Copper and Courtney Vandersloot finished with double-doubles. Copper had a game-high 21 points to go with her 10 rebounds. Vandersloot added 12 points and 11 assists and Candace Parker finished with 16 points and eight rebounds.
Home court is never more of an advantage than it is in the Finals, or that’s the assumption. The No.6 Sky could not have given that assumption less thought when they showed up for Game 1 of the 2021 WNBA Finals. They walked into Footprint Center and torched the No.5 Mercury in the first game of the best-of-five series. Their 91-77 Game 1 win brings them one step closer to the team’s first-ever WNBA title.
