{"id":2273066,"date":"2024-06-20T22:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T02:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/caitlin-clark-vs-angel-reese-wnba-rematch-sets-an-eye-popping-record-before-it-even-tips-off\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T22:09:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T02:09:26","slug":"caitlin-clark-vs-angel-reese-wnba-rematch-sets-an-eye-popping-record-before-it-even-tips-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/caitlin-clark-vs-angel-reese-wnba-rematch-sets-an-eye-popping-record-before-it-even-tips-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark vs. Angel Reese WNBA Rematch Breaks Record Before Starting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcaitlin-clark-vs-angel-reese-wnba-rematch-sets-an-eye-popping-record-before-it-even-tips-off%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2273066&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The NBA experienced slumping attendance \u200band dwindling interest\u200c in the 1970s, only finding revitalization at the decade&#8217;s end with the drafts\u200d of\u200c players\u2062 Larry Bird to the Boston Celtics and Magic Johnson to the Los Angeles Lakers. This resurgence was \u2063partly \u200ddue to\u200d their \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/college-football-recap-a-wild-rivalry-weekend\/\" title=\"College Football Recap: A Wild Rivalry Weekend\">intense rivalry<\/a>, \u2064which had roots in their \u2062college\u2063 basketball \u200bdays and was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-newest-political-crush-is-privileged-harvard-grad-who-pointed-gun-at-unarmed-black-man\/\" title=\"Democrats\u2019 Newest Political Crush Is \u2018Privileged\u2019 Harvard Grad Who Pointed Gun at Unarmed Black Man\">racially charged<\/a>, \u2063as Bird is white and Johnson is black. Their rivalry\u2062 helped transform \u2062the NBA, setting the stage \u2064until Michael Jordan began to dominate in\u2063 the \u2062&#8217;90s. Jumping to current \u200ctimes, \u200csimilar signs of a burgeoning \u200brivalry and its impact on the league are seen in the WNBA between \u2064Indiana Fever&#8217;s Caitlin Clark\u2064 and Chicago\u2062 Sky&#8217;s\u200b Angel Reese. Their rivalry has generated\u200c unprecedented ticket\u200d sales\u2062 and\u2062 viewership numbers \u2062for the\u200b WNBA, with record highs \u200din <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-expands-clubhouse-like-audio-chat-feature\/\" title=\"Twitter Expands Clubhouse-Like Audio Chat Feature\">ticket prices<\/a> and the most-watched games in over two decades, showing that such feuds continue to bolster the sports leagues they \u200doccur in.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section>\n<p>Given how large it is now, people tend to forget just how unimportant the NBA was in the \u201970s.<\/p>\n<p>Attendance was sagging, interest was dwindling, and things were bad enough that NBA playoff games \u2014 ostensibly the most important games of the season \u2014 were being put on tape delay.<\/p>\n<p>That all began to change toward the end of that decade, when Larry Joe Bird was drafted by the Boston Celtics in 1978 and Earvin \u201cMagic\u201d Johnson was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in 1979.<\/p>\n<div id=\"IC1-ad\" class=\"sponsor IC1\">\n<div class=\"ad-notice flipboard-remove\" fl:fl-noexcerpt=\"true\">Advertisement &#8211; story continues below<\/div>\n<div id=\"IC1\"> <script> \t\t\t\t\t\tif( 'IC1' !='REP' && FFADS.units.IC1 && FFADS.units.IC1.ad_type=='custom' && FFADS.units.IC1.custom_ads && ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById( 'IC1' ).innerHTML=FFADS.units.IC1.custom_ads[0].code; \t\t\t\t\t\t\tif( ! 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They had a built-in rivalry dating back to their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/7-stars-who-oppose-vaccine-mandates-decry-groupthink\/\" title=\"7 Stars Who Oppose Vaccine Mandates \u2014 Decry Groupthink\">college days<\/a>, when Bird\u2019s Indiana teams clashed with Johnson\u2019s Michigan State teams.<\/p>\n<div id=\"in-article-trending\" class=\"in-article-more inner-content\">\n<div class=\"in-article-more-label\">Trending:<\/div>\n<div class=\"in-article-more-right\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cbs-forced-delete-segment-embarrassing-biden-reporting-history-exposed-air\/\" data-type=\"Internal link\" data-type-location=\"in-content-trending\">CBS Forced to Delete Segment After Most Embarrassing Biden Reporting in History Exposed On-Air<\/a> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Oh, and whether anyone liked it or not, there was a tinge of racial animus, due to the simple fact that Bird is white and Johnson is black.<\/p>\n<p>A racially charged rivalry dating back to college helping a basketball league reach new heights.<\/p>\n<div id=\"IC2-ad\" class=\"sponsor IC2\">\n<div class=\"ad-notice flipboard-remove\" fl:fl-noexcerpt=\"true\">Advertisement &#8211; story continues below<\/div>\n<div id=\"IC2\"> <script> \t\t\t\t\t\tif( 'IC2' !='REP' && FFADS.units.IC2 && FFADS.units.IC2.ad_type=='custom' && FFADS.units.IC2.custom_ads && ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById( 'IC2' ).innerHTML=FFADS.units.IC2.custom_ads[0].code; \t\t\t\t\t\t\tif( ! 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