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Kara Braxton looks forward to making new fans in Tulsa, where her twin sister lives.

Auburn Hills --The Shock, winners of three WNBA championships in a dozen years, are on their way to Tulsa, Okla.

The Detroit Shock is moving to Tulsa, Okla. There has been no official announcement, but team members have been informed of the move, according to a person within the organization.

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Deanna Nolan scored 34 points to lead Detroit to a 94-87 victory over the New York Liberty on Thursday night, helping the defending champion Shock clinch a playoff spot.

Shavonte Zellous scored a playoff career- high 23 points off the bench, and the Detroit Shock moved one step closer to defending their WNBA title with a 72-56 win over the Indiana Fever in the opening game of the best-of-three East finals.

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

Detroit is in the Eastern Conference finals again. And this time, Bill Laimbeer isn't coaching and cajoling the Shock .

A look at the two best-of-three conference finals series in the WNBA playoffs, which start Wednesday: EASTERN CONFERENCE No.

Of course, Tamir Goodman would still be starring on the basketball court now. He had no reason to doubt a long, bright future a decade ago, when hoops fans around the country knew his name -- or at least the nickname applied to him, "The Jewish Jordan." The skinny, yarmulke-wearing teenager from a tiny Jewish day school near Baltimore had orally ...

Atlanta in the WNBA playoffs? You must be Dream-ing. Actually, not. The Atlanta Dream, a nightmarish 4-30 last season, was waved into the postseason party by going 18-16, the second most dramatic turnaround in league annals.

Star guard Deanna Nolan was still woozy this afternoon after the Detroit Shock landed in Atlanta, so her availability for Game 2 of the best-of-three Eastern Conference semifinals is uncertain, according to coach Rick Mahorn.

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.

The Detroit Shock say they've signed contract extensions with Deanna Nolan, Katie Smith and Plenette Pierson.

In just their second season, the Atlanta Dream have made the WNBA playoffs in the Eastern Conference and get to face none other than the defending champion Detroit Shock starting Wednesday at the Palace.

Kara Braxton added 14 points and Taj McWilliams 12 for Detroit , which will play Atlanta in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.

Despite winning three titles in the previous six seasons, the Detroit Shock doesn't make things easy on itself.

Kara Braxton scored 17 points and fellow reserve Shavonte Zellous added 16 to help the Detroit Shock win their third straight game, beating the Chicago Sky 84-75 Sunday 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.

Becky Hammon and the Silver Stars beat the Phoenix Mercury at the AT&T Center on August 15, but that's their only victory in the past seven games.