WNBA Playoffs Articles - Page 4

The New York Liberty have officially accomplished all they can in the 2024 regular season. Their 87-71 victory over the Washington Mystics on Tuesday night gives them the No. 1 seed in the WNBA Playoffs, set to begin on Sunday. New York has one more regular season game, Thursday night at home against the Atlanta […]

The Boston Celtics have been the favorite to win the NBA Finals for awhile now, and they are two series wins away from doing so. The Celtics knocked off the Cleveland Cavaliers in their last series, and they are now in the Eastern Conference Finals against the Indiana Pacers. Game one of the series took […]

In the aftermath of the Las Vegas Aces’ 2023 WNBA championship win over the New York Liberty, a lot of emotions have come out from the Aces’ side of things. In particular, Kelsey Plum couldn’t fathom just how much adversity the Aces have overcome en route to winning their second straight title, and in expressing […]

It may have seemed inevitable from the moment they began to dominate the opposition in the regular season, but on Wednesday night, the Las Vegas Aces finally took their seat atop the WNBA totem pole, claiming their second consecutive championship with a 70-69 win in Game 4 of the Finals against the New York Liberty. […]

Before the New York Liberty became a so-called ‘super team’ when they signed Breanna Stewart and Courtney Vandersloot, the first offseason move the team made was to acquire Jonquel Jones from the Connecticut Sun. It was a precursor of sorts to the rest of the Liberty’s offseason moves. It took Jones the first half of […]

Heading into Sunday’s crucial Game 4 of the second round of the WNBA Playoffs, the Connecticut Sun were looking to avoid elimination and force a deciding Game 5 against the New York Liberty. The Sun have been a regular in the WNBA Finals over the last couple of seasons with appearances in 2019 and 2022. […]

Throughout the entire WNBA season, and even before the season began, the New York Liberty were projected to be the team to challenge the Las Vegas Aces for the WNBA championship. And for the most part, they’ve looked the part. But while the Aces have swept through the first two rounds of the WNBA Playoffs […]

Dallas and Las Vegas face off in Game 2 of the WNBA Playoffs Semifinals. Head on to our WNBA series with this Wings-Aces odds, prediction, pick, and how to watch. The Las Vegas Aces controlled play in the opening game of the series, taking a double-digit victory on their home floor and covering the 11-point […]

Connecticut and New York face off in Game 2 of the WNBA Playoffs Semifinals on Tuesday. Head on to our WNBA series with this Sun-Liberty odds, prediction, pick, and how to watch. The Connecticut Sun handed the Liberty their first loss of the postseason on Sunday and the first loss against the Sun in the […]

The New York Liberty looked far from the juggernaut team that dominated the regular season in Game 1 of their best-of-five WNBA semi-finals series against the Connecticut Sun. Connecticut, who went winless against New York during their season series, shocked the Liberty with a 78-63 beatdown of the No. 2 seed team. The Sun set […]

Defending a championship in any professional sport is never easy. Not every athlete copes well with being “hunted” by the rest of the league. But the Las Vegas Aces seem to be doing just fine. Continuing on their road to a second consecutive WNBA championship, A’ja Wilson and the Aces handily took care of business […]

The New York Liberty have made it a point over the past few weeks to explicitly state that their goal is to cement their status as the best team in New York, or, at the very least, take care of business to set up a likely WNBA Finals matchup against the Las Vegas Aces. However, […]

We’re only at the semi-finals portion of the 2023 WNBA Playoffs, yet it seems like the stage is already set for a colossal Finals showdown between the defending champion Las Vegas Aces and the New York Liberty. There are a lot of reasons to believe an Aces-Liberty finale is a certainty. They were, in fact, […]

The second round of the 2023 WNBA Playoffs has not even started yet, but everybody already expects the Las Vegas Aces to just breeze their way past the Dallas Wings in their best-of-five series that will tip off on Sunday at the Michelob Ultra Arena. Do the Wings have any chance to shock the world […]

The stage is set for the semi-finals of the 2023 WNBA Playoffs as the No. 1 seed Las Vegas Aces square off against the Dallas Wings in a best-of-five series. Game 1 of the Las Vegas-Dallas clash will be on Monday as A’ja Wilson and the Aces prepare to defend their crown. Ahead of the […]

With the New York Liberty’s 2023 WNBA Playoffs series coming up against the Connecticut Sun, the world will be watching to see if the Liberty can live up to their preseason billing as the biggest threat to the Las Vegas Aces’ throne. Ahead of that series, we’ll be making our Liberty predictions. It was a […]

The Connecticut Sun advanced to a fifth straight WNBA semifinal on Wednesday night following a 15-point triumph over the Minnesota Lynx. Alyssa Thomas and DeWanna Bonner each had double-doubles in the deciding Game 3 matchup in the first round of the WNBA playoffs. They combined for 53 of the Sun’s 90 points. The win sets […]

The Minnesota Lynx had their season come to an end after losing to the Connecticut Sun by the score of 90-75 in Game 3 of the first round of the WNBA Playoffs, and Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve gave a lot of praise to Sun star Alyssa Thomas after the loss. “The common denominator in all […]

Getting buckets in the WNBA playoffs is a hard feat. Not only are the games shorter compared to the NBA but the defenses and tactics are a bit tougher to circumvent. This is why reaching over a thousand points in the postseason is a coveted feat that most players want but rarely get. There is […]

The Dallas Wings moved on to the second round of the WNBA Playoffs for the first time in franchise history after beating the Atlanta Dream 101-74 in Game 2 of their series on Tuesday night. With the Wings moving on to face the Las Vegas Aces in the second round of the playoffs, Dallas star […]

Connecticut and Minnesota face off in Game 3 of the first round of the WNBA playoffs! Head on to our WNBA series with this Sun-Lynx odds, prediction, pick, and how to watch. The Connecticut Sun are looking to avoid an upset as the third seed, heading on the road to Minneapolis for a must-win Game […]

The Washington Mystics saw their season come to an end Tuesday night with a gutwrenching overtime loss to the New York Liberty. The Mystics got within one point in overtime during the Game 2 defeat but didn’t lead in the final four minutes of overtime. It’s the thrid straight time the Mystics have made the […]

Natasha Cloud bore the weight of the world on her shoulders as the Washington Mystics’ best player; not only does she have to carry the load on offense, she also has to guard one of the New York Liberty’s best players, Sabrina Ionescu, on the other end of the floor. But in the end, even […]

With their backs against the wall, Natasha Cloud and the Washington Mystics weren’t about to go down without a fight against the New York Liberty, the team that posted the second-best record in the WNBA this past season. Despite facing heavy odds, Cloud and the Mystics made it a close-run thing throughout the game, even […]

Atlanta and Dallas face off in Game 2 of the first round of the WNBA playoffs! Head on to our WNBA series with this Dream-Wings odds, prediction, pick, and how to watch. The Dallas Wings host the Atlanta Dream for the second matchup on Tuesday night, after facing off three times in the regular season […]

Washington and New York clash in Game 2 of the first round of the WNBA playoffs! Head on to our WNBA series with this Mystics-Liberty odds, prediction, pick, and how to watch. The New York Liberty are looking to punch their ticket to the second round with a victory, amid their expectation of a 2023 […]

The New York Liberty began their quest for a WNBA championship last Friday with a Game 1 win over the Washington Mystics. They’ll look to book their ticket to the WNBA semifinals on Tuesday with a Game 2 victory, or face elimination in a winner-take-all Game 3 on the road . Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu […]

The Washington Mystics will have their backs against the wall in Game 2 of their first round series against the New York Liberty, and Mystics star Natasha Cloud is very confident about guarding Sabrina Ionescu in the game, claiming she will be guarding her for 40 minutes, according to Kareem Copeland of the Washington Post. […]

Atlanta and Dallas face off in the first round of the WNBA playoffs! Head on to our WNBA series with this Dream-Wings odds, prediction, pick, and how to watch. The Dallas Wings host the Atlanta Dream for Game 1 on Friday night, after matching up three times in the regular season. Dallas has controlled the […]

Washington and New York clash in the first round of the WNBA playoffs! Head on to our WNBA series with this Mystics-Liberty odds, prediction, pick, and how to watch. The New York Liberty are expected to go the distance to a 2023 WNBA Finals appearance, but they will need to get through the Washington Mystics […]

The Minnesota Lynx had a disappointing start to the WNBA playoffs, losing to the Connecticut Sun 90-60 in Game 1 of their first round series, and head coach Cheryl Reeve detailed what led to the loss. “We didn’t see anything that we didn’t think we were going to see,” Cheryl Reeve said, via Michael Voepel […]

The Las Vegas Aces dominated for much of the 2023 WNBA season, which earned them the number one seed in the playoffs, and sure enough, they stayed hot in Game 1 of their first-round series against the Chicago Sky. The Aces cruised to a comfortable 87-59 victory, and after the game, A’ja Wilson and Becky […]

Washington Mystics center-forward Shakira Austin will reportedly miss at least the first two games of the WNBA playoffs against the New York Liberty as she recovers from a hip injury that she reaggravated toward the end of the regular season, Mystics coach Eric Thibault said on Wednesday, according to Alexa Philippou of ESPN. Eric Thibault […]

The WNBA playoff matches are already set. The top two seeds, the Las Vegas Aces and New York Liberty, spearhead the playoff cast. A’ja Wilson and the No. 1-seeded Aces (34-6) will square off against the eighth-seeded Chicago Sky (18-22). Wilson, Chelsea Gray, and Kelsey Plum lead the charge for Becky Hammon’s Aces who are […]

Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers are third in the Eastern Conference, well poised to make the 2023 NBA playoffs and make a deep run in the postseason. However, in a bid to improve their chances, they would certainly want to avoid this Sixers playoffs scenario that could very well be a nightmare for them. […]

Seattle Storm star center Tina Charles showed out in Game 1 of the WNBA Semifinals against the number one seed Las Vegas Aces, dropping 13 points and grabbing a franchise playoff-record 18 boards, controlling the paint en route to a 76-73 victory as the four-seed. The Aces’ number one option, A’Ja Wilson, found it difficult […]

Later this week, the 2022 WNBA Playoffs get underway and so does the Chicago Sky’s campaign to repeat as WNBA champions. The team will make their eighth postseason appearance in the last ten years in the 2022 WNBA Playoffs. Do the Sky have what it takes to win again? First, let’s look at the 2022 […]

The Phoenix Mercury are in a battle to sneak into the WNBA Playoffs but may have just been dealt a deciding blow in their pursuit of the final postseason seed in the Western Conference. With Diana Taurasi already sidelined by an injury, ESPN’s M.A. Vopel indicates that Skylar Diggins-Smith’s status remains uncertain with just two […]