Mystics Beat Liberty to End Seven-Game Losing Skid
Chamique Holdsclaw scored 22 points and Coco Miller added 16 as the Washington Mystics beat the New York Liberty, 65-54, on Thursday night at New York to end a seven-game losing streak.
“They started our losing streak, and we ended it here,†said Holdsclaw, who missed the July loss to New York that started the streak because of a sprained ankle. “This is how we wanted it. Everything is a test. We’ve been tested, and we persevered.â€
The Mystics (16-13) moved a game behind the first-place Liberty (17-12) in the Eastern Conference, and both teams clinched playoff spots.
Sacramento 82, Orlando 72--Kedra Holland-Corn scored 20 points and Yolanda Griffith added 18 points for the Monarchs at Orlando, Fla.
Wendy Palmer led Orlando with 17 points as the Miracle dropped a half-game behind Indiana with two games left in the race for the fourth and final Eastern Conference playoff spot.
Fourth-place Indiana holds the tiebreaker over the Miracle.
Sacramento, which won for the ninth time in 11 games to improve to 12-17, is out of the Western Conference playoff race.
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