Originally published Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 9:32 PM

Angel McCoughtry scores 42 points as Atlanta Dream completes 2-0 sweep of New York Liberty in East finals | WNBA playoffs

Angel McCoughtry had 42 points to win a high-scoring duel with Cappie Pondexter as the Atlanta Dream beat the New York Liberty 105-93 Tuesday night to complete its unlikely march to the WNBA Finals against the Storm.

By The Associated Press

AP Sports Writer

ATLANTA — Angel McCoughtry needed a few minutes to let it all sink in.

The second-year Dream standout set a league playoff scoring record and helped Atlanta make the WNBA Finals for the first time.

McCoughtry had 42 points to win a high-scoring duel with Cappie Pondexter as the Dream beat the New York Liberty 105-93 Tuesday night to complete its unlikely march to the championship series against the Storm.

Perhaps overwhelmed, McCoughtry at first claimed the Eastern Conference finals clincher "was just another game."

Just another game? McCoughtry couldn't leave that as her signoff on the biggest night of her two-year pro career.

"I take it back," McCoughtry said when asked again. "This was different."

McCoughtry, the 2009 WNBA rookie of the year, has scored at least 20 points in each of Atlanta's four consecutive playoff victories.

McCoughtry made 12 of 20 shots from the field and 17 of 21 free throws.

"Angel McCoughtry just really showed how good she is going to be and what a bright star she is already," said New York coach Anne Donovan, a former Storm coach.

Atlanta, a third-year franchise seeded fourth in the East, swept Washington in the first round before also winning two consecutive games over the Liberty in the best-of-three conference finals.

Pondexter led New York with 36 points on 14-of-27 shooting and added nine assists.

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