Candace Parker was about to pour some champagne over Nneka Ogwumike's head in a beyond-jubilant Sparks locker room.
"Candace ... please, no!" Ogwumike said, grinning, to which Parker acquiesced, "OK, I won't because I love you."
Ogwumike, the league MVP, was thrilled to celebrate the first WNBA championship for herself, Parker and the rest the Sparks. But Ogwumike just got her hair done a couple of days ago. She protected it with a shower cap and a plea to her teammates for no direct hit from the bubbly.
And just as she did so much else well in this amazing Game 5, Parker made the right move again. It was that kind of night for the Sparks, who are champions again after back-to-back titles in 2001-02. Read more at ESPN.
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