Must-know headlines from a weekend of top-tier WNBA hoops

The GIST: The Summer Solstice didn’t just usher in longer days — it also brought some of the best performances women’s basketball has to offer. Let’s hoop to it.

🤩 Marina Mabrey, Angel Reese rewrite the history books: The Toronto Tempo’s 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’s win over the Indiana Fever a day later.

• Speaking of the Six, it’s a good thing Mabrey’s been shooting the lights out since the shorthanded Tempo are without Brittney Sykes and Kiki Rice. Both players are expected to miss extended time nursing injuries, a devastating blow to Toronto’s strong backcourt.

👏 Thirty years later, the WNBA still rocks: Last night’s 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 98–97 win), playmaking (NY icon Breanna Stewart tallied a double-double), and teamwork (12 players total scored in double figures).

• The Sparks’ second-half surge culminated in a game-winning three from certified bucket Nneka Ogwumike, but this game was so much more than a regular-season victory — it was a testament to the league’s evolution over the last three decades. How lucky are we.