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So you go through the CNN mall to get to the Phillips Center.
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Then you climb this small mountain.
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Will call isn't open! We were only a half hour early.
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Uh oh, the local news has come over to check us out.
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That's us yelling "Go Storm" at the camera.
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Really?
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Which team's fans are crazier?
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Everyone seems to be getting along.
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Certain letters are finally open.
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Like all good NBA venues, there's an enormous concourse.
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Oh no, not a drum band!
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I think I'm getting close to my seat.
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Erika Schultz from the Seattle Times is here!
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What passes for "trash talk" in the WNBA has begun!
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Four stories of suites? Is this what NBA arenas need to have these days?
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No abandoned fans at this game.
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Karen Bryant talking to people who I don't know.
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Dick Fain is here.
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As usual, Adia is videoing everything.
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Wired for sound.
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I was waiting for the laser beams to shoot out of LJ's eyes.
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Erika needs to practice her "Hail Mary" shots like that guy on the right.
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The light faded a little around the bench giving slightly shadowy shots.
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Cough cough.
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We lost the tip off.
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That would be LJ.
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Let's play guess the back of the head... Adia.
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Awesome, a technical. Uh, too bad LJ couldn't make the free throw.
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Back of the head... Dick Fain.
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Great defense.
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Back of the head... Missy Bequette.
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The Dream mascot is mooning us. Well not me, but the rest of us.
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Leuchanka can really set a screen. Good thing she uses it on her own players.
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Almost a turnover.
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Not a great shot by Shaylee.
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We don't get it either, Sue.
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A pretty forced shot by Leuchanka.
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It hit the side of the backboard!
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Halftime interview.
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The freakiest halftime show I've ever seen. How do they breathe in those things?
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Shaking tail in Adia's face. What?
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Things are not going well at all.
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Watch how LJ tricks Lyttle into moving in the wrong direction.
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Now turn to the basket.
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Things are going a little better now.
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The Dream has a solid lead now as if that means anything.
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It's not a moving screen if the refs don't notice.
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Tanisha got popped in the face a little.
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Help.
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Damn arena flashes have followed me. They're extra strong here.
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OK that's not a foul...
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...how about this? Is this a foul?
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The Storm comeback is underway.`
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Down to the wire again.
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How can you do this without hurting yourself?
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It's the final shot. Angel is going to win it of course...
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...but she misses! One of the Millers rebounds...
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...the other Miller tries a three point shot to tie it but misses. Maybe they got their Millers mixed up.
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LJ is already in tears.
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The Dream fans look sad but they were so nice.
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Is this thing on?
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They keep waving at us.
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The trophy is here.
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A big wave to the fans.
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Yikes, what's LJ doing?
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Oh, giving Adia a hug.
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Hugging her parents.
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Hugging everybody!
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What's this? Agler smiling?
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Donna does her own photography.
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It's officially over when the sticky things come off the floor.
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Not stealing! Not stealing!
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We tried to find the bus to wait for the team but it ended up like the "Cleveland" scene in Spinal Tap.
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We did find LJ's mother.
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So we headed to the hotel just like we did in Phoenix.
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Eventually folks showed up.
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Then we had a party sans players up on the top floor.
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This didn't quite work!
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Look, we're on television.
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Then as we were crawling back to our hotels at 2AM, the players were headed out to party despite their 8AM flight.
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