People were pulling for the white player. Didn’t watch but was hoping she would win just to piss off the mediots.
Pulling for her also for her hard-earned merits having nothing to do with skin color. And this would include people who don’t share her skin color. Or relative lack thereof as it were.
And, because she's heterosexual, Catholic and stands for the national anthem.
Basketball fans are sick woke, racist, anthem kneelers that hate the country.