WNBA PLAYOFF QUOTES

She’s very picky about her nose. When you have a nose like mine, you don’t (care). When you have a face like Sue, I would worry, too.”

Mercury star guard Diana Taurasi on Storm star guard Sue Bird, who left Sunday’s WNBA Western Conference semifinal series game with a broken nose when she took an accidental elbow to her face. Both played on Connecticut’s 2002 NCAA title team. The decisive Game 5 is Tuesday.

No one had to be Superwoman, but we just needed to get a little bit smarter and get back to getting stops.

Elena Delle Donne, after she returned from a knee injury that kept her out of Game 3, for Sunday’s game to help the Mystics tie their WNBA Eastern Conference semifinal series with a 97-76 win against the Dream. She scored 15 points and 10 rebounds.

But we got our Superwoman back.”

The Mystics’ Kristi Toliver, speaking up after Delle Donne. Game 5 is Tuesday.