My wife and I were at the game - we are on a mini vacation to take in the great city of Chicago, and we booked tickets to see the game when it showed up on the schedule. (Second City tonight, Cubbies tomorrow.) What a city!
Wintrust Arena is a decent venue, seats about 10,000, seemed to be about 60% full. Atmosphere was fun, kind of chaotic, a much younger crowd than I would have expected, lot of high schoolers or slightly older. It is near the convention center, which is a few miles from the center of the downtown area.
The players that impressed me the most were Vandersloot and Deshields. Sloot is the consummate point guard and the offense did not have the same flow when she was on the bench. Diamond moves effortlessly out there and her speed and athleticism are off the charts. Their bigs, especially Steph, played very well although after Griner went down, Phoenix did not have a meaningful inside presence.
