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"I WENT OVER there to de-escalate the situation," Natisha Hiedeman says.

With her pink hair poking out of her blue hood, she's explaining her role in an incident at the end of a Minnesota Lynx-Seattle Storm game. The details don't matter much. But here goes: Hiedeman's Lynx teammate Kayla McBride fouled Erica Wheeler on a drive to the basket. McBride scooped up the ball and tossed it in frustration toward Wheeler. Seattle's Skylar Diggins rushed toward McBride. Hiedeman stepped in and had a few words for Diggins.

"I was like, 'You know what? That whole little crush that I thought I had ... it's out the window. It's gone.'"

Courtney Williams, sporting sunglasses and matching…