11K views · 522 reactions | Taking a look back at the debut of the W ‼️ June 21, 1997 the @nyliberty and @LASparks faced off in the first ever #WNBA game 25 years later and the game continues to grow #CountIt | WNBA | Facebook

#TBT to the inaugural 1997 #WNBA season, when No. 1 overall pick Tina Thompson took the league by storm 👀 In just her rookie season, Thompson was an All-WNBA First Team selection and won a championship with the Houston Comets! | WNBA

The Fever pulled up with a point to prove 😤 Rematch vs. the Dream starts at 7:30pm/ET... Stream it on Prime! | WNBA

Aces vs Mercury Draw Most Game 1 Viewers Since Inaugural Season Of WNBA In 1997! _____________________ For all the turmoil off the court, the WNBA audience keeps growing in ways that would have been hard to fathom just three years ago. The opening game of the WNBA Finals was the most watched Game 1 since the league's inaugural season. An average of 1.9 million viewers watched Las Vegas edge Phoenix 89-86 on Friday night, according to ESPN. That was up 62% from last season's matchup of New York a

A HISTORIC ending to our HISTORIC first season... flashing back to the 1997 #WNBA Finals as Cynthia Cooper & the Houston Comets defeated Rebecca Lobo & the New York Liberty! #WomensHistoryMonth | WNBA