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Taurasi, Mercury rise to early advantage in West over Sparks

Associated Press

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

LOS ANGELES -- Diana Taurasi made herself at home on the road, burying shot after shot against the Los Angeles Sparks and even shaking hands with Magic Johnson in the fourth quarter. Taurasi scored 28 points before fouling out and the Phoenix Mercury hit 14 3-pointers to win 103-94 Wednesday night in Game 1 of the WNBA Western Conference finals. Playing the fourth quarter with five fouls, Taurasi made 5 of her 6 free throws over the final 1:09 to win at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion on the court name ...

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