The Mystics closed out the Wings and moved on to the second round of the WNBA Playoffs yesterday. Though Elena Delle Donne and Emma Meesseman are going to be given credit for leading the Mystics to victory, they weren’t going to be able to do this alone. Krystal Thomas had 17 rebounds, and Kristi Toliver added 16 points.
But the player who provided the most clutch performance on Wednesday was Tierra Ruffin-Pratt. She scored just seven points and grabbed three rebounds for the game. Those numbers sound pedestrian in a vacuum, but she stepped up in the fourth quarter during a two minute stretch that sealed Washington its first playoff series win since 2002.