 minutes 57 seconds of overtime.
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Cheryl Ford has 14 points and 16 rebounds and the Detroit Shock remain undefeated with a 75-72 victory over the Connecticut Sun on Friday night.
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Lee Stempniak's power-play goal 25 seconds into overtime gives St. Louis a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over the Islanders on Thursday.
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Cheryl Ford had 21 points and nine rebounds, and Deanna Nolan scored 18 points to lead the defending WNBA champion Detroit Shock past the New York Liberty 76-66 Sunday, evening their first-round WNBA playoff series at 1-1.
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Janel McCarville has a season-high 18 points and career-best 12 rebounds to lead the New York Liberty to an 82-81 overtime win over the Detroit Shock on Friday.
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Cheryl Ford had 19 points and 18 rebounds, and Deanna Nolan scored 21 points to help the Detroit Shock beat the New York Liberty, 87-82, in overtime yesterday in Auburn Hills, Mich.
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Elena Baranova scored 17 points to lead the New York Liberty over the Shock in Detroit last night in Game 1 of their first-round best-of-three series.
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NEW YORK -- The Charlotte Sting, who just missed the playoffs last season, won the WNBA draft lottery on Wednesday night. After finishing just two games under .500, the Sting will have the first pick in the WNBA draft in April 2005.
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Tamika Catchings has 22 points and 11 rebounds to help the Fever beat the Shock, 75-65, on Friday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
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Nothing clarifies the mind quite like having to win or die. So Vermont's Catamounts, whose season ends if they don't win the Hockey East tournament, came to Commonwealth Ave. last night with a fierce focus, shrugging off an early deficit to beat defending champion Boston University, 3-2, in the opener of their best-of-three quarterfinal series before a subdued 3,977 at ...
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When the Phoenix Suns came busting out of the gate at full speed they reeled off four consecutive wins and were hailed as one of the NBA&#39;s surprise teams.
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Alonzo Mourning knows he's running out of time in the NBA. He just wants to win, and he needs those victories to come quickly. Playing his second regular-season game following a kidney transplant, Mourning made consecutive shots in double overtime to help the visiting New Jersey Nets beat the Chicago Bulls 111-106 on Friday night.
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Elena Baranova scored 17 points to lead the New York Liberty to a 75-62 victory over the Detroit Shock in Game 1 of their first-round WNBA playoff series.