Storm, third-year Dream set to meet in WNBA finals
SEATTLE (AP) - Averaging 28 points per game in the playoffs, Atlanta Dream second-year forward Angel McCoughtry has the numbers worthy of playing in the WNBA finals spotlight.
Although Seattle Storm veteran Sue Bird's scoring (11.8) doesn't come close to McCoughtry's, she has already has played - and won - in the WNBA finals.
Now, Bird figures that title-series experience in 2004 - and her six years in the league since then - could come in handy when the teams tip off in the this year's finals Sunday in Seattle.
Bird and WNBA MVP Lauren Jackson led Seattle to a 28-6 record - tying the league mark for wins. Atlanta is in the finals two years after setting the league record with 30 losses as an expansion team.
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