{"id":5607,"date":"2026-07-11T05:04:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T05:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5607"},"modified":"2026-07-11T05:04:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T05:04:43","slug":"wnba-regular-season-record-crowd-of-20996-watches-wings-beat-tempo-in-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5607","title":{"rendered":"WNBA regular-season record crowd of 20,996 watches Wings beat Tempo in Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>MONTREAL (AP) \u2014 Paige Bueckers scored 34 points and the Dallas Wings beat the expansion Toronto Tempo 108-95 on Friday night in front of a WNBA regular-season record crowd of 20,996 at Bell Centre.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5605\">White Sox rookie Tristan Peters hits for the cycle, first for franchise in 9 years<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The game broke the regular-season mark of 20,711 set in Washington on Sept. 19, 2024, against Indiana. The league\u2019s two largest crowds \u2014 both 22,076 \u2014 came in Detroit in the 2003 and 2007 WNBA Finals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing the only team in Canada, it\u2019s a responsibility for us and how cool is that,\u201d Tempo coach Sandy Brondello said. \u201cWe get to be seen all over Canada. We want to make sure we can come out tonight and celebrate the WNBA and celebrate the Tempo with our new fans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Toronto will face New York in Montreal on Sunday. The Tempo also will play two games in Vancouver, British Columbia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said to the team today what a unique opportunity this is. We\u2019re creating firsts. We say we\u2019re Canada\u2019s team so we\u2019re taking the show on the road,\u201d Brondello said. \u201cI always say, a fan has to just come and watch one game and they\u2019ll fall in love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5603\">Dunn mother says life insurance policy for son who died in Fourth of July fire never existed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jessica Shepard had 20 points and 17 rebounds to help the Wings (15-8) sweep a four-game trip that also saw them beat the Tempo in Toronto. Arike Ogunbowale also had 20 points, and Azzi Fudd added 13.<\/p>\n<p>Bueckers was 13 of 22 from the field and had six assists and six rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>Marina Mabrey had 34 points for Toronto (9-13), hitting 6 of 9 3-pointers. Laura Juskaite added 25 points. The Tempo have lost four straight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really special for Canada and for the Toronto Tempo franchise,\u201d said Dallas coach Jose Fernandez said. \u201cIt just shows the trajectory of where the WNBA is and what the franchise in Toronto is doing for basketball fans in Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Bell Centre also hosted the largest crowd in Professional Women\u2019s Hockey League history, drawing 21,105 for a game between Montreal and Toronto on April 20, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5601\">Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio Spurs agree on 5-year extension that could top $250M, AP source says<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Up next<\/h3>\n<p>Wings: Host Chicago on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>Tempo: Vs. New York on Sunday in Montreal.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP WNBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/wnba-basketball<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MONTREAL (AP) \u2014 Paige Bueckers scored 34 points and the Dallas Wings beat the expansion&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WNBA regular-season record crowd of 20,996 watches Wings beat Tempo in Montreal - Raleigh Moving News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5607\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WNBA regular-season record crowd of 20,996 watches Wings beat Tempo in Montreal - 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