DiJonai Carrington Blasts WNBA for Lackluster Promotion of Historic Sun-Sparks Game [View all]
The Connecticut Sun and Los Angeles Sparks made a cool piece of history on Tuesday as the first WNBA teams to play at Bostons TD Garden, where celebrities like Celtics players Jayson Tatum and Jrue Holiday came out to show their support among a sold-out crowd of 19,125.
But looking past the bubbling excitement and cheering fans, Sun guard DiJonai Carrington made it clear she had a bone to pick with the WNBA.
Carrington, who led all scorers with 19 points in the Suns 69-61 win, called out the league for not promoting their historic matchup enough.
Imma keep it real all the time, Carrington said in a postgame presser. I feel like Connecticut as a franchise is historically disrespected... I think that there could have been a lot more publicity or promo from the top. Connecticut had announced that we were having this game probably almost a year ago, sometime right after last season, so there was ample time to do what needed to be done.
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