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With an infusion of talent, several teams are expected to step it up and some key coaching moves, the 2013 WNBA season promises to be a page-turner.

When the playoffs opened, not many were picking Indiana to knock off the top team from each division en route to the WNBA championship. But odds were beaten, twists and turns were navigated, and in the end, the Fever got their fairy tale ending.

Universally beloved and hard-working Tamika Catchings won the admiration of her fellow competitors a long time ago. Sunday, she won the missing piece to complete her brilliant career.

Cut from the Australian national team before the Olympics, Erin Phillips became all the more determined to help Indiana win its first WNBA title.

The Fever have been here before. Indiana had a chance to win the WNBA title in 2009, but lost Game 4 at home and Game 5 in Phoenix.

Shavonte Zellous scored a career-high 30 points in one of the more surprising mismatches in WNBA Finals history, putting the Fever one win away from their first league championship.

With the score tied at 48 and Lindsay Whalen hit with a technical, coach Cheryl Reeve ripped off her jacket in protest, earning the coach her own technical. Minnesota responded with a run that sealed Game 2 and evened the WNBA Finals.

It sounds simple. But to avoid falling into an 0-2 hole in the WNBA Finals on Wednesday, the Lynx just need to play like they did all season.

Post players got the big numbers in Indiana's Game 1 win Sunday. But perimeter play -- especially from a group of players acquired in savvy personnel moves over the years by Indiana's front office -- might have been the biggest key in putting the Fever up 1-0 in the WNBA Finals.

The Fever sent a message to the defending champion Lynx in Sunday's Game 1 win of the WNBA Finals: Whether they have Katie Douglas on the court, the Fever are not going to back down.

Indiana pulled off the upset to advance to the WNBA Finals. Now, especially if an ankle sprain hampers Katie Douglas, the Fever face another uphill battle against the defending WNBA champion.

Atlanta and Minnesota made the WNBA Finals last season but face tough Game 3 tests Tuesday just to reach this year's conference finals.

With the league's best record and a pair of MVP candidates, defending champion Minnesota is the favorite when the 2012 WNBA playoffs open Thursday.

The WNBA just had a month-long break, but the playoff push will be intense from the get-go when games resume Thursday.

Silver Spurs are the surprise 'buzz' team as the Olympics brings a month-long halt to the WNBA. Will the time off help or hurt?

The start of any WNBA season hinges on how quickly teams jell with new combinations and how players perform after their overseas experiences. But which teams deal best after the monthlong break for the Olympics might have the biggest impact this season.