Sun star DiJonai Carrington calls out WNBA for not promoting sold-out win over Sparks at TD Garden

DiJonai Carrington and the Connecticut Sun pulled out a tight win over the Los Angeles Sparks on Tuesday night in front of a sold-out crowd in Boston.

But that game, the first WNBA game to ever be played at TD Garden, was limited to WNBA League Pass or the WNBA’s live stream outside of local markets. In fact, none of the three WNBA games on Tuesday night were on national television.

So on Tuesday morning, Carrington actually called out the league for not promoting their historic contest in Boston. In her eyes, they just treated it like any other game.

Since we gotta do our own promo…
We’re playing at the @tdgarden tonight & it’s SOLD OUT 19k+. First W game here ever. Historic. Not on tv, but you can catch it right here on twitter. 🙃 @WNBA

— dιjonaι carrιngтon♛ (@DijonaiVictoria) August 20, 2024

“I feel like Connecticut as a franchise is historically disrespected,” she said, via SB Nation’s Noa Dalzell. “So sometimes if you want something, you gotta go out there and do it yourself. So that’s what I did for us.

“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 … there was ample time to do what needed to get done.”

DiJonai Carrington was asked about calling out the WNBA for not sufficiently promoting this game:

“The game should have been on the national television broadcast. You should’t have to pay for any type of subscription to see a game that’s this historic, in my opinion.” https://t.co/iff6dMBKna pic.twitter.com/gA9A4zRTuI

— Noa Dalzell 🏀 (@NoaDalzell) August 21, 2024

Despite what she felt was a lack of promotion, more than 19,000 fans still packed TD Garden to watch the Suns’ 69-61 win over the Sparks on Tuesday night. Carrington dropped a game-high 19 points and helped launch a 14-0 run late to seal the win.

“I guess my tweet worked,” Carrington said.

Carrington also called out the WNBA for not making the game available on national television. Only 14 of the Sun’s regular season games were slated for national television when the schedule was first…

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Publish date : 2024-08-21 03:50:22

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