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When the WNBA\u2019s preseason slate began Friday night, the platform used to present the pair of games captured a stark difference from the streaming debacles that defined 2024.<\/p>\n
This time, an X user didn\u2019t need to start a livestream that generated 2 million views because only some of the preseason games \u2014 and not all of them \u2014 were available through the WNBA\u2019s League Pass, which happened for a Sky-Lynx matchup and prompted Minnesota head coach Cheryl Reeve to say that everyone who watched should give the user streaming the game $3. <\/p>\n
This time, an official YouTube stream didn\u2019t run into copyright issues and shut down, which happened for a May preseason contest against the Liberty last year.<\/p>\n
Instead, the Wings\u2019 game against the Aces and the Sky\u2019s game against the Brazil national team marked the first two nationally televised preseason games in league history \u2014 starting a preseason that\u2019ll feature four of them on either ION, NBA TV or ESPN.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know I\u2019ll be watching,\u201d Liberty head coach Sandy Brondello said Friday of the preseason games. \u201cI\u2019m interested, too. \u2026 We gotta keep building on the momentum we\u2019ve built over these last few years but in particular last year, and it\u2019s gonna keep getting better and better if we do the things right.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fourteen of the 15 games can be viewed for free via WNBA League Pass in the league\u2019s app, with the lone exception a game Sunday between the Fever and the Brazil national team. <\/p>\n
It\u2019ll be hosted on the Iowa campus where Indiana\u2019s Caitlin Clark once starred \u2014 part of the league\u2019s effort to spotlight its current stars at their college venues \u2014 and broadcast exclusively on ESPN. <\/p>\n
The Fever\u2019s game against the Mystics on Saturday will mark the other nationally televised game.<\/p>\n
Making all of its preseason games available via streams or broadcasts for the first time will allow the WNBA to continue capitalizing on exponential ratings growth from 2024, as the WNBA Finals between the Liberty and Lynx served as the league\u2019s most-watched championship series in 25 years and averaged 1.6 million viewers, according to ESPN. <\/p>\n
The Liberty, who host the Sun on May 9 and face the Japanese Basketball League\u2019s Toyota Antelopes three days later at the University of Oregon, won\u2019t have either of their exhibition games on a national channel, but that\u2019ll change for 32 of their 44 regular-season games.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe league is growing,\u201d Jonquel Jones said Friday of the preseason change. \u201cThere\u2019s eyes on the league. People are watching. People are excited about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Liberty waived Kaitlyn Davis, their third-round pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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