Connecticut Sun guard Saniya Rivers spent almost her entire life in North Carolina before she was drafted into the WNBA, but the rookie truly became a New Englander on Monday when she tried her first lobster roll ahead of the Sun’s game against the Indiana Fever at TD Garden.

Twenty thousand orange rally towels shipped directly to TD Garden. Two Blaze mascot costumes packed and ready to be delivered. The T-shirt cannon stayed home, but the Connecticut Sun’s home court made the trip up to Boston five days early.