It was a record-breaking season for the WNBA. The first three games each had over a million viewers on average, with the audience growing for each contest. The series set both the overall attendance record for a WNBA Finals as well as the average attendance mark.

McBride arrived as part of the Lynx’s first aggressive push into free agency. Reeve signed McBride, Aerial Powers and Natalie Achonwa to keep the Lynx competing for titles even after the loss of five Hall of Fame-caliber players.

The Minnesota Lynx defeated the New York Liberty 82-80 in Game 4 of the WNBA Finals to force a winner-takes-all decider on Sunday.