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Paul Westhead, champion coach in NBA and WNBA, receives NBCA's Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award

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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Paul Westhead had a coaching career like none other. He won an NBA championship as coach of the Los Angeles Lakers in 1980. He won a WNBA championship as coach of the Phoenix Mercury in 2007. And at the college level, his 1989-90 Loyola Marymount team that was led by Hank Gathers and Bo Kimble remains the highest-scoring squad in NCAA Division I history. Add it up, and that's achievement. And the National Basketball Coaches Association celebrated his work on Friday, whe...

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Skylar Diggins scores 24 and the Sky beat the Sun 85-80 to end a 5-game losing streak.

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Skylar Diggins scored 18 of her 24 points in the first half, Elizabeth Williams made two key baskets in the final minute, and the Chicago Sky beat the Connecticut Sun 85-80 on Friday night to end a five-game losing streak. Diggins completed a three-point play with 1:20 remaining to extend Chicago’s lead to 80-77. Williams put Chicago ahead 82-79 with 48.9 seconds left on a basket in the lane and she added a hook shot at 14.5 for a five-point lead.

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