From individual milestones, breakthrough performances, farewell visits, and a fiery ejection, Tuesday night was eventful for WNBA fans, to say the least. We saw the usual Caitlin Clark and Indiana Fever’s offense-heavy game, but this time in Canada. Menwhile, the games between reigning champions Las Vegas Aces and the Atlanta Dream, Chicago Sky and the New York Liberty, and Connecticut Sun and Los Angeles Sparks created their own noteworthy headlines.

With lots to discuss, let’s take a deep dive into one of the busiest weekdays of the WNBA this season, starting with Becky Hammon’s frustrating night.

Becky Hammon took the spotlight, but not in the way she’d want

On any other night, four-time WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson’s 27 points, 14 rebounds, and 4 blocks would be the talk of the town once again, but not on Tuesday night against Angel Reese’s Dream.

Aces head coach Becky Hammon could not stick around on the sidelines to watch the ending of their 97-82 loss against the Atlanta Dream, as she had been relegated to the locker room halfway through the second quarter.

Hammon was not in the jolliest of moods after believing that Dream’s Madina Okot and Jordin Canada both made contact with Wilson when she went for a layup, and the sideline official didn’t call it a foul.

With 5:06 left in the second quarter, Hammon chirped at the official when Reese missed a mid-range jumper. On the subsequent possession, broadcast footage showed Hammon charging at the referee. That was enough for the official to hand the head coach her first technical foul of the night as the Dream led the defending champions 33-29.

However, that was not the end of the drama, as the Aces HC stormed onto the court to have another word or two with the sideline. It came to a point that Wilson and the assistant coaches had to physically hold Hammon back.

That second charge down moments after the first tech was all the officials needed to eject Hammon from the game. Assistant coach Charlene Thomas-Swinson was forced to take over on the sidelines.

As the game was played in the Michelob ULTRA Arena, the good people in the Las Vegas Valley showed their support for their three-time champion coach and erupted in loud cheers of “refs you s—-” as Hammon headed toward the locker room, high-fiving players, fans, and other team personnel on the way.

“Becky, rightly so, was upset with the no-call. Just the inconsistency that we see sometimes; it’s frustrating. It gets to you. We tried to hold her back, but Becky’s strong as hell,” Wilson told the media postgame.

Hammon naturally ended up skipping the postgame media availability after the devastating loss, as it was the first time since June 2024 that she was ejected from a game, the previous one being the Aces’ loss to the Sparks.

Unfortunately, Hammon is not out of the woods yet, as she will also be fined $1,000 for her two technical fouls. This was Hammon’s third of the season.

The Aces fall to fourth place in the rankings, with a record of 24-13. They are now behind Clark and the Fever, who are rapidly on the rise.

Natasha Cloud helps the Sky go past the Liberty

Over on the East, the Chicago Sky took the W in a hard-fought contest against the New York Liberty, and forward Natasha Cloud can take the majority of the credit.

Cloud accounted for more than a third of the Sky’s points, scoring a career-high 35 points to go with a season-high 9 rebounds as the Sky hung on to beat the visiting Liberty 93-86 after blowing a 13-point lead.

It was a back-and-forth contest up until the fourth quarter, when Cloud truly clutched up. With 2:09 left, the Liberty snatched an 84-83 lead on a Marine Johannes 3-pointer following a Breanna Stewart steal.

However, Cloud tied the game with a free throw and gave the Sky an 86-84 lead on a jumper with 1:17 left to play. The Liberty did not do themselves any favors after forcing a turnover on Cloud. With the team down 88-84, Breanna Stewart missed a driving layup in traffic with 15.9 seconds to play.

It was game over after that, as Cloud swiftly made two free throws, and the Sky ended the game on a 10-2 run.

Stewart scored 22 points for the Liberty (22-15) and became the fastest player in league history to record 3,000 points with a single franchise, rallying from a 13-point deficit to briefly take the lead in the fourth quarter. Sabrina Ionescu had 18 points and 12 assists, and Rebecca Allen scored all 14 of her points in the second half.

Unfortunately for the Liberty, whose injury woes keep mounting, it was not enough, and some might say that the Liberty would have taken the victory lapse if not for Jonquel Jones’ apparent ankle injury with 3:30 left in the first quarter.

The Sky are now 14-22 for the season, sitting in tenth place. While 2026 WNBA playoff contention still looks bleak, more of such performances might help the cause.

Olivia Nelson-Ododa’s hopeful performance for the Connecticut Sun

The fourteenth-place Connecticut Sun don’t really have much to fight for now, but the faithful at TD Garden saw their team rally to an 85-77 win against the twelfth-place Sparks on Tuesday night, and Olivia Nelson-Ododa deservedly took home the majority of the fame.

Nelson-Ododa kept her momentum going against the Sparks, recording 18 points and 11 rebounds. She made 7 of 11 shots, three days after going 7 of 9 from the floor to finish with a season-high 21 points against the Liberty.

While the Sun are 9-25 and have already made their exit from WNBA playoff contention, this game meant much more than that for the team, as this victory will go down as a season highlight and an admirable last salvo to Boston, which the Sun have visited annually since 2024.

“I’m just glad that we could leave on such a high note,” Nelson-Ododa said. “Boston’s just shown us nothing but love for the past three seasons, you know, playing here. So I’m just really proud of my team tonight, and happy that we could get the dub.”

Apart from Nelson-Ododa, Kennedy Burke also showed out, scoring all 17 of her points in the second half and shooting 58.3% from the floor. Connecticut overcame the absence of Brittney Griner (left knee) with contributions from Diamond Miller (13 points) and Saniya Rivers (11 points). Griner, who was sidelined, received a loud cheer when she sang along to “Sweet Caroline” during a timeout.

to help Connecticut overcome the absence of Brittney Griner (left knee), who received a loud cheer from the crowd when she sang along to “Sweet Caroline” during a fourth-quarter timeout.

The Sun overcame the Sparks for the second time this season, this one coming with a bittersweet moment as the franchise bid farewell to its sister city alongside 16,378 fans.

It was certainly a pleasant way to close one of their chapters in Boston, as Connecticut itself is playing its 24th and final “sunset” season in the WNBA before they relocate to Houston in 2027.