This was the seventh series in league history that had gone to a deciding Game 5, and the home team has won five of them.
Basketball
By Doug Feinberg The Associated Press
The title will be decided Thursday night in Washington with a first-time champion crowned.
By Pat Eaton-Robb The Associated Press
Washington would take its first WNBA championship no matter where it happens. But the Mystics want to win it in Connecticut on Tuesday in part for their coach.