The 2009 WNBA Finals was widely considered the best WNBA Finals ever due to a combination of drama, an underdog pushing a favorite to the limit, and the traction it gained in the mainstream.
On the court, a lot of what made that series exciting was the contrast in styles: just to draw on the basic storyline, 2009 MVP Diana Taurasi and league-leading scorer led the Phoenix Mercury against 2009 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Tamika Catchings and the Indiana Fever's top-ranked defense.
The 2011 WNBA Finals won't provide nearly that same type of contrast, but should be extremely exciting in its own right.
While Minnesota was both the second ranked defense and offense during the regular season, Atlanta has made dramatic improvement over the course of the season and been the stingiest defense in the playoffs and second-ranked offense. In further contrast to 2009, 2011 doesn't showcase the uptempo (Mercury) vs. downtempo (Fever) matchup that we saw in 2009 either - both of these teams like to run and thrive in transition finishing second (Atlanta) and third (Minnesota) in the regular season in fast break points.
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Atlanta Dream for me!!! I hope they win !
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