Today in Minneapolis, the Minnesota Lynx and Los Angeles Sparks meet in Game 1 of the WNBA finals.The league got what it wanted.A new post-season format threw out the old and brought in the new. Up until this year, the WNBA like the NBA, created a playoff bracket by taking the same number of teams from the Western and Eastern Conferences. Those teams would play the other teams in their conference and ultimately a conference champion would emerge. The finals would pit the West champion against the East.Problem was, sometimes the two best teams would be in the same conference, and they wouldn't be able to meet in the finals.The new format hoped to change that.It took the top eight teams at the end of the regular season, regardless of conference affiliation, and seeded them 1-8 based on regular season won-loss records.Minnesota (28-6) and L.A. (26-8) were the top two seeds. They also were both in the Western Conference. And here they are in the finals."This is what our fans have been
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