The Chicago Sky defeated Diana Taurasi’s Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA finals, but that shouldn’t alter her reputation as one of basketball’s all-time greats
It was all set up perfectly for Diana Taurasi. After the Phoenix Mercury’s postseason series win over the Las Vegas Aces, the WNBA legend flew back home to witness her wife give birth to the couple’s second child. Then, before the start of the WNBA finals, it was announced that fans had voted Taurasi as the greatest player in league history. With the Mercury facing the sixth-seeded Chicago Sky, the stars had aligned for her to cap off her historic career with a fourth championship.
Even though her team was down 2-1 in the best-of-five series, that dream ending to the season still looked plausible in the third quarter of Sunday’s Game 4. The Mercury held a 14-point lead over the Sky and looked set to force a decisive Game 5 in Phoenix. Instead, the Sky pulled off a heroic comeback, clinching their first championship in franchise history.