Capsule for the WNBA finals

A look at the best-of-five WNBA finals series, which starts Sunday:

Season Series: Storm won 2-0.

Seattle: The Storm cruised through the regular season, winning 22 of their first 24 games and clinching the top seed in the Western Conference on July 27 with 11 games remaining. Seattle then lost six of its last 10 while allowing key players to rest. After tying the league record for victories, the Storm swept the Sparks in the first round and defending champion Phoenix in the conference finals. Seattle beat Los Angeles by an average of 14.0 points and was up big on the Mercury in Game 1 before finishing with an eight-point win. The Storm then finished off the Mercury on Sue Bird's 3-pointer in the final seconds of Game 2 at Phoenix. The Storm, who lost in the first round each year since winning the WNBA title in 2004, are seeking their second title. Seattle also set a league record for home victories, finishing 17-0 in the regular season. Lauren Jackson (20.5 ppg, 8.3 rpg) led the way and won her third MVP award. She and Bird (11.1 ppg, 5.8 apg) are in their ninth season together, and are the lone holdoversfrom the championship team. Swin Cash (13.8 ppg, 6.0 rpg), in her third season in Seattle, completes a formidable trio. Camille Little (10.1 ppg, 5.2 rpg) and Tanisha Wright (9.2 ppg, 4.5 apg) round out the starting five. Svetlana Abrosimova (7.6 ppg) and Le'coe Willingham (5.5 ppg) are key veteran reserves. The Storm were third in the league in scoring (81.8) and rebounding (36.3) during the regular season, second in scoring defense (73.9) and 3-point shooting (37 percent), and fifth in overall field-goal shooting (45 percent).

Atlanta: Two years after finishing with a WNBA-record 30 losses in their inaugural season, the Dream earned their second straight playoff berth and are in the championship round for the first time. Atlanta opened the season with 14 wins in 18 games and was in first place late in the season before losing six of its last seven and taking the fourth seed in the East. Playing like they had earlier in the season, the Dream recovered to sweep first-place Washington and New York in the first two rounds. Angel McCoughtry, the reigning rookie of the year, had a sensational second season with averages of 21.1 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.1 assists. She's boosted those numbers in the postseason to 28.0 ppg and 5.4 rpg - including a WNBA playoff-record 42 points in the series-clinching win against the Liberty on Tuesday night. Iziane Castro Marques (16.9 ppg) and Sancho Lyttle (12.8 ppg, 9.9 rpg) are mainstays in the starting lineup, while Armintie Price and Coco Miller have replaced Erika DeSouza (12.4 ppg, 8.3 rpg) and Shalee Lehning (4.8 apg) in the playoffs to give the Dream some speed. Lyttle and DeSouza helped the Dream lead the league in rebounding at 38.8 per game. Atlanta was also second in scoring (85.4) and assists (19.6), but last in 3-point shooting (28.9 percent). Kelly Miller has missed the first two rounds due to an ankle injury and her status is uncertain. Twin sister Coco Miller, however, has stepped in and is averaging 12.8 ppg while shooting 44 percent on 3-pointers.

Prediction: Storm in 4.