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Diana Taurasi rebounds from her Game 1 flop with 30 points to lead Phoenix to a 98-70 victory over the Shock, evening the best-of-five series at a game apiece.
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Sept. 3 -- Deanna Nolan scored 20 of her franchise playoff-record 30 points in the first half to help the defending champion Detroit Shock advance to the WNBA Finals with an 81-65 victory over the Indiana Fever in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals Monday night.
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Kara Lawson has had a big week. First, the Sacramento Monarchs guard got engaged; then she was named a reserve for the West team in the WNBA's All-Star Game tomorrow in Washington.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- Tamika Catchings had 30 points and 13 rebounds, and the Indiana Fever made the biggest comeback in WNBA history to defeat the Connecticut Sun 93-88 in overtime and advance to the Eastern Conference finals.
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Rookie Diana Taurasi had 21 points and eight assists to lead host Phoenix to a 72-58 victory over Los Angeles last night, snapping the Sparks&#39; 18-game winning streak over the Mercury.
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The Connecticut Sun had an off game last Saturday, when they dropped the opener of their WNBA Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Washington Mystics. But the Sun came back to even the series Monday, and it was the Mystics who had the off game.
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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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The Detroit Shock were far from finished, and they sent the WNBA finals to a decisive Game 5.
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Behind 18 points each from Diana Taurasi and Penny Taylor, the Phoenix Mercury kept their playoff hopes alive by knocking off the second-place team in the Western Conference.
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Katie Douglas scored 16 points and Katie Smith had 14 to help the Eastern Conference cruise to its first victory in seven WNBA All-Star games, 98-82 over the West on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden.
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PHOENIX (Ticker) -- The Los Angeles Sparks attempt to extend their winning streak to eight games when they face the Phoenix Mercury at America West Arena on Wednesday.
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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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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 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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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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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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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. McWilliams-Franklin went 1-of-2 at the line with 48 seconds left to give the Sun a 55-54 edge and help deny New York a fifth trip to the championship series.