Simmons rips WNBA's lunchtime Game 6 Finals slot

What BBN said about it

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorGame 6 of the WNBA Finals tips at twelve-thirty Eastern on Thursday, and Bill Simmons is calling it a heroic finishing touch to one of the dumbest leadership seasons in pro sports.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTwelve-thirty is a lovely time, Rex. Nobody ever says the Finals should be a late dinner. Brunch people have waited years for this.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorIt was set for eight at night.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThe Hawks and the Cavaliers needed that arena, so the Hawks game got pushed back one hour, to eight, and the Finals got moved to the middle of the workday.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo the Hawks were flexible. That's a team player.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorLook, the Dream normally play in a building that seats about thirty-five hundred.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorState Farm Arena holds seventeen thousand, and the commissioner called the sellouts for Games 3 and 4 a tremendous success.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThen the problem is the tip time, not the crowd.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorValkyries lead three-two, so the whole series is one win from done and everyone's at work.

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    Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorVera.

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    Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThat's exactly right. The Valkyries won Game 5, sixty-four to fifty-five, and a clincher belongs in prime time. I'm telling you.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe Finals tip at twelve-thirty, Rex. Bring a sandwich and a sick day.