Some people in San Antonio yesterday probably didn't like how the game ended: many sportswriters hate surprise endings (because they have to scrap their earlier drafts), and league execs (in any league) almost always want to see a championship series that sets L.A. vs. New York.

Everybody else went home stunned and delirious after one of the strangest second halves in the history of the WNBA playoffs. San Antonio controlled the third quarter, running out to a 14-point lead on L.A.

The Sparks then woke up and shut the home team down: the Olympians controlled the block, Temeka Johnson ran everybody else ragged, and the purple and gold folks led 64-60 with under a minute to play.

Then things got suspenseful. Buescher set Hammon up for a trey from the corner. In a scrum for a rebound, Milton-Jones fouled Sophia Young, who connected on both free throws. TJ missed a jump shot, but Milton-Jones redeemed herself with a putback on the final L.A. possession, with just 1.4 seconds to go: LA 66, SASS 65! The Sparks advance!

Except... a timeout shunts the ball to the Stars' frontcourt. VJ inbounds to Sophia Young, who gets off a final shot... it's in the air-- it bounces up off the back of the rim-- and it's in! The Silver Stars win, 67-66; teammates pile on Young in delight and surprise.

"Coach said to just turn around and just shoot it," Young explained afterwards, "and that’s what I did. I was on the floor, and I saw it go in and I did a back flip. I didn’t know I could do a back flip. I was just shaking. I can’t believe we won." (Video here.)

Corwin thinks Cooper made bad lineup decisions for those last few plays. Silver Stars fans want to see New York, not Detroit, if their SASS indeed gets past L.A.

Voepel says Young's last-second success is second only to T-Spoon's miracle trey from 1999. That seems about right-- though for Young's shot to gather the same kind of long-term legend, her Stars may have to win game three today.