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ATLANTA -- Angel McCoughtry scored 37 points and the Atlanta Dream beat the Seattle Storm 94-85 on Wednesday night in a single-elimination WNBA playoff game.McCoughtry scored seven straight points -- on a 3-pointer, bank shot and pull-up jumper -- to cap Atlantas 19-5 run to start the fourth for an 85-71 lead. She collided with Breanna Stewart on Seattles next possession and stayed on the ground before being helped to the bench by the Atlanta staff. She later returned.Bria Holmes added 21 points for Atlanta, which will face the Chicago Sky on Sunday. Atlanta was without its second leading scorer Tiffany Hayes, who was serving a one-game suspension after picking up her seventh technical foul. The Dreams second leading rebounder, Sancho Lyttle, did not play due to a foot injury.McCoughtry, who picked up her fourth foul early in the third, made two free throws with 1:11 left in the quarter to give Atlanta a 66-64 lead -- its first since 21-20.Jewell Loyd scored 24 points and Stewart added 19 points in their first career playoff games for Seattle. Stewart had 15 points in the first half and Loyd scored 12 as Seattle held a 45-37 halftime lead.Prior to the game, Atlanta forward Elizabeth Williams was named the WNBAs Most Improved Player.The game was played at Georgia Tech, where the Dream will play for the next two seasons.Adidas NMD R2 NZ . "It doesnt get any better than that," Giambi said. "Im speechless." The Indians are roaring toward October. Giambi belted a two-run, pinch-hit homer with two outs in the ninth inning to give Cleveland a shocking 5-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night, keeping the Indians up with the lead pack in the AL wild-card race. Superstar Womens NZ . Mats Zuccarello and Derek Stepan scored shootout goals, and backup goalie Cam Talbot earned his second win in two nights as the Rangers shook off a late tying tally and beat the Maple Leafs 2-1 Monday night. http://www.nmdshoesnz.com/ . They hope to persuade the other team owners and commissioner Roger Goodell to put pressure on Redskins owner Daniel Snyder to drop the nickname they find offensive. "Given the way the meeting transpired," Ray Halbritter, an Oneida representative and leader of the "Change the Mascot Campaign," said Wednesday, "it became somewhat evident they were defending the continued use of the name. Adidas Falcon New Zealand . The formidable trio of Canadian receivers -- individually known as Chris Getzlaf, Rob Bagg and Andy Fantuz -- will share the field at Mosaic Stadium one more time on Sunday. Adidas NMD R1 New Zealand . Ryan Garbutt had a goal and two assists as Dallas snapped a six-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night.DES MOINES, Iowa -- Trey Burch-Manning scored 24 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and South Dakota held off a late charge by Drake to earn a 79-74 win in the season opener Friday night.Matt Mooney had 21 points for the Coyotes and Tyler Flack added 12 points and 10 rebounds.Reed Timmer had 17 points to lead Drake, and his 3-pointer with 1:10 left got the Bulldogs within one, 75-74, but Mooney collected a steal in the final minute and knocked down a trey of his own to put South Dakota uup, 78-74 with 19 seconds left.ddddddddddddC.J. Rivers and Graham Woodward each had 10 points for the Bulldogs.Drake outshot the Coyotes from the field, hitting 47.3 percent (26 of 55), but South Dakota more than made up the difference with volume, launching 65 shots and connecting on 30 (46.2 percent). The Coyotes connected on 8 of 24 shots from distance. ' ' '