After extensive clamoring from WNBA coaches, players, and fans about the unfair playoff format, we witnessed the impossible: the sixth-seeded Chicago Sky team made it all the way through the gauntlet to be crowned 2021 WNBA Champions.
The team that had previously lost seven games in a row found a way to rally together and peak at the exact right time. Chicago’s mix of all-time greats, veterans, and explosive young players proved to be too much for a short-handed and exhausted Phoenix Mercury team.
Relive every moment of the action-packed clinching game four:
Michael Burns
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