File-This Sept. 21, 2016, file photo shows, Phoenix Mercury's Kelsey Bone, right, and Mistie Bass, second from right, kneeling during the playing of the national anthem before the start of a first round WNBA playoff basketball game a in Indianapolis. Bass, Bone and their Mercury teammates met with Phoenix police a few weeks ago after practice.It was a very eye-opening experience. "That was such a great opportunity for us to ask some great questions. I don't think the system that is in place in Phoenix is the system in place everywhere," Bass said after practice in New York on Friday as Phoenix prepared for the second round of the playoffs. "To see a model that is so crystal clear and to talk about their training and how much training they get." (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)
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