The Phoenix Mercury are the 2009 WNBA champions after defeating the Indiana Fever 94-86 in the fifth and deciding game of the WNBA Finals. The Phoenix Mercury have won the WNBA Championship twice now in the last three seasons and are set to stamp a mark at women’s basketball.

The Big Three of the Phoenix Mercury led the way, with League and Finals MVP Diana Taurasi scoring 26 points and Cappie Pondexter recording 24 while Penny Taylor sank two crucial free throws with only 37.7 seconds left. The free throws held off a furious Indiana Fever rally and buried them as the WNBA Champions Phoenix Mercury won the series 3-2.

Tammy Sutton-Brown scored 22 points, Jessica Davenport recorded a career-high 18 points, and Tamika Catchings notched 16 points and nine rebounds for the Indiana Fever. This is only the first WNBA Finals appearance for the Fever and may be a sign of things to come for the team.

The fast-paced basketball style of Phoenix that former coach Paul Westhead developed was credited for the chapmionship.