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Sunday, 20 August 2006
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Dawn Staley thinks she'll never really be finished with basketball. She's simply done playing, now that the Houston Comets are out of the WNBA playoffs. Staley, the veteran point guard who's been a star since her first Philadelphia high school season, officially finished her career in Houston's 92-64 loss to the Sacramento Monarchs on Saturday. |
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Sunday, 20 August 2006
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WNBA All-Star Tamika Catchings was helped to the Indiana locker room after her head struck the floor during the third quarter of the Fever's playoff game against the Detroit Shock on Saturday. Catchings and Plenette Pierson were going for a loose ball when Catchings fell out of bounds and landed heavily on her back. |
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Sunday, 20 August 2006
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Though the Sacramento Monarchs' regular season felt like a mess, their first two playoff games have been works of art. Yolanda Griffith scored 17 points, Rebekkah Brunson added 14, and the Monarchs advanced to the WNBA Western Conference finals with a relentless 92-64 victory over the Houston Comets on Saturday in Game 2 of their first-round series. |
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Sunday, 20 August 2006
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Sacramento center Erin Buescher won the WNBA's most improved player award Saturday before the Monarchs' playoff game against the Houston Comets. Buescher, a fifth-year pro, averaged 9.7 points and 3.0 rebounds per game as a key reserve on the Monarchs' thin bench. She also filled in extensively until DeMya Walker, the Monarchs' leading scorer last season, returned from maternity leave. |
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SportsTicker
Sunday, 20 August 2006
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NEW YORK (Ticker) - After tripling her career scoring average, Sacramento Monarchs forward Erin Buescher on Saturday was named the 2006 WNBA Most Improved Player. |
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AP
Saturday, 19 August 2006
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Lauren Jackson gingerly walked out of the Seattle Storm locker room on the ball of her aching left foot. Ice was under the foot's arch, site of the 2003 MVP's plantar fasciitis. She had another ice bag hanging off her lower left leg, for shin splints. "Piggyback!" Jackson playfully asked teammate Janell Burse, putting her arm around on Burse's own ice bag resting on her left shoulder. |
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Saturday, 19 August 2006
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Katie Douglas and the Connecticut Sun used a team effort to shutdown Alana Beard and take a 1-0 lead in their Eastern Conference series against the Washington Mystics. All-Star guard Lindsay Whalen had a season-high 22 points and All-Star MVP Douglas added 17 to lead the Sun to a 76-61 victory over the Mystics on Friday night. |
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AP
Friday, 18 August 2006
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The defending WNBA champions never expected their playoff opener to go this smoothly. Kara Lawson scored a career playoff high 18 points and Yolanda Griffith added 16 points and nine rebounds as the Sacramento Monarchs beat the Houston Comets 93-78 on Thursday night. DeMya Walker scored 15 and Tisha Penichero dished out eight assists for the Monarchs, who've won eight of nine playoff games since... |
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Friday, 18 August 2006
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Deanna Nolan scored 18 points and Katie Smith added 17 to help Detroit beat Indiana 68-56 on Thursday night and take a 1-0 lead in its Eastern Conference playoff series. Nolan was 9-for-11 from the field, constantly getting free for open jumpers at the top of the key. She scored six points during a key 13-0 run. |
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Friday, 18 August 2006
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Never mind that Shock coach Bill Laimbeer had guaranteed that Detroit would beat Indiana. Deanna Nolan knew what had to be done. She scored 18 points and Katie Smith added 17 to lead Detroit to a 68-56 win and a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three Eastern Conference series. "I think it pumps us up and gives us more confidence, makes us more focused and intense," Nolan said of Laimbeer's prediction. |
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Friday, 18 August 2006
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For the second consecutive year, Indiana Fever forward Tamika Catchings is the WNBA Defensive Player of the Year. |
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