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Finals feature Aussie influence

By Mechelle Voepel
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

INDIANAPOLIS -- As stereotypes go, this is a particularly nice one: Australian athletes are the ultimate "team players." Of course, such a blanket statement can't be true for every Aussie … or can it? Suffice it to say, you'd be hard-pressed to find a contrary example who has played in the WNBA -- including the two who are currently competing for a league championship: Phoenix's Penny Taylor and Indiana's Tully Bevilaqua. "I've thought a lot about it, actually," Taylor said. "Australia ...

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