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Mercury, Lynx hail 'one of the GOATs' in possible Taurasi finale
At 10:42 p.m. Wednesday, one of the greatest players in basketball history walked off the court for -- maybe -- the last time. Diana Taurasi drew her sixth foul with 2 minutes, 34 seconds left in the Phoenix Mercury's 101-88 loss to the Minnesota Lynx in Game 2 of their first-round playoff matchup. In what might have been her final game, the WNBA's all-time scoring leader left the court as players from both teams as well as the Minnesota crowd gave her an ovation. Taurasi, who finished with 10 points, has not made any official declarations about her future, but the postgame mood seemed to signal a finality to a 20-year run that few athletes in basketball history have matched. Taurasi won six Olympic gold medals, three WNBA championships and three NCAA championships at UConn. Taurasi was the 2009 MVP and earned all-WNBA first-team honors 10 times. There were also multiple stretches in her career when Taurasi had a claim as the best player in the sport. Taurasi started her pro career in 2004, four years before the first iPhone was released, and stuck around until cars could drive themselves. At 42 years old, however, she is still a talent, as she proved in a 21-point effort in Game 1, becoming the first player in WNBA history to score 20-plus in a playoff game after age 40.Click Here For Full Story