The Sun-Sparks TD Garden game was a monumental moment for women’s basketball

History was made on a Tuesday night in Boston, as the first-ever WNBA game was played in TD Garden in front of a raucous, sold-out crowd. The Sun defeated the Sparks 69-61, but the final score seemed almost secondary to the moment itself, which felt larger than life and teeming with historical significance.

The Sun trailed by four points with 4 minutes to play, but DiJonai Carrington (19 points) and Brionna Jones (15 points, 7 rebounds) helped Connecticut closed the game on a 14-2 run to pull out the win. More than 19,000 fans filled the stands for the first full-court professional basketball game in TD Garden since

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