1998 WNBA Playoffs The Houston Comets won their second straight WNBA championship and Cynthia Cooper led the league in postseason scoring, averaging 25.8 points per game.

Karl Malone’s 39 points in Game 5 of the 1998 Finals against the Bulls. The ramifications were straightforward – lose, and Utah’s season, for the second straight year, had ended at the hands ...