Angel Reese and Kamila Cardoso’s entrance into the WNBA drew significant attention as fans turned to a livestream on a social media platform when the league’s app failed to broadcast their debut game.

The former LSU standout and her counterpart from South Carolina made their professional debut as teammates for the Chicago Sky against the Minnesota Lynx on Friday night.

Confusion arose among fans when the WNBA’s streaming app mistakenly listed the game as available for viewing. The league later clarified that only Caitlin Clark’s debut with the Indiana Fever was being streamed.

Fortunately, a user named @hayheyitsalli stepped in to ensure that fans could watch the Chicago game.

“Do you all want me to try and stream the game on here??” she tweeted. “No promises on the quality but I can try.”

Despite her team’s loss, Reese impressed with 13 points and nine rebounds in 24 minutes during her debut.

@hayheyitsalli, seemingly a Lynx supporter, livestreamed the game from her seat at the Target Center. The viewership fluctuated throughout the stream, with the video garnering over 493,000 views as of now. The stream peaked at 173,381 live viewers, as indicated by a screenshot shared by the user.

“Y’all these are some of THE WILDEST numbers WOW,” she exclaimed on Twitter.

When asked about the stream after the game, Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve humorously suggested that fans should pay @hayheyitsalli $3 per view.

“Anybody that watched it should send three bucks to the person, I don’t even know who it is,” Reeve quipped. “I think that what I would say is that the growth is happening so fast. It’s so accelerated. And I’ve been saying this in our own organization — that business as usual isn’t going to work anymore. You’re gonna get left behind, and this is an example.”

Reeve also acknowledged the excitement surrounding Clark’s debut but emphasized the broader interest in the WNBA.

“People want to see that, but they also want to see, you know, it’s not just about Caitlin,” Reeve remarked. “This isn’t Caitlin’s fault in any way. It’s more, you know, the recognition that there’s general excitement about the WNBA in ways that we haven’t seen before. And so we have to capitalize to really ensure that this is a movement.”

Despite the outcome, with the Sky falling 81-92 to Minnesota, Sky coach Teresa Weatherspoon commended the rookies for their debut performances.

“This is a learning process for all of us. And we’re going through that process in the right way,” Weatherspoon stated. “We got our leaders leading them, pulling them along. Keeping them confident. That’s what matters. So we’re in a great place, and they’re in a hell of a great place.”