It was an opening weekend occupied for the WNBA With records and record grades as the stars of the league shone.
The game between Indiana Fever by Caitlin Clark and Chicago Sky of Angel Reese attracted an average of 2.7 million viewers, which made it the most seen WNBA game on the ESPN platforms. Clarify Published a triple-double While Reese had 12 points and 17 rebounds in the defeat in the Chicago explosion.
The couple also had a moment on the court when Clark had a hard foul on Reese while she went through a tray that ended up being a flagrant 1 when the officials improved him. Both players after the game said it was just a basketball play.
A day after the game, the league said he was investigating Racial comments made to Reese For fans. A person familiar with the situation confirmed the details to Associated Press on Sunday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the league had not publicly identified the issue of teasing or made the accusations.
Indiana said he would do what he could to help the League.
“I told the team, obviously, we are going to cooperate completely with the investigation,” said Faz coach Stephanie White on Monday. “But there is no place for that in our league, whether at home, either on the way. It doesn’t matter. We want to encourage our players, our staff to recognize it in real time if you hear, if you see or something of that nature.”
The two teams will meet again on June 7 in Chicago.
It wasn’t just the Chicago-Indian game that generated strong numbers. Saturday’s opening between Las Vegas and New York had an average of 1.3 million viewers. The MVP prevailing A’ja Wilson had a star performance in the loss. The finalist of last season for MVP also had a strong opening weekend, since Napheesa Collier took Minnesota to two victories.
While Indiana, Chicago, Las Vegas, New York and Minnesota were at the WNBA center of attention this season, Washington’s not much was not expected With a new coach, a new general manager and a large number of new players, led by rookies Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen.
The Mystics won their first two games and now go to a three -game trip on the west coast in Golden State, Las Vegas and Phoenix.
Phoenix Mercury’s guard, Kahleah Copper, underwent an arthroscopy on his left knee last week and will leave four to six weeks, the team announced. Copper is playing in his ninth season in the league and was the third main scorer of the WNBA last year averaging 21.1 points per game in his first season in Phoenix.
Minnesota and New York led the way in the first AP power survey of the regular season tied at number 1. The National Voting Panel chose Indiana Third and Phoenix Fourth. Las Vegas, Washington and Los Angeles were the next three. Seattle, Atlanta and Dallas followed him. Chicago, Connecticut and Golden State completed the classifications.
Naphesa Collier had a strong opening weekend, with an average of 28.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists to help Lynx win their first two games, both on the road. Other players who received consideration included Caitlin Clark from Indiana, Natasha Cloud from New York, Kelsey Plum from Los Angeles and Brittney Sykes from Washington.
New York in Indiana, Saturday. The Defensor Liberty champion will visit Clark and the new fever. Indiana made a lot of low season movements to reinforce her list, including Dewanna Bonner’s firm and Natasha Howard. It will be an opportunity for the team to see where you compare with one of the best teams in the League at the beginning of the season.
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