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Nolan is the key in the East finals

By Mechelle Voepel
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, September 21, 2009

Detroit is in the Eastern Conference finals again. And this time, Bill Laimbeer isn't coaching and cajoling the Shock (because he's in the NBA now). Katie Smith isn't hitting 3-pointers and playing muscle-up defense (because she's sidelined with a bad back). Eminently quotable Taj McWilliams-Franklin isn't looking for her first WNBA title (because she got that last year). Swin Cash isn't feeling disrespected by Laimbeer (because she went to Seattle in 2008). Plenette Pierson isn't coming in a ...

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