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Mission accomplished: Indy gets Catchings a title

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Indiana Fever forward Tamika Catchings celebrates with the trophy and the MVP award after winning the WNBA basketball Finals against the Minnesota Lynx in Indianapolis, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. The Fever won 87-78 to clinch their first WNBA championship. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Tamika Catchings hold up the trophy after the Indiana Fever defeated the Minesotta Lynx 87-78 in Game 4 of the WNBA finals on Sunday in Indianapolis.

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Indiana Fever guard Katie Douglas, left, and forward Tamika Catchings, the series MVP, pose with the trophies after winning the WNBA basketball Finals against the Minnesota Lynx in Indianapolis, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. The Fever won 87-78 to clinch their first WNBA championship. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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Minnesota Lynx guard Seimone Augustus, right, defends a shot by Indiana Fever forward Tamika Catchings in the first half of Game 4 of the WNBA basketball Finals Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

Indiana Fever forward Tamika Catchings celebrates with the trophy and the MVP award after winning the WNBA basketball Finals against the Minnesota Lynx in Indianapolis, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. The Fever won 87-78 to clinch their first WNBA championship. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Indiana Fever forward Tamika Catchings, left, tries to make room as she is defended by Minnesota Lynx guard Monica Wright in the third quarter of Game 4 of the WNBA basketball Finals in Indianapolis, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Minnesota Lynx forward Taj McWilliams-Franklin, front, tries to get around Indiana Fever forward Tamika Catchings in the first half of Game Four of the WNBA basketball Finals in Indianapolis, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Indiana Fever forward Tamika Catchings hold up the trophy after defeating the Minesotta Lynx 87-78 in Game 4 of the WNBA basketball Finals, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012, in Indianapolis. The Fever clinched their first WNBA championship. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

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The Indiana Fever made it their mission to get Tamika Catchings a WNBA championship. Catchings had won three Olympic gold medals and an NCAA championship at Tennessee in 1998, but never one in the WNBA. She scored 25 points to help the Indiana Fever win their first WNBA title with an 87-78 victory over the Minnesota Lynx on Sunday night.