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The three-time WNBA champion Detroit Shock are moving to Tulsa in hopes that a small-yet-enthusiastic market will embrace what will be the city's only major pro sports team.

Never before has a team had so much success, yet so few noticed. That was the never-ending story of the Detroit Shock.

Even the best shooters in the world go through slumps. Shots that they routinely knock down continually bounce off the rim.

The Shock ventured to Indiana on Thursday 3-0 in the playoffs and the winner of 12 of its previous 14 games.

WHAT HAPPENED: The Shock came back from an 11-point, second-quarter deficit to take Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals on Wednesday night at the Palace.

It wasn't that long ago that Shavonte Zellous thought of herself as more a track athlete who also happened to play basketball.

The Indiana Fever advanced to the WNBA finals for the first time, beating the defending champion Detroit Shock 72-67 on Saturday night in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals.

Rick Mahorn grabbed a padded chair in the visitors' locker room at Madison Square Garden and lifted it with such force that he cracked a plastic light cover and lacerated a ceiling panel.

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Maybe the bounce in her step was gone. Maybe she wasn't good enough to be the force in the middle at 6-feet-3. But as the season wore on, she got better, helping the Shock to the Eastern Conference finals, which start Wednesday at the Palace against regular-season conference champion Indiana.

Talked to a former WNBA player earlier this week about the injury factor in the league.

Detroit Shock's Cheryl Ford, left, and Atlanta Dream's Sancho Lyttle vie for a loose ball under the basket during the first half of their WNBA playoff basketball game on Wednesday, Sept.

Deanna Nolan scored 25 points and Kara Braxton added 16 as the Detroit Shock rallied for a 94-89 victory over the Atlanta Dream in the opener of Eastern Conference first-round series Wednesday night.

No. 2 Atlanta Dream vs. No. 3 Detroit Shock Season series: Dream won, 3-1, winning both games at home and splitting on the road.

What happened: Rookie Shavonte Zellous scored 20 points, and Deanna Nolan added 19 to lead the Shock to an 80-69 win in its regular-season finale to clinch a playoff spot and eliminate the Sky from playoff contention.

Deanna Nolan had 34 points, including a pair of three-pointers in overtime, as the Detroit Shock topped the New York Liberty, 94-87, at the Palace of Auburn Hills.

Lynx fight off late Shock rally to win 75-72 Eds: APNewsNow. Lynx 75, Shock 72. AP Photo MNHF102, MNHF101 MINNEAPOLIS Anna Montanana's putback with 28.6 seconds capped her career night and gave the playoff-hopeful Minnesota Lynx a 75-72 victory over the Detroit Shock on Wednesday night.

Becky Hammon scored 29 points and made a clinching free throw in the second overtime, leading the San Antonio Silver Stars to an 84-82 victory over the Lynx on Tuesday night in San Antonio.

Deanna Nolan scored 22 points, Shavonte Zellous added 16 and the Detroit Shock moved a step closer to the Eastern Conference playoffs with a 70-63 overtime victory over the Indiana Fever on Friday night.

DETROIT SHOCK HEAD COACH RICK MAHORN: a oeThe girls really played hard. Offensively we kept thinking we could get what we wanted, but on the defensive end thata s a high-powered offensive because of Taurasi, Pondexter, Taylor and Smith.