Minnesota Lynx fans are hoping Game 4 ends with a win – and a traditional team “Electric Slide” dance

When Naema Farah watches a Minnesota Lynx game, she tunes in until the end. The stands are clearing, but she doesn't change the channel – she wants to watch her favorite tradition.

After every Lynx home game win, two players from opposite ends of the field run toward each other and make a midfield jump. Then the team lines up and dances the Electric Slide.

Depending on who you ask, you will get a different answer about the history of the tradition. The song has changed, as have the dance moves and the players, but Farah says that as a long-distance fan, each version of the tradition helps her feel part of the Lynx community.

Farah is from California and attended her first Lynx home game this summer. Somehow, she says, it exceeded her already sky-high expectations.

“The way the Minnesota Lynx fans … welcomed me to Minnesota was very special, I was so touched,” she said. “What has always struck me about women’s sports, especially the WNBA, is that it is such a welcoming place for fans.”

Farah believes that completing home wins with dance and a special song started in 2008 with Lynx players Charde Houston and Seimone Augustus, but admits she didn't notice it until 2011 with players Maya Moore.

“As soon as Maya got drafted, she jumped onto center court and I was like, 'What's going on?' … On ESPN they don’t really show it, but on (WNBA) League Pass they would show the whole dance thing,” Farah said. “It’s really fucking cool, I really love it.”

At that time, the children came to the square and danced to “Apache” by the Sugarhill Gang. Then it was changed by Prince to “When Doves Cry” after a review of the lyrics to “Apache,” also known as “Jump On It,” left the team wanting a change. Now the team is dancing to the 80s R&B hit “Candy” by Cameo.

When it comes to the Electric Slide, Farah believes it was Lynx player Sylvia Fowles, who joined the team in 2015, who suggested a more coordinated dance.

In an interview with NBC Sports' On Her Turf published earlier this week, both Naphessa Collier and coach Cheryl Reeve said the tradition began before they came to the Lynx, but they did not know the origin.

“What they do now is what they shape, but this is a tradition that has been a Minnesota Lynx thing since long before we all got here,” Reeve said.

Official Lynx DJ Mad Mardigan told Fox 9 this week that he also doesn't know the origin of the tradition, but that “we had it when I started 17 seasons ago.”

While the exact story remains unclear, that part doesn't really matter to fans. Anna Knutson, co-host of “The Boy Lynx” podcast, said the dance was a testament to how the team’s connection is unmatched.

“This creates a more human connection with the team,” she said.

She also said it helps celebrate a pivotal moment in women's sports as a whole.

“For me, it’s just great to be a woman and a black woman and to know that basketball in general is my black women,” she said. “It's just so cool to see people that look like me, that look like so many people in my family… I mean, that's power right there.”

The Minnesota Lynx play the New York Liberty in Game 4 of the WNBA Finals on Friday at Target Center. The Liberty lead the best-of-five series 2-1.