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And to think this was just a preseason game.

You would have thought Sky guard Elaine Powell was about to shoot free throws to determine the WNBA championship.

Instead, she was simply trying to win a preseason game. Perhaps someone should have told the growing legion of Sky fans.

They went nuts — jumping, screaming, waving their arms, slapping high fives — when Powell forced a desperation shot with just seconds left and was fouled by Tanisha Wright of the Seattle Storm.

Powell’s 2 free throws with 1.7 seconds remaining gave the Chicago a 68-67 exhibition victory over Seattle in front 3,622 maniacal fans at the UIC Pavilion. That’s an increase of about 1,000 from Tuesday’s first-ever Sky game, an exhibition victory over the Los Angeles Sparks.

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