Mercury Win WNBA Title
by Ben Osborne
The Mercury beat the Fever last night, 94-86, to close out the WNBA Finals with a 3-2 series victory. The Mercury were led by Diana Taurasi, who had 26 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 blocks and 1 steal as DT—one of the freshest players in the world, regardless of sex, in my opinion—took home the Finals MVP.
It was the second title in three years for the fast-paced Mercury, who won it in front of a sold-out crowd at America West Arena. From the Arizona Republic:
After the game, just before the purple and yellow confetti fell, DeWanna Bonner, Tangela Smith, Diana Taurasi, and Cappie Pondexter all stood on top of the scorer’s table to celebrate with the sellout crowd of 17,313. It was fitting. All four had a hand in the victory that clinched the championship.
“I never, never want to give it back,” Taurasi said. “It was such a nice feeling when that buzzer went off. For all of us. When the buzzer rang, we knew we did something special. We did it as a group.”
Congrats to the Mercury.
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Where you been?……I feel sorry for anyone who missed these Finals, all 5 games were great, and 4 of the 5 went pretty much down to the wire. I seriously think Cappie Pondexter is the better solustion for backup PG for the Suns rather than Goran Dragic
If by good fundamentals you mean chucking up layups with two hands and getting maybe an inch off the ground on a set-shot. And not being able to work screen or work the clock or move without the ball.
And no, this does not include Taurasi and Cappie, who both could easily make an NBA roster (Diana’s J is sweet). This goes out to the majority of the role players for the WNBA.
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