Even with early Game 6 tipoff, Valkyries are confident fans will find a way to watch

Shaunice Christmas-Miller and her wife, Kendall, have the flexibility in their jobs to work from home Thursday and watch Game 6 of the WNBA Finals despite the early tipoff on the West Coast. That doesn t mean either is happy with the Golden State-Atlanta game starting at 9:30 a.m. PDT at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, several hours ahead of the Cavaliers-Hawks NBA game Thursday night. With the potential championship-clinching contest not being played in primetime, they know many other fans won t be able to skip work and watch a potentially historic day in women s basketball. Shaunice Christmas-Miller, who works in human resources, wishes everybody involved had considered the various options further in advance to avoid such last-minute scrambling. “They should have thought ahead for the whole seven-game series,” she said. “The women deserve primetime slots.” Several of the WNBA Finals games have drawn record ratings, showing how much interest there is in the league, this seri