Yikes! So much for breathing room....

Instead of looking back (though if you want to reflect, you're welcome to! 'cause it's been great, no?) we're looking forward to tonight:

From the Indy Star's David Woods: Fever's season comes down to tonight: In past 12 Finals, 11 teams won it at home, but Fever have played well in Phoenix

Mercury Rising

All but a select few are witnessing the greatest team in Phoenix sports history - and no, it's not those 1-2 Cardinals, a bankrupt Coyotes squad seemingly destined for Canada, or most certainly that other hoops franchise that has "big plans" for Louis Amundson.

It's the Phoenix Mercury, the most exciting team no one knows about, and yes, the best team in the history of the Valley.

Elimination games not new to Mercury

Johnson savoring another shot at title

It All Comes Down to This

What's made this WNBA Final series great is obvious. Fantastic play. Big stars. Big shots. Big games. All the things needed to make for compelling sport have been present and now fittingly it comes down to one game. Winner take all, as it should be.

There are people that believe you can ignore a basketball game until the final quarter and there are also people that think you can ignore a series until a decisive game. I couldn't disagree more on both fronts.

Mercury look to win second title in 3 years

On Eve of Title Game, WNBA Wins Fans

People came, they saw and they cheered.

WNBA fans have filled the US Airways Center in Phoenix and Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. They have purchased jerseys and T-shirts and, most importantly, tickets.

They have given the league a huge boost, a proper sendoff for a 13th season that has been marked by the retirement of a legend (Lisa Leslie), stories about comebacks and motherhood (Candace Parker) and a knock-down, drag-out final between two teams sporting some of the most exciting, talented players in the world. It's a fight that ends Friday night in Phoenix with the host Mercury taking on the visiting Indiana Fever in a winner-take-all title game.

From Ryan Pretzer on the Shock site: Final Judgment - Head-to-head Finals reveal who's really deserving

Regardless of who wins Game 5 between the Fever and Mercury, the 2009 Finals has enlightened this WNBA awards voter in two respects....