The rumored rivalry between WNBA stars Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese has despatched ticket costs by means of the roof for his or her rematch Sunday when the Indiana Fever tackle the Chicago Sky.
According to the web ticket market TickPick, the common worth for a seat on the extremely anticipated sport was greater than $270 as of Friday afternoon, and the “get-in” worth — or most cost-effective ticket — was round $200. If these numbers stand over the following 48 hours, it might make the Fever-Sky rematch the most costly sport in WNBA historical past.
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The final time that Clark and Reese met face-to-face there was no scarcity of drama on the courtroom, with Reese drawing a flagrant foul within the third quarter when she smacked a driving Clark along with her elbow, sending the Fever star tumbling to the hardwood. After the sport, Reese had some disagreeable issues to say concerning the foul and the refereeing.
“I believe we had been enjoying actually onerous. I believe we went up actually sturdy plenty of occasions and we did not get plenty of calls,” she instructed reporters. “And going again into trying on the movie, I’ve seen plenty of calls that weren’t made. I suppose some individuals obtained a particular whistle.”
Clark, in the meantime, referred to as it like she noticed it.
“It is what it’s, , she’s making an attempt to make a play on the ball and get the block,” Clark mentioned after the 91-83 win. “I imply it occurs.”
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Whether there actually is a Clark-Reese rivalry or it is only a dream the media is making an attempt to talk into fruition, one factor for sure is that the WNBA is benefiting from the narrative. CBS introduced this week that final Sunday’s matchup between the Fever and Sky garnered a mean of two.25 million viewers, making it the most-watched WNBA sport throughout any tv community previously 23 years.
But it is not all simply Clark and Reese launching the WNBA into the highlight. They’re a part of a star rookie class that features massive names like Kamilla Cardoso, Cameron Brink and Rickea Jackson — all of whom share credit score within the unprecedented assist for girls’s basketball as a complete.
Scripps Sports is — for a second season — broadcasting WNBA video games each Friday night time on ION.
Tune on this Friday, June 21, to observe Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever tackle Rhyne Howard and the Atlanta Dream at 7:30 p.m. ET. Or catch the Connecticut Sun as they face off towards the defending champion Las Vegas Aces at 10 p.m. ET.
ION’s 14-week WNBA schedule is out there to TV and streaming viewers nationwide and contains 40+ nationwide, regional, or native video games that will likely be broadcast by means of Sept. 13.
Click right here to view the total upcoming schedule for WNBA on ION.
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