{"id":249506,"date":"2026-06-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/must-know-headlines-from-a-weekend-of-top-tier-wnba-hoops-the-gist-2\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T00:00:00","slug":"must-know-headlines-from-a-weekend-of-top-tier-wnba-hoops-the-gist-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/must-know-headlines-from-a-weekend-of-top-tier-wnba-hoops-the-gist-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Must-know headlines from a weekend of top-tier WNBA hoops | The GIST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The GIST: <\/strong>The Summer Solstice didn\u2019t just usher in longer days \u2014 it <em>also<\/em> brought some of the best performances women\u2019s basketball has to offer. Let\u2019s hoop to it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83e\udd29 Marina Mabrey, Angel Reese rewrite the history books:<\/strong> The Toronto Tempo\u2019s Mabrey drilled nine three-pointers to equal the WNBA single-game record in a comeback win over the Connecticut Sun on Friday, before Reese became the fastest player to record 1K career rebounds in Atlanta\u2019s win over the Indiana Fever a day later.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udc4f Thirty years later, the WNBA still rocks: <\/strong>Last night\u2019s 30th anniversary game between the LA Sparks and NY Liberty celebrated all the best things about the W: resilience (the Sparks rallied from a 17-point deficit for a 98\u201397 win), playmaking (NY icon Breanna Stewart tallied <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegistsports.com\/glossary\/basketball\/#:~:text=bad%20free%20throws.-,Double%2Ddouble,-When%20one%20player\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a double-double<\/a>), and teamwork (12 players total scored in double figures).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Sparks\u2019 second-half surge culminated in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wnba\/reel\/DZ3w7SaxOQH\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a game-winning three<\/a> from certified bucket Nneka Ogwumike, but this game was so much more than a regular-season victory \u2014 it was a testament to the league\u2019s evolution over the last three decades. 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