USA Today's Oscar Dixon listens to Katie Smith, who always goes off against the Sun: "This is the best chance I've had in my WNBA career to win a championship. You don't know if you're going to get another shot."

The Freep's Chris Silva has more from Smith, who gives props to the Mohegan Sun crowd.

Thibault tells the Day's Ned Griffen that his stars simply must put the ball in the hole. Will Thibault go deeper into his bench? Probably not: "The strength of [his deep reserves], and I don't mean this the wrong way.... is on the defensive end of the court.... They probably aren't going to step up and make the shots."

The coach sings another tune for the Bulletin's Sherman: "Anybody that wants to make shots, step up and we'll throw it to you."

There's also confusing news on Douglas' injury. "Long term," says the doctor, "I don't think it's going to be a big problem." The same doc puts her chances to play now at 50%.

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