Professional Sports Leagues: WNBA

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After an incredible season the Washington Mystics found themselves tied at two games apiece with the Connecticut Sun in the 2019 Women's National Basketball Association WNBA finals The Mystics star player Elena Delle Donne was hampered by a back injury suffered earlier in the series Delle Donne's dreams of a WNBA title had come down to the final five and a half minutes of Game 5 Delle Donne had led the Mystics to the WNBA's best record during the 2019 regular season winning her second most valuable player MVP award in the process But after the top seeded Mystics won the opening game of the best of five series against the Sun Delle Donne exited Game 2 early with what turned out to be three herniated disks in her back With the six foot five Delle Donne on the bench the Sun evened the finals at a game apiece With a limited Delle Donne contributing just 13 and 11 points in the next two games respectively and the full extent of her injury not disclosed the teams split those games This set up a decisive fifth game on the Mystics home court in their new arena With 5:39 left in Game 5 the Sun's Courtney Williams brought her team even with the Mystics at 72–72 On the Mystics ensuing possession Delle Donne wearing a clear plastic face mask to protect the nose she had broken earlier in the season as well as a bulky brace on her bruised left knee spun and hit a turnaround fadeaway jumper from the left side to put the Mystics up 74–72 One of her 6