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2025 7 Contents Taming the Lynx Getting on the Sports Map SISTER ACT BETTER WITH AGE TWO IS NOT COMPANY Bad Boy Good Coach FORMER HUSKIES HOIST THE TROPHY The Cats Claw Their Way to the Top FROM ONE COURT TO ANOTHER COURT 9 11 12 15 16 17 22 23 25 To the Summit and Beyond 27 IF THE SHOE FITS 29 WNBA Finals Winners 1997 31 Index 32
8 0 3 Guard Alana Beard of the Los Angeles Sparks grabs a rebound from center Sylvia Fowles of the Minnesota Lynx MAYO CLINIC verizon adidas
9 76 75 74 73 Taming the Lynx The 2016 Women's National Basketball Association WNBA Finals matched the Los Angeles Sparks and defending champion Minnesota Lynx The teams split the first four games in the best-of-five series The Lynx hosted game five With 23.4 seconds remaining the Lynx maintained a slender lead The score was 74 With the capacity crowd on their feet Los Angeles inbounded the ball to forward Nneka Ogwumike near the basket The league's regular season Most Valuable Player MVP was immediately triple-teamed She passed to forward Candace Parker who banked in a short jumper With 19.7 seconds remaining the Sparks led 75 But the game was far from over Standout Minnesota forward Maya Moore took an inbounds pass near the baseline She spun around a defender defender and buried a short jump shot Now just 13.8 seconds remained Minnesota was ahead 76 The Sparks raced downcourt Point guard Chelsea Gray dribbled around the key and launched a short jumper It missed Ogwumike grabbed the rebound underneath the basket Her putback was blocked The ball came right back to her She put up another shot It went in The Sparks led 77 But 3.1 seconds were left Minnesota guard Lindsay Whalen put up a desperate shot from mid-court just before the buzzer It wasn't close The Sparks were WNBA champions WNBA FINALS
