{"id":794236,"date":"2026-07-11T04:01:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T04:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/794236\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T04:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T04:01:15","slug":"bueckers-wings-defeat-tempo-in-montreal-with-record-setting-attendance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/794236\/","title":{"rendered":"Bueckers, Wings defeat Tempo in Montreal with record-setting attendance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dallas Wings’ Paige Bueckers (5) celebrates with teammates Odyssey Sims (1) and Alysha Clark (7) during second half WNBA basketball action against Toronto Tempo, in Montreal on Friday.Christopher Katsarov\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

Paige Bueckers had 34 points as the Dallas Wings beat the Toronto Tempo 108-95 on Friday night at the Bell Centre.<\/p>\n

It was Toronto\u2019s fourth straight loss, making it their longest losing streak in their inaugural season.<\/p>\n

The attendance of 20,996 set a new WNBA regular season record. The league\u2019s previous record was 20,711 in Washington, D.C. in 2024.<\/p>\n

It was the first WNBA game in Montreal, and the first of four times that the Tempo will play a home game in a different Canadian city this season.<\/p>\n

Jessica Shepard had 20 points and a game-high 17 rebounds for Dallas (15-8), while Arike Ogunbowale had 20 points and seven assists. Bueckers added six rebounds and six assists.<\/p>\n

Marina Mabrey led the Tempo (9-13) with 34 points. Laura Juskaite added 25 for Toronto in the loss.<\/p>\n

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Toronto Tempo’s Marina Mabrey (3) is defended by Dallas Wings’ Arike Ogunbowale (24) as she drives towards the net during first half WNBA basketball action.Christopher Katsarov\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

It was a back-and-forth battle between two teams battling for the second time in five days, with the Wings now having won both games. Dallas pulled away in the fourth quarter, outscoring Toronto 24-10.<\/p>\n

All-stars Bueckers and Mabrey went shot-for-shot in the third quarter that saw the lead change six times. Bueckers had 11 points while Mabrey had 13 of her own. Toronto held a one-point lead after three.<\/p>\n

The Tempo led 56-52 at halftime, led by 19 points from Mabrey. Toronto was without its all-star guard as she picked up her third foul early in the second quarter. She had 17 points in the first quarter but played just 1:38 the rest of the half. Dallas trailed 33-25 after the first.<\/p>\n

Montreal will host a second Tempo game on Sunday. Toronto will also play two games in Vancouver.<\/p>\n

Takeaways<\/p>\n

Tempo: Despite having a 13-point lead at one point in the first half, Toronto could not snap its losing streak.<\/p>\n

Wings: After a tough first quarter, Dallas fought back and pulled away in the fourth quarter for its fourth straight win.<\/p>\n

Key moment<\/p>\n

Alysha Clark\u2019s shot with 6:41 remaining in the fourth quarter gave Dallas the lead for good and was the last of nine second-half lead changes.<\/p>\n

Key stat<\/p>\n

Montreal\u2019s Bell Centre now has the record for highest regular-season attendance in both the PWHL and WNBA.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Tempo: Host the New York Liberty in Montreal on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Wings: Host the Chicago Sky on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Dallas Wings’ Paige Bueckers (5) celebrates with teammates Odyssey Sims (1) and Alysha…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":794237,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,2338,885,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-794236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-montreal","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=794236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/794237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}