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Good morning! Watch “The Natural” today.

The WNBA playoffs can be sneaky. The best-of-3 first round began Sunday, as NFL games dominated most TVs (more on that below), and suddenly, last night, we already had two elimination games. Sneaky indeed.  Both series will go to a third and final game, though. Quickly: 

The Fever kept its season alive first with a 77-60 blowout win over the Dream, which was simply impressive. Indiana is still a good team...

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