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THE BIG DAY

WHAT does it take to win a WNBA title? A veteran and six-time All-Star? Multiple Olympians? A lights-out shooter? Homegrown talent? A coach and general manager with vision? Or perhaps a commitment as a team to overcome all obstacles and play for each other?

The answer for the Chicago Sky is all of the above and much more.

“You don’t know the half,” Diamond DeShields said on her Instagram Live shortly after the Sky defeated the Phoenix Mercury, three-time WNBA champions, 80-74, to win

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