LIZ Cambage has declared herself “ready” to return to the WNBA after rediscovering a passion for basketball in Melbourne.

The 204cm Melbourne Boomers enforcer will join Dallas Wings next season, where former Opals star Erin Phillips has been appointed assistant coach, after the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.

“This will be my last game, at home, in Melbourne, for a long time,” Cambage said.

“But I’m ready, it’s good, I’m ready to back overseas and play overseas again.

“Dallas has my rights in the WNBA, and I want to go back there.”

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media_camera Boomers stars Jernna O'Hea, Liz Cambage and Monique Conti. Picture: Sarah Matray

Cambage, who stepped away from the sport after the 2016 Rio Olympics, has dominated the WNBL, averaging 23 points and 10 rebounds, and led the Boomers into the grand final against Townsville Fire.

After getting burnt, 69-64, in game one of the best of three series, Cambage said the Boomers had ironed out their shooting woes for the must-win clash at a sold-out State Basketball Centre.

The Boomers went at 35 per cent clip from the field in game one, a woeful 60 per cent from the free-throw line, and 13 per cent from three-point range.

While the Fire were only marginally better (36 per cent), they were perfect from the stripe and 66 per cent from outside the arc.

Townsville has played in five of the past six grand finals, winning back-to-back championships in 2015-16.

But Cambage said the Boomers could keep their season alive.

media_camera The Boomers have to put out the Fire. Picture: Evan Morgan

“We didn’t shoot the ball very well,” Cambage said. “We shared the ball around really well, it’s just we weren’t stroking it that well.

“We’re playing a veteran team … for a lot of our girls, this is their first finals, first ever grand final series, I think the girls got their nerves out in Townsville and will be ready to go in front of our home court.”

Cambage led the league in points, rebounds and ranked second in field goal percentage.

But the damaging centre, who had not played in the league since she was taken with pick No.2 in 2011 WNBA draft, credited the Boomers “family” for her blistering comeback season.

With extreme 38-degree temperatures forecast, WNBL officials could be forced to suspend play should the mercury rise to 36 degrees inside the stadium.

Air-conditioning at the stadium was switched on Wednesday to combat the heat, with outside temperature expected to hover around 32 degrees at tip-off.