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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Seattle Storm eye West title, Taurasi

They call them chips, and no one stacks them better than Diana Taurasi. The Phoenix guard has won so many championships – or chips – that Seattle guard Svetlana Abrosimova playfully wondered if it was a requirement to play Taurasi for the right to get one. “For the last seven years, especially playing in Europe, it was, ‘We have to beat Diana Taurasi,’ ” Abrosimova said. “For me, the championship is associated with her. You have to beat her to become the champion.” Taurasi’s team faces possible elimination in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals today (ABC, noon) after she had a miserable opener in the best-of-3 series against Seattle with a 2-of-15 shooting night at KeyArena on Thursday.

– Seattle Times