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The Fever and Sun raved about the "amazing experience" of playing in front of a sellout crowd of 19,156 fans Tuesday night at Boston's TD Garden.

"I think the market here itself is just going to be better for a women’s basketball program," said Sun guard Saniya Rivers.

I think the time is right you can see the energy, the excitement, the venue is large enough to host women’s professional basketball."

Fans sold out TD Garden for a highly anticipated WNBA game between the Connecticut Sun and the Indiana Fever Tuesday night. A lot of families and young basketball players were excited to see their role models hit the parquet.

Today, the Connecticut Sun announced that its game against the Indiana Fever on July 15 at 8:00PM EST has officially sold out. This game will be the second-ever WNBA game to be held at TD Garden, after the Sun defeated the Los Angeles Sparks at TD Garden on August 20,

Healey praised the Sun for bringing so many figures from so many corners of sports and business together in the name of women’s sports.

The Indiana Fever are heading into the All-Star break playing good basketball. With Caitlin Clark back in the mix, they’ve won two straight games by a combined 36 points and are gaining confidence at the perfect time. One player who's stepped up during the streak? Sophie Cunningham.