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WNBA Finals matchup analysis: Dream and Storm share strengths, but the Storm have an edge
It might seem like a long time ago when the surprising 6-0 Atlanta Dream came to KeyArena in June for a showdown against the 5-1 Seattle Storm on national television at what seemed at the time to be a potential WNBA Finals preview. The third-year franchise led by a second-year star looked like the...
How Brian Agler Is Scouting The Dream: Watching Film Against A Similar Opponent
Before the Western Conference Finals series, Seattle Storm coach Brian Agler said he would scout film of the Phoenix Mercury playing teams similar to them since they had a) not played much against the Mercury with center Kara Braxton, acquired in a late-season trade and b) played the final game...
WNBA Finals Set: Who are you rooting for?
It's hard to imagine that many people thought the fourth-seeded Atlanta Dream would reach the WNBA Finals. It's also probably safe to say that nobody expected them to get to the Finals without losing a playoff game. So after last year's WNBA Finals in which the underdog Indiana Fever surprised us...
A Post-Gender Championship Series Worthy of Our Respect
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The Mercury’s Winning Combo: "Hard work, togetherness and camaraderie"
"Winning never gets old but when you do it with a group that genuinely cares about each other and you don’t care about any of the individual stuff – our whole goal coming into training camp this summer was to redeem ourselves, as individuals, as basketball players, as teammates, as...
Around the Web: "They choked, but we still love them."
On an historic day for Indiana basketball, what happened to the Indiana Fever? Phoenix's Big Second Half Denies Fever WNBA Championship, Forces Game Five - WXININDIANAPOLIS - The sellout crowd. The community attention. The freshly accumulated momentum. The coming of age of a collection of...
Around the Web: Think Anyone is Feeling Pressure in Game 4 of the WNBA Finals?
In his post yesterday about Game 4, Malcolm Wells challenged the notion that crowd support really matters by noting that many of the players in the WNBA Finals "have played on bigger stages for bigger stakes in the NCAA, the Olympics and abroad." Fair enough. January has been the postseason's top...
Mercury Can't Get the Stops, Can't Hit the Shots
When the Fever lost Game 1 in overtime I was surprised by how happy their locker room was. They weren't upset with themselves. They were laughing and joking in fact and looking forward to Game 2. That was not the case with the Phoenix Mercury today after losing Game 3 by the score of 86-85. I've...
WNBA Finals Game 3: Preview and Game Thread
They say in a 5-game series that the odd games are the one's that matter most. The Mercury took the first game and put Indiana on their heals. The Fever responded in Game 2 and here we are with the winner today taking a significant advantage in the journey for the title. Whichever team loses today...
Does Wearing Opponents Down Really Help the Mercury? (If so...how?)
For those of us that have been following the WNBA closely during the 2009 season, it would probably sound odd – if not absolutely ridiculous – for someone to suggest that the Phoenix Mercury’s strategy of wearing opponents down doesn’t actually help them win.The other day I...
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