Every WNBA championship team has multiple players who come up big in postseason moments. As you might expect, the franchise player is going to play a big part in that. But other key starters and reserves must come up big as well
In the Washington Mystics’ 95-86 win over the Connecticut Sun yesterday, Ariel Atkins scored a playoff-high 21 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the field and 3-of-4 from three-point range.
Atkins didn’t have a strong scoring performance in the WNBA playoffs so far. Before yesterday’s game, she didn’t score in double figures in the Mystics’ semifinals series against the Connecticut Sun.