The Capitals'search for an eighth WNBL title will return home on Saturday.
The Capitals slipped up in their hunt for title No. 8 in a last-gasp 74-73 defeat.
For so long an air of inevitability had hovered over the hardwood,but in the end it meant nothing.
Plus,two important sites in the history of Canberra have been given protected status.
The biggest name in the Canberra Capitals'floor moppers hopes they do exactly what he used to and sweep the court with the Adelaide Lightning.
Marianna Tolo can remember it like it was yesterday. The short walk from the AIS Arena to Canberra Stadium as a newly crowned WNBL champion.
Hey Canberra,you were awesome,but we hope we don't see you again - except at the ticker-tape parade.
When push comes to shove,it's the pre-game secret weapon that's fired up the Canberra Capitals'bid to end their nine-year championship drought.
It was hard to miss the signs of the glory days,but the seven championship banners had left a gap just in case there's a new one on the way.
But Marianna Tolo says she will skip a season in the WNBA to give her knee time to recover after a reconstruction.
Capitals star Leilani Mitchell hopes to shed tears of joy at the WNBL grand final. But it wasn't that long ago she was fighting back tears of pain,fear and hope.