This isn’t your typical sixth seed.
The Chicago Sky continued to prove their regular season was a fluke with a dominant showing in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals, taking a 91-77 win over the No. 5-seeded Phoenix Mercury at the Footprint Center in downtown Phoenix on Sunday.
Game 2 of the best-of-five series is 9 p.m. ET Wednesday in Phoenix on ESPN.
Kahleah Copper finished with her second career double-double, notching 21 points and 10 rebounds. Copper is the 10th player to record that feat in her Finals debut.