Shock Seize 2-1 Lead in WNBA Finals
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Nine-year league veteran Katie Smith scores 22 points, one shy of her career playoff high, to help the Detroit Shock beat the Mercury, 88-83.
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The Liberty tied a franchise playoff record with nine three-pointers Friday night in a 75-62 victory over the Detroit Shock in Game 1 of the opening round of the WNBA playoffs.
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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 Liberty in overtime Wednesday.
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AUSTRALIA&#39;S Lauren Jackson played with a heavy heart but managed to score 18 points as Seattle Storm defeated Minnesota 64-54 to reach the WNBA&#39;s Western Conference basketball finals.
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The Detroit Shock came back one last time against the Sacramento Monarchs on Saturday and made off with their second W.N.B.A. championship in four years.
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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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The defending WNBA champions from Detroit even the Eastern Conference Finals at one game apiece with a 77-63 win over Indiana on Sunday.
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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 shook off the absence of their interior star and held off the run-and-gun Phoenix Mercury in a wild 108-100 victory in Game 1 of the W.N.B.A. finals on Wednesday night.
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The Seattle Storm is the new Women&#39;s National Basketball Association champion. Seattle defeated the visiting Connecticut Sun, 74-60, in the third and decisive game of the WNBA Finals.
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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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The Detroit Shock force a decisive Game 5 with a 72-52 dismantling of the host Sacramento Monarchs on Wednesday night.
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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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Uncasville, CT (Sports Network) - Katie Douglas scored a game-high 18 points and Wendy Palmer added 16 with seven rebounds to lead the Connecticut Sun to a 68-64 victory over the Seattle Storm in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals at the Mohegan Sun Arena.
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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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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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Elbows flew, whistles blew, and bodies banged for 40 minutes yesterday in Uncasville, Conn. When it was over, Detroit and Connecticut had combined for 52 personal fouls and three technicals. The Shock had also downed the Sun, 79-74, to remain the only unbeaten team in the WNBA.