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The Daily Swish: Three teams punch their tickets to the Conference Finals

The WNBA Playoffs is in full swing, and we have no shortage of highlights.

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Happy Monday! We have a tooooon of stuff to go through. I have some reruns, but it's worth giving a shoutout to them again.

Fever sweep the Mystics

Check out our StoryStream - Recaps and analysis are here.

SB Nation's Bullets Forever take on the Mystics' playoff run - I wrote it, but it pretty much sums up the Mystics' season in a nutshell.

Lynx sweep the Stars

Our Lynx vs. Stars StoryStream - Recaps and analysis are here.

Dream and Sky are tied, 1-1

Our Dream vs. Sky StoryStream - Recaps and analysis are here.

SB Nation's Peachtree Hoops' StoryStream - Check out Kris Willis' great work on the Dream here.

Mercury sweep the Sparks

Our Mercury vs. Sparks StoryStream - Recaps and analysis are here.

Highlights during the playoffs so far

Ivory Latta's anklebreaking crossover on Briann January - Watch the crossover master NOT named Seimone Augustus teach Bria Hartley and Albert Lee what a killer crossover REALLY is.

Lindsay Whalen's playground pass to Maya Moore - The WNBA wasted its time with its highlight video, and that was last Thursday. Time to do it again.

Vandersloot's shot gives Sky win over Dream in Game 1 - This won't be her only appearance here.

Courtney Vandersloot's pass to Allie Quigley - Sloot goes Showtime in Chicago right here, until Shoni Schimmel one-upped her.

Shoni Schimmel's pass to Angel McCoughtry - Schimmel is Showtime for a reason.

Brittney Griner makes a two-handed slam - Watch her break the Sparks' will here.

Ice Bucket Challenge Videos

L.A. Sparks analyst Dave Miller takes part in #Chillin4Charity - He did it two weeks ago, and noted it when the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has become the craze.

Mystics guard Tayler Hill takes part in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge - She did it with a catch, where her hair wouldn't be wet in the process. Does this count?

Mystics forward Jelena Milovanovic does the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge too - Tayler Hill challenged her. Milo answers the bell. She definitely did it the right way.

Other WNBA news

Sparks must rise above regular-season issues to beat Mercury in playoffs - from the L.A. Times.

Why Magic Johnson thought the Sparks needed a change - Here's a good column on how the Sparks owner came to the decision to terminate Carol Ross as head coach. From ESPN.

Which WNBA referees call the most fouls per game? - James has a nice post here on which officials are more likely to stop a game with their whistles.

San Antonio Stars guard Becky Hammon wins WNBA Sportsmanship Award - She was honored before Saturday's game against the Minnesota Lynx which happened to be her last as a pro.

And even more links

Mo’ne Davis is out of Little League World Series, and women’s sports are shoved from spotlight - From the Washington Post.

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