The Chicago Sky-Indiana Fever matchup Saturday night marked the first WNBA game played at the United Center in its 31-year history. Fans wanted to see the teams play — a franchise record 19,496 attended — but do they see them as rivals?

After struggling in their first two games without star guard Caitlin Clark (quad strain), the Fever have now won their last two outings to get back to .500 on the season at 4-4. Kelsey Mitchell led the way in the scoring department with 17 points,

Chicago Sky coach Tyler Marsh recalled working the 2020 NBA All-Star game at the United Center when he was an assistant with the Toronto Raptors. He mentioned that his first experience at a WNBA All-Star game was also in Chicago — two years later at Wintrust Arena.