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<p>Created page with &quot;&lt;br&gt;Newly-crowned league MVP Kia Nurse stood up when it mattered and led the Canberra Capitals to within one win of the WNBL grand final series on Sunday.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;The Melbourn...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&lt;br&gt;Newly-crowned league MVP Kia Nurse stood up when it mattered and led the Canberra Capitals to within one win of the WNBL grand final series on Sunday.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;The Melbourne Boomers held their biggest lead of the game at 51-43 in the third quarter before Nurse drained three unanswered three-pointers.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Nurse was named MVP on Friday and backed up her gong with a stellar performance to win the three-game series opener 84-70 in Canberra.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Nurse finished with 25 points, while French import Olivia Epoupa was sensational with 19 points, 10 rebounds and six assists in front of 2492 raucous fans at the AIS Arena.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;The teams hadn't played in two weeks due to an international break but both sides looked polished from the tip-off in what proved a cracking start to the finals.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Two of the three games between Canberra and Melbourne this season were decided by just one basket - with the Capitals winning both and earning home-court advantage for this series.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;It proved another tight affair for [https://travelmic.hpage.com/states-of-india-and-their-capitals-with-political-map.html travelmic.hpage.com] three quarters as Boomers' star American Lindsay Allen dominated the first half on her starting return from a knee injury.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Allen finished with 17 points and five assists, while Madeleine Garrick was Melbourne's next best with 16 points and Sophie Cunningham had 14 points.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;The Capitals are chasing back-to-back championships after ending a nine-year title drought last season.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Southside and Adelaide will contest the other semi-final series, with game one on Tuesday.&lt;br&gt;</div>

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