Lindsay Whalen and the Sun improved to 3-1 with Thursday's win at Charlotte. Kent Smith/NBAE/Getty Images WNBA Photo Gallery: June 1, 2006

Nolan GAME OF THE NIGHT Talk about a wild finish. There were four lead changes and a tie in the final 24 seconds of Thursday's game between the Liberty and Shock. New York's Ashley Battle scored five of her 18 points in the final 12.5 seconds, but it wasn't enough. Deanna Nolan delivered a layup with 1.4 seconds to play as Detroit pulled out a 64-63 victory at home. Battle hit a 3-pointer to knot the game with 14.5 ticks left and gave the Liberty a 63-62 lead with 4.1 to go after Nolan went 1-of-2 from the line. But Nolan, who made just two of her first 10 shots, came through when it mattered most. ALSO MAKING HEADLINES ... Streaks Survive: Detroit's last-second win gave the Shock their fourth straight victory over the Liberty. The Sun entered Thursday with four straight wins of their own over the Sting and pushed that streak to five with an 89-65 road win. Nykesha Sales led four Connecticut players in double figures with 18 points as the Sun improved to 3-1. Sutton-Brown WHAT THEY'RE SAYING "There are definitely advantages since we just played them now. On our board [in the lockerroom] there was a word ‘pride.’ That’s what we’ve got to do. We’ve got to play with pride, and we’ve got to put individual pride aside. We’ve got to play better together. That’s exactly how we are going to win ... We have to go up there on Saturday and do that.." -- Charlotte's Tammy Sutton-Brown on the Sting facing the Sun again on Saturday.

Dydek WHO'S HOT Margo Dydek, CON: 16 pts, 8-10 FG LaToya Bond, CHA: 14 pts, 7-9 FG Asjha Jones, CON: 12 pts, 5-7 FG

Currie WHO'S NOT Monique Currie, CHA: 1-10 FG, 4 pts Becky Hammon, NYL: 3-14 FG, 7 pts Katie Smith, SEA: 2-9 FG, 9 pts

Baker ROOKIE WATCH Sherill Baker easily had the best game of her young career on Thursday night. The 5-8 guard out of Georgia, selected 12th overall in this year's draft, entered the night averaging 5.3 points a game through the season's first three contests. She came off the bench against the Shock to score 18 points on 7-of-11 shooting in a 64-63 road loss.

Dydek FILLING THE BOX SCORE Connecticut center Margo Dydek stands 7-foot-2 and she used her height to dominate the interior against the Sting on Thursday night. Dydek was 8-of-10 from the floor en route to a season-high 16 points in an 89-65 road win. She also grabbed 15 rebounds on the night. Margo has grabbed 16 rebounds in a regular season game five times in her career.