Moral victories don't really exist in sports. But the lasting impression from the Fever's playoff run -- where they took the Aces, the closest thing the WNBA has seen to a dynasty this decade, to the brink -- ranks as one of the most impressive losing efforts in recent sports history.

Napheesa Collier, a Minnesota Lynx player and vice president of the WNBA players union, is preparing for tense negotiations with WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert