Let's assume that you don't know who to root for out of the four remaining teams - Atlanta, Indiana, Minnesota, Phoenix. (This would imply that you're new to the W, because most W fans have strong opinions.) You're looking for some guidance. My advice is to root for the Atlanta Dream.
Why? Because it makes all of the right people unhappy when the Dream win.
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I didn't have much of a reason to put that there. Apparently Diana Taurasi of the Mercury and Seimone Augustus got double fouls in last night's Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals after some game-based shoving. Taurasi then lightened the mood by smooching Augustus. Besides, Augustus is an open lesbian, that's probably not the way you'd intimidate her.
Normally, YouTube comments are a wretched hive of scum and villany, but one commenter wrote, "If that happened in the NBA, everyone's head would explode." Well, maybe not if Metta World Peace did it.
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I had a chance to talk to Lin Dunn before the game. That article will be part of my game writeup which should show up around 12 noon Eastern, so you know where to go to find it.
Her first remarks were, "Let's get this over with, so I can concentrate on the game!" But otherwise, she was very friendly. I didn't report that she was suffering a gluteous minimus injury in my writeup, to avoid the inevitable LOL Butthurt response.
She also spilled her Diet Coke by accident on the floor - she placed it under her seat, and probably bumped against it with her foot. Makes me feel good, because I can now say, "Hey, WNBA coaches are human just like me. They even spill soda just like me!"
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It was a great game, one of those games that you use to sell the game to other people. That last minute was a real nailbiter, and I could probably talk about that for years. That TO Lin Dunn called that erased a McCoughtry steal/fastbreak. McCoughtry fouling Catch at the three point line. Indiana getting the rebound on Catch's missed free throw but doing nothing with it. That stupid dead ball foul with 16 seconds left. Great game, looking forward to Game Two.
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Speaking of Game Two, I'm leaning towards putting it on DVR. Nothing I can do in Atlanta to affect the outcome; that game's in Indianapolis. Even if the Dream lose - which is a real risk, given that Indiana is a very dangerous team to put in the corner of elimination, and the Dream are terrible on the road - we still get a Game Three on Tuesday. I'll go watch the Full Court Fresh 50 in person and look at some of the up and coming high school players.
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I got an e-mail from a radio station that wanted to use me as a contact person for all matters WNBA. I called them back, agreed, and then told them the name of a local beat writer they should also contact as this wasn't an Atlanta radio station. It was the radio station from a WNBA town I won't be naming. Given that their beat writer is prominent, they probably won't be asking me for any more WNBA info any time soon. Sic transit gloria mundi.
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