After Saturday's stunner, Connecticut had nothing left. The Shock are faster and stronger at every position; when Dydek sits, the Shock are taller too. To beat them again, Connecticut had to disrupt their offense, connect from outside, and get to the free throw line.

None of that happened. Detroit did everything right; the Shock won every category, every quarter, and seemingly every loose ball, holding Connecticut without a fast break.

Smith and Cash led the scoring with 16. "I’m very happy for Miss Smith here sitting next to me,” said Laimbeer. “It’s her first Final. That’s why we brought her here."

It was Connecticut's worst loss since they left Orlando, and it's hard to say whether fatigue, injury or psychology did them in more: easier just to say that the Shock did them in.

Nykesha Sales had no points. "I'll probably think about it this whole offseason," she said. "I don't think I'll go overseas. I think I'll just kind of try to get away from it, but I think it's that motivation for next year." Sales played for Brno last winter, but had avoided Euroball before that.

Taj-- who will play overseas-- saluted the fans: "Most NBA games, there would have been like 1,000 people left. We still had about 5,000 sitting there, cheering for us. ... We were playing like crap. They stayed and [kept] cheering."

Seeing all, knowing all: Kevin Pelton, who correctly predicted both conference finals.

The Bad Girls will meet Sacramento in the league's first finals without a number one seed. Game one starts Wednesday at 7:30pm on ESPN2.