6.7K views · 428 reactions | #TBT to the inaugural 1997 #WNBA season, when No. 1 overall pick Tina Thompson took the league by storm  In just her rookie season, Thompson was an All-WNBA First Team selection and won a championship with the Houston Comets! | WNBA | Facebook

149K views · 744 reactions | ️ #TBT to when rookie guard Nikki Teasley knocked down the last-second game-winning three to give the Los Angeles Sparks their second #WNBA Championship in a row in 2002! #WNBAVault | WNBA | Facebook

5.5K views · 207 reactions | On this day in 2002, Margo Dydek became the first #WNBA player to reach 500 blocks! #WNBAVault | WNBA | Facebook

2002 WNBA Champs LA Sparks

Aces vs Mercury Draw Most Game 1 Viewers Since Inaugural Season Of WNBA In 1997! _____________________ For all the turmoil off the court, the WNBA audience keeps growing in ways that would have been hard to fathom just three years ago. The opening game of the WNBA Finals was the most watched Game 1 since the league's inaugural season. An average of 1.9 million viewers watched Las Vegas edge Phoenix 89-86 on Friday night, according to ESPN. That was up 62% from last season's matchup of New York a