Claims extracted
32
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
3%
1 of 32 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
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Sports
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Golden State Valkyries coach Natalie Nakase was back on the bench and and well enough to coach Game 1 of the WNBA semifinals Sunday against Las Vegas after she went down on the sideline two days earlier in the first-round clincher with what she described as exhaustion.
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she → coach → exhaustion
“Just exhaustion,” she said.
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she → say → ?
“I ate and drank right after and felt better.”
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I → eat → ?
The 46-year-old Nakase said she was examined by a doctor during Saturday’s off day ahead of the series opener Sunday and insists she will be “proactive” with both her health and mental health.
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she → say → health
The players encouraged her to take time for recovery, something she constantly stresses to them.
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she → encourage → them
“I’m good.
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I → ’m → ?
I had a little exhaustion obviously,” she said.
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she → have → exhaustion
“I think I talked to you guys about what I have to learn from my father.
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I → think → father
He was an extremely hard-working man.
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He → work → ?
I followed in his footsteps and I
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I → follow → footsteps
But he told me, ‘Natalie,’ this was about 10 years ago when I never knew what I was going to do with my career and he just said, ‘do not let your career ever get involved if your mental health or your health gets complicated.’
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health → tell → career
So, when that happened, it definitely was like a wake-up call for me but I got checked through the doctors.
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I → happen → doctors
Obviously everything looks good.”
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everything → look → ?
She plans to something her dad didn’t and “be proactive,” such as considering wearing a heart monitor and taking other steps to deal with her extreme work ethic.
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dad → plan → ethic
She already wears a tracking ring to monitor some health statistics.
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She → wear → statistics
“Information for me is really important,” she said.
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she → say → me
“I just want to be proactive, be smart.
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I → want → ?
I understand this job for me I love it, sometimes I love it too much to a point I overwork.
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I → understand → point
I just want to make sure I’m being smart.”
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I → want → ?
That might mean “no extra, extra, extra film” and sticking to the timeline on a given day.
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That → mean → day
“It’s taking the time and organizing my mornings,” she said with changing game times and schedules.
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she → take → times
“... Everything’s a little bit different with my routine.”
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Everything → ’ → routine
Nakase didn’t address the team after the 77-73 win Friday night against the Dallas Wings at Chase Center, when her team rallied from a 16-point deficit.
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team → address → deficit
With 1:40 remaining in the game, she was on the sideline near the Valkyries’ bench and lowered to the floor with her head and hands on the court.
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head → remain → court
Nakase was helped up by athletic trainer Katelin Knox.
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Nakase → help → Knox
The coach finished the game but exited the floor immediately following the final buzzer escorted by a member of her staff as her team celebrated at midcourt.
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team → finish → midcourt
The best-of-five matchup with the defending WNBA champion Aces features Nakase coaching against Becky Hammon, who had Nakase on her staff as an assistant coach from 2022-24 — when the team won consecutive titles in 2022 and ‘23.
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team → defend → 2022
Hammon called Nakase a “little mighty mouse work horse, there’s no doubt about that.”
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Hammon → call → that
“The stress this time of year is real, the pressure, you don’t get a lot of sleep, you’re not eating as well as your probably should, there’s a lot of factors that go into that,” Hammon said.
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Hammon → get → that
“It was kind of scary actually to watch.
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It → watch → ?
That little sucker popped right back up though, popped right back up onto that marker and kept it pushing.
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sucker → pop → it
She’s tough.”
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She → ’ → ?
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