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WNBA opening weekend produced three data points — Clark's 20-point return, Reese's game-sealing block, and Toronto's sold-out 8,210-seat debut — that tell one structural story.
Detroit and Cleveland are tied 2-2 in the Eastern Conference Semifinals with Game 5 tonight, an outcome neither front office built toward.
With Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo skipping Saturday's Preakness for the Belmont, a wide-open 14-horse field assembles at Laurel Park.
The Toronto Tempo's inaugural home game at Coca-Cola Coliseum sold out in eight minutes, turning the WNBA's first Canadian franchise into a measurable ticket market overnight.
Clark went 2-for-9 from three in Indiana's season-opening home loss to Dallas, missing a tying shot with 1.6 seconds left and leaving the Fever's offensive scheme exposed.
Pistons-Cavaliers series tied 2-2 heading into Game 5 tonight — a series that was not supposed to be this close is now deciding the Eastern Finals.