WNBA Coach Furious With Crowd For Brittney Griner's First Game

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MAY 19: Brittney Griner (R) of the Phoenix Mercury stands for the national anthem before their game against the Los Angeles Sparks at Crypto.com Arena on May 19, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Griner is playing in her first regular season WNBA game since returning to the U.S. after being freed following 10 months spent in a Russian prison. U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris was in attendance for the game. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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Brittney Griner played in her first regular season WNBA game since returning from Russia on Friday night.

The Phoenix Mercury fell to the Los Angeles Sparks at Crypto.com Arena in Southern California.

While the crowd was impressive – more than 10,000 showed out – it was not a sellout.

Griner’s WNBA coach was not happy.

“I mean, it was great. But like honestly, c’mon now LA. We didn’t sell out the arena for BG? Like, I expected more, you know, to be honest. Right, it was great, it was loud. But how was it not a sellout? How was it not a sellout,” Vanessa Nygaard said.

Welp.

Phoenix Mercury head coach wants to know why Brittney Griner’s debut didn’t sell out the arena ????

“How was it not a sellout?” pic.twitter.com/YlQtF9utrA

— Sportsville (@Sportsville_) May 20, 2023

Hopefully, Griner and her teammates will play in front of bigger crowds moving forward this season.

The Mercury opened up the year with a loss on the road to the Spraks.

Griner played well in her first game of the regular season, though, which was nice to see.

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