(AP) Sue Bird and Breanna Stewart have Seattle back in the finals for the second time in three seasons after the Storm swept Minnesota in the best-of-five semifinals of the WNBA playoffs. Seattle is 3-0 in the championship round, last winning a title in 2018. Bird had 16 points and nine assists in the clincher, while Stewart scored 31 points — a career playoff best. Seattle will face either Connecticut or Las Vegas.
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BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Angel McCoughtry scored 16 of her 29 points in the third quarter as Las Vegas outscored Connecticut by 12 points to take control and the Aces beat the Sun 84-75 in Game 4 of the best-of-five WNBA semifinals. Game 5 is Tuesday. McCoughtry scored 14 of the first 18 second-half points for Las Vegas and assisted on the remaining four as the Aces turned a one-point halftime deficit into a 55-46 lead midway through the third quarter. Jasmine Thomas made a career-high six 3-pointers on 11 attempts and finished with 25 points for the Sun.
