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Minnesota and Los Angeles , the top two teams in the WNBA during the regular season, have looked every bit the best in the league during the WNBA semifinals. Both have 2-0 leads. Now its up to Phoenix and Chicago, with some help with their home crowds, to try to extend their respective series.Thats going to be tough, because the Lynx and Sparks really have not left the door open for that to happen. The Mercury and Sky are going to have to force it open by taking the series leaders out of their comfort zones.Sunday on ESPN, Chicago hosts Los Angeles (3 p.m. ET) and Phoenix hosts Minnesota (5 p.m, ET). The Lynx and the Sparks for the most part have done exactly what they wanted to do offensively; Minnesota won its two games by an average of 14.0 points, Los Angeles by 17.5.Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve wasnt thrilled with her teams defense in Fridays 96-86 victory, so that will be her biggest focus. Of course, she expects the Mercury will be more energized by playing in Phoenix on Sunday.But the defending champion Lynx are so good about not getting rattled, even by the sure-to-be-vocal Phoenix fans. For the Mercury, its do-or-die time in a season where theyve had multiple peaks and valleys. They have to avoid foul trouble, and theyll need a much bigger presence from center Brittney Griner than she had in the first two games.A week ago Sunday, Chicago knocked off visiting Atlanta in a second-round single-elimination game at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. As joyful as the Sky were after that game, realistically they knew theyd have their hands full in this series with the Sparks.That would be the case even if 2015 MVP Elena Delle Donne were healthy for Chicago. With her out with a thumb injury, the Sky really have to play at an extraordinarily high level defensively to try to keep the Sparks from running away from them.The Sparks post players stole the show in the opening game, a 95-75 victory. In the second game, which Los Angeles won 99-84, the Sparks bombarded the Sky both from inside and outside the paint.Los Angeles is trying to make the WNBA Finals for the first time since 2003.Im coaching a lot of mature players, and theyre pros. So not much needs to be said, Sparks coach Brian Agler said when asked if theres any different approach he takes since its a potential series-clincher. We just talk about what we think were going to see and prepare for that. And just understand that theyre going to be playing with a tremendous sense of urgency. And were going to have to play that same way. 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The Raptors traded Rudy Gay, Quincy Acy and Aaron Gray to the Sacramento Kings on Monday, in exchange for Greivis Vasquez, John Salmons, Patrick Patterson and Chuck Hayes. NEW YORK -- Aaron Hicks was at third base in the 10th inning, 90 feet from scoring the run that would raise the New York Yankees three games over .500 for the first time this year and keep up their push to avoid a sell-off before the Aug. 1 trade deadline.He never got there, and the Yankees wilted like so many of their fans on the 93-degree afternoon.Brian McCann flied to shallow left field on the first pitch from Santiago Casillo and Starlin Castro flied out to right, leaving the bases loaded. After New Yorks No Runs DMC bullpen trio pitched four scoreless innings, the San Francisco Giants went ahead in the 12th against Anthony Swarzak and beat the Yankees 2-1 on Saturday.We have to go out and perform, but the organizations going to make whatever decision theyre going to make, Carlos Beltran said. So you cant worry about that.New York (49-48) dropped to 5-4 on its 10-game homestand and 19-2 in games featuring No Runs DMC. How much longer it remains together is unclear.A little more than a week before the deadline for trades without waivers, the Yankees trail AL East-leading Baltimore by 7 1/2 games and are 4 1/2 games back of Toronto for the ALs second wild card, with Houston, Detroit and Seattle also ahead.It hurts, `cause we had opportunities to score some runs, and we werent able to do it. Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.His heralded trio likely wont be available for Sundays series finale.Chapman threw a season-high 36 pitches in the ninth and 10th innings after tossing 17 Friday night, and Millers 10 pitches in the eighth increased his two-day total to 42. Betances 16 pitches in the 11th made it 37 in two days for him.Asked whether he could have pitched the 12th, Betances responded: What are you trying to do, kill me?New York went ahead in the fourth after Didi Gregorius reached on an infield single leading off. Mark Teixeira, in a 1-for-15 slide and dropped to seventh in the batting order for only the third time since 2004, singled to right.dddddddddddd Mac Williamson allowed the ball to kick off his glove for an error, and Gregorius came all the way around, tumbling across the plate.Williamson homered off Ivan Nova in the fifth inning, and the score remained tied until the 12th. Trevor Brown hit an opposite-field double to right off Swarzak (1-1), and Williamson singled up the middle with one out, just past the glove of diving Gregorius at shortstop.Hicks had walked leading off the 10th and advanced on Buster Poseys passed ball. Brett Gardner walked, and Girardi told Jacoby Ellsbury to sacrifice, knowing the Giants would intentionally walk Beltran.You know that all you need is a sac fly, and youve got incredible speed on third base, and there are a lot of things that can happen there, Girardi said. Its a tough call, but you want to make sure that you have that opportunity.New York went 0 for 10 with runners in scoring position and has a .219 RISP this season.Ive got to do a better job, McCann said. I tried to drive the baseball, got a pitch I liked. Just didnt hit it hard enough.WEB GEMSPosey flied to right with runners at the corners and one out in the first, and Pagan held at third in respect of Hicks strong arm. Crawford then sliced a liner to left, and Gardner stuck out his right arm to make a sliding catch. With a runner at first and two out in the second, Ramiro Pena lofted a double to the left-center gap. Gardner grabbed the wall with his bare hand and, without setting, made a one-hop throw to Gregorius about 30 feet onto the outfield grass. The shortstop then threw to McCann, who tagged Williamson at the plate.UP NEXTJeff Samardzija (9-5) starts for the Giants on Sunday and Nathan Eovaldi (8-6) for the Yankees. Eovaldi beat Baltimore on Tuesday in his rotation return, ending a six-start winless streak. ' ' '