Game 6 of the WNBA Finals has no venue, and the clock is short
The sixth game of the WNBA Finals between the Atlanta Dream and Golden State has no venue for Thursday because State Farm Arena is already booked for Hawks vs Cleveland; the options are smaller buildings such as Gateway with 3,500 seats or McCamish Pavilion with 8,600.
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O Jogo 4 ficou com o Golden State, 67-62, então as finais da WNBA estão empatadas em 2-2 e um sexto jogo está garantido em Atlanta. O palco, porém, segue indefinido.
A bola ao alto de quinta-feira ainda está marcada como "a definir", porque a State Farm Arena tem um compromisso anterior. O Hawks recebe o Cleveland Cavaliers naquela noite às 19h (horário do leste), uma hora antes de a partida das finais começar. Algo terá que ceder, e a liga não deu atualização quando questionada.
A Gateway Center Arena, em College Park, a casa do próprio Dream, tem 3.500 lugares — a menor capacidade da liga. Não é lugar para uma partida de finais. Os cinco jogos de playoffs do time foram na State Farm, incluindo dois que precisaram ser remarcados: o terceiro passou de 22 para 21 de outubro por causa de um show, e o quarto foi adiantado para 13h (horário do leste) para que o Hawks recebesse o Houston na estreia em casa.
Nenhuma das soluções óbvias funciona sem problemas. Quarta-feira é impossível porque o Hawks enfrenta o Miami. Sexta não pode receber, porque o Jogo 7 está marcado para sábado, em San Francisco. Mudar o jogo Hawks-Cavaliers para sexta exigiria aprovação da NBA, das duas franquias e das emissoras. Uma rodada dupla está descartada porque o Hawks joga na noite de quarta.
As opções, então, se reduzem a ginásios menores: a Gateway, ou uma mudança para o McCamish Pavilion, no campus do Georgia Tech, com 8.600 lugares e livre na quinta, ou o Georgia State Convocation Center, com 7.500 e também disponível. O Dream não jogou em nenhum dos dois nesta temporada.
Angel Reese disse que o apoio em Atlanta tem sido "incrível" e que voltar na frente daquela torcida "seria incrível". Um acordo de vários anos fará da State Farm a casa permanente do Dream a partir de 2027, o que resolve o futuro e não o presente.
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