The final buzzer had just sounded on the 2016 WNBA season and, still, Candace Parker was hustling back. There was a news conference to attend in Minneapolis, deep inside the Target Center, following the Los Angeles Sparks’ 77–76 road upset of the defending champion Minnesota Lynx in Game 5 of the WNBA finals. And Parker—who contributed a line fit for distinction as series MVP (28 points, 12 rebounds and, stunningly, only one foul)—for the victorious side, didn’t want to be any later to this welcome obligation than, well, she already had been.
Little did she know that her coach, Brian Agler, had not only saved her a seat at the dais, but also a song.