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For Valkyries coach Natalie Nakase, WNBA Finals don’t need to bring her joy, just winning

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For Valkyries coach Natalie Nakase, WNBA Finals don’t need to bring her joy, just winning
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For Valkyries coach Natalie Nakase, WNBA Finals don’t need to bring her joy, just winning

SAN FRANCISCO — Through five games of the WNBA Finals, the Golden State Valkyries and Atlanta Dream have treated fans to 200 minutes of grinding and grating basketball, sometimes, agonizingly so. Only twice through these games has either team shot better than 35 percent (and that was not in the same game). They’ve averaged a turnover every minute and a half of play and a foul almost every minute. The fans have learned they can’t just cheer for the SportsCenter-type highlights in these games. Sha