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Message: [QUOTE="UConnCat, post: 4075274, member: 15"] Not sure I agree. Nurse is a better player than Shay Peddy (0-7 the final 2 games) but I don't think her injury decided the title. That said, the Mercury played 3 vs 5 on offense and 1 of the 3 was a 39 year old with multiple injuries this season and without the ability to carry teams consistently anymore. Griner was phenomenal and did her best to put the team on her back but it wasn't enough. The Sky had multiple offensive weapons to turn to and the Mercury had at best 3. That's not going to win a championship. Honestly, the title was decided by the Aces's inexplicable loss to the Mercury. An Aces vs Sky final would have been more compelling and a much better match-up. As an aside, I'm not sure when the broadcasting rights agreement is up next but I would sure like to see some competition for ESPN. The fact that the Mercury had to play a Game 5 against the Aces on Friday night, fly home commercial on Saturday and then play Game 1 of the Finals at noon on Sunday was just terrible. That would never happen in the NBA. After all these years, the WNBA is still so beholding to ESPN and that has to change. [/QUOTE]