"Nine years as president of the WNBA players' union has made Nneka Ogwumike a savvy politician, and like any savvy politician, she knows how to read the room. After a brutal late-game loss to the Sparks on Monday night, she and her Seattle Storm teammate Skylar Diggins sat beside each other at the postgame press conference. Ogwumike was her usual self-mellow, introspective-and she knew this was a night for her to do all the talking. Diggins was pissed."
"The "linx dance" would be the Electric Slide, which the Minnesota Lynx do together after every home win. Last week, after a similarly brutal late-game loss to the Storm, the Lynx were on the receiving end of the dance. Diggins scored 19 points in the second half to get Seattle the win. Victorious, she grapevined and clapped with Storm guard Erica Wheeler on her way off the floor."
Nneka Ogwumike's nine-year tenure as WNBA players' union president has made her politically savvy and adept at reading situations, allowing her to remain calm after a late-game loss. Skylar Diggins reacted angrily after the loss, refusing to speak at a postgame press conference while Ogwumike spoke. Online commenters mocked Diggins for her emotion and for mimicking the Minnesota Lynx's postwin Electric Slide. Diggins scored 19 second-half points in a recent game and celebrated by grapevining and clapping with a teammate before performing the dance. The Seattle Storm exhibit wild swings, alternating brilliant wins with surprising losses.
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