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Bueckers, Wings defeat Tempo 108-95 at Bell Centre, set WNBA attendance record
The WNBA’s regular-season game attendance record was set Friday by a city that doesn’t have a team. The 20,996 who showed up to Montreal’s Bell Centre showed support for the women’s pro basketball league, even when the home team was from Toronto. The expansion Tempo are Canada’s lone WNBA team and want to represent the country. Montreal’s [] The post Bueckers, Wings defeat Tempo 108-95 at Bell Centre, set WNBA attendance record appeared first on CityNews Montreal.
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