1. The Stars came back late to clinch top seed, not only in the West but in the finals (if they get there). Sophia Young scored 24. "The fact that [we're] able to close the season playing good basketball," said SASS coach Hughes, "means even more than home court."

Connecticut have now lost three in a row, all three by "missing high percentage shots," in the words of coach Thibault. Lindsay Whalen did not play: why not? apparently she was once again resting her ankle.

2. Indiana crushed New York at Conseco. McCarville did not play. David Woods at the Indy Star points out that the Fever always beat the Lib in Indiana, but the Shock almost always beat Indy in Detroit: that's going to be a playoff problem for Catchings and company, because...

3. Detroit nailed down the top seed in the East by crushing the lottery-bound Mystics on TV. "Now we can start working on things for playoffs," said Deanna Nolan, who tallied 17 and shot 50% from the field. The Basket Cases can't even work up enough steam to feel bad about the loss; they're more excited this morning to see...

4. Atlanta stun Los Angeles in L.A.: the Dream's surprise win makes the 1998 Mystics still the worst team in the history of the league.

"We didn't respect them," said Lisa Leslie, whose teammates let Izzy Castro-Marques score 23.