The Detroit Shock open the WNBA Playoffs on the road against the Indiana Fever tonight. The Shock finished 2nd in the East and the Fever 3rd to setup this very good first round best-of-3 matchup. The teams split four games this season each winning both on their home court, so the home court advantage could be big in this series.

Here’s some quotes heading into the game…

“It’s going to be nice to have home court again,” said Shock guard Deanna Nolan, whose team has been eliminated in the first round in each of the last two seasons. “It’s been a long time.”

“I think we’re fairly evenly matched,” Fever coach Brian Winters said. “The teams that rebounds and goes to the free-throw line the most is probably going to win the series.”

Read Shock/Fever Preview at Yahoo! Sports
Read Shock Game Notes at the Shock Official Site [Adobe PDF]

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