July 10, 2026

The WNBA Plays Its First Game in Montreal Tonight. Three Games, All on ION.

The Dallas Wings close a four-game road trip at the Bell Centre with a fourth straight win in reach, the Golden State Valkyries go for a franchise-record seventh in a row in Connecticut, and Skylar Diggins stays sidelined as the Sky visit the Sparks. Every tipoff time and channel below, plus last night's results.

Dallas Wings (14-8) at Toronto Tempo (9-12): the WNBA's first night in Montreal

Tipoff 7:30 PM ET / 4:30 PM PT at the Bell Centre in Montreal. National TV: ION (free over-the-air), also streaming on fubo and on TSN in Canada. This is the first WNBA game ever played in Montreal, the next stop on the Tempo's Cross-Canada tour of their inaugural season, and it doubles as a real stakes game rather than a novelty. The Wings are 14-8, riding a three-game win streak and closing a four-game road trip that already produced a 10-point win in Toronto on Sunday, 89-76, behind Paige Bueckers' 22 points and seven assists. A fourth straight would match their season high.

The Tempo are trending the other way, losers of three in a row after falling 83-75 to the Valkyries on Wednesday. The marquee matchup is in the backcourt: Bueckers against Marina Mabrey, who is averaging 20.6 points and tied the WNBA single-game scoring record with 53 on June 25. Dallas hounded her into 7-for-18 shooting in Sunday's win and will try to force the ball out of her hands again. Jessica Shepard is the engine, fresh off her third triple-double of the season (22 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists) in Tuesday's 88-77 win over the Liberty, with Awak Kuier adding her first career double-double off the bench. Dallas is a 6.5-point favorite and the over/under sits at a lofty 180.5, a nod to two fast-paced offenses. Wings guard Haley Jones is listed as a coach's decision.

Golden State Valkyries (16-7) at Connecticut Sun (5-17): a UConn reunion and a streak on the line

Tipoff 7:30 PM ET / 4:30 PM PT at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. National TV: ION, also streaming on fubo. The second-year Valkyries are 16-7, the third-best record in the league behind only the Lynx and Aces, and they arrive on a franchise-record six-game winning streak after Janelle Salaun's career-high 26 points off the bench lifted them past Toronto 83-75 on Wednesday. A seventh straight would extend the mark they just set.

The storyline beneath the streak is a college homecoming. Four Connecticut alums, starters Gabby Williams and Kiah Stokes and reserves Kaitlyn Chen and Tiffany Hayes, return to the state where they won national titles, and the Sun counter with two Huskies of their own in Olivia Nelson-Ododa and Aaliyah Edwards. The Sun are 5-17 but no longer a pushover, having won three of five after a 2-15 start, including a 90-89 stunner in Minneapolis that briefly denied Cheryl Reeve her wins record. They are shorthanded tonight, though: Brittney Griner is out with a quadriceps injury and Aneesah Morrow is out (reconditioning), while Williams is questionable with a back issue. Golden State's defense, allowing a league-best 76.7 points per game, makes the Valkyries a 7.5-point favorite with a low total of 154.5.

Chicago Sky (7-14) at Los Angeles Sparks (9-11): Diggins stays out, the Sparks try to build on a breakout

Tipoff 10:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM PT at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. National TV: ION, also streaming on fubo and WNBA League Pass. This is the tightest game on the board, with Los Angeles favored by just 1.5, and the off-court story still outshines the court. Skylar Diggins is listed out again with a right knee injury, the same ailment that surfaced a day after she said on social media she had been demoted to the bench. Diggins called the move "a basketball decision" and told the Chicago Sun-Times she still lacks clarity on her role now that Courtney Vandersloot is back from her ACL tear. Coach Tyler Marsh has pointed to slow starts and the search for better chemistry.

On the floor, the Sparks are coming off their best showing in weeks, a 106-92 win over the Fever that snapped a three-game skid and saw all five starters reach double figures, led by Nneka Ogwumike's 24 points, Rae Burrell's 22 and Dearica Hamby's 21. The Sky counter with a 77-66 win at Phoenix on Tuesday, their third win in five games after a six-game slide, and a suddenly potent offense that has topped 100 points three times in the last two weeks even while sitting at 7-14. Both teams are missing key pieces: Chicago is without Diggins, Diamond Carrington (foot, week-to-week) and Jackson (knee, out for the season), while Los Angeles is without Kelsey Plum (lower left leg, roughly four weeks) and Cameron Brink (ankle, roughly two weeks). The over/under is 180.5.

Last night

A'ja Wilson returned from a three-game absence and went for 32 points and 10 rebounds as the Aces beat the Fire 88-80 in Portland, her seventh 30-point game this season. Jackie Young added 19 and 11 assists. Aces 16-6, Fire 9-13.

Kelsey Mitchell's layup with 10.1 seconds left gave her 29 points and the Fever a 92-89 win at Phoenix, closing the season series without Caitlin Clark, who rested the back-to-back. Aliyah Boston returned with 21; Alyssa Thomas and Kahleah Copper had 22 each in the loss. Fever 13-9, Mercury 8-15.

The Dream snapped their five-game skid, beating the Storm 89-78 behind Allisha Gray's 22 and Angel Reese's league-best 15th double-double (18 points, 11 rebounds). Dream 13-9, Storm 6-18.

Looking ahead: Caitlin Clark is expected back Sunday when the Fever visit A'ja Wilson and the Aces on NBC and Peacock at 9:00 PM ET, the kind of national-TV matchup that closes the week.

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