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Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers sharing a floor on opening weekend was must-see television, and the numbers prove it. Their matchup drew two point four nine million viewers on ABC, making it the second most-watched WNBA regular-season game in the history of the network. Dallas pulled it out one oh seven to one oh four, and the league couldn't have asked for a better statement to open the season.
Over in the NBA playoffs, Cleveland and Detroit are locked in a dead heat. The Cavaliers and Pistons split the first four games of their Eastern Conference semifinal, and Game five on Wednesday night had everything on the line. One team walking away with a stranglehold on this series, the other staring down elimination pressure heading into a potential Game six.
And in Boston, Ceddanne Rafaela came off the bench and made it count. His pinch-hit two-run shot over the Green Monster broke a tie in the sixth inning and handed the Red Sox a three to one win over Philadelphia. The blast also snapped Kyle Schwarber's home run streak at five consecutive games, a cold splash of reality for the Phillies slugger.
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