On June 27, the Seattle Storm hosted the Atlanta Dream. It was the Storm’s second straight win after an 11-game losing streak. The Dream had battled the Golden State Valkyries in their prior two meetings and were leapfrogged by the Valkyries in the standings.
Those were the headlines, but amid all that, two of Australia’s sparkliest Opals were writing a different story. Seattle guard Jade Melbourne and Atlanta guard Isobel Borlase duked it out in one of their final meetings as foes before they team up on the Bendigo Spirit in the 2026-27 WNBL season.
Scores are only part of the story
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