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Two and a half weeks ago, the Atlanta Dream was reeling, having dropped six of their final seven games to close the WNBA regular season, looking to all like a prime candidate to get bounced from the first round of the playoffs.A lineup adjustment here, a few days off there and the Dream suddenly find themselves in the Finals, with a 105-93 win over the New York Liberty in Atlanta Tuesday to complete a sweep of the best-of-three Eastern Conference championship series.
Second year forward Angel McCoughtry had a career high and WNBA playoff record 42 points in the Dream's win, as Atlanta broke a 73-all tie after three quarters with a 32-point fourth period.
"You can't do it without your teammates," said McCoughtry, the 2009 WNBA Rookie of the Year. "Everybody played their butts off. Now, we've gotta get this ring, this championship ring. It's not over."
McCoughtry, whose 42 points topped the 41 scored by Indiana Fever forward Tamika Whitmore in a 2006 playoff game, outdueled New York guard Cappie Pondexter, who posted a playoff career high 36 points and nine assists to lead the Liberty.
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Full story at http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/09/07/mccoughtry-powers-atlantas-wnba-finals-dream-into-reality/
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