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WNBA playoff schedule 2024: Scores, news and highlights
Can A'ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces three-peat? The 2024 WNBA playoffs are here, and it took the final day of the regular season to finalize the first-round matchups. The Atlanta Dreams locked in the eighth and final playoff spot Thursday, while the Connecticut Suns edged the Aces for the No. 3 seed.
*************** Semifinals No.1 New York Liberty vs. No.4 Las Vegas Aces
Liberty leads series (2 - 0) Game 1:New York 87, Las Vegas 77 Game 2:New York 88, Las Vegas 84 Game 3: New York at Las Vegas, Friday, Oct. 4 (9:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2) Game 4*: New York at Las Vegas, Sunday, Oct. 6 (TBD) Game 5*: Las Vegas at New York, Tuesday, Oct. 8 (TBD, ESPN2)
No 2 Minnesota vs. No.3 Connecticut
Series tied (1 - 1) Game 1:Connecticut 73, Minnesota 70 Game 2:Minnesota 77, Connecticut 70 Game 3: Minnesota at Connecticut, Friday, Oct. 4 (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2) Game 4: Minnesota at Connecticut, Sunday, Oct. 6 (TBD) Game 5*: Connecticut at Minnesota, Tuesday, Oct. 8 (TBD, ESPN2)
All-Star Brittney Griner joins Unrivaled's 3-on-3 hoops league
The 30-player league is starting in January, with all games played in Miami over a 10-week span on a 60-foot court. The participants will be divided into six teams of five players.
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The 30-player league is starting in January, with all games played in Miami over a 10-week span on a 60-foot court. The participants will be divided into six teams of five players.
Fever hire Amber Cox from Wings as COO, GM
Cox will succeed current GM Lin Dunn, who will move into a new position as a senior adviser for the team.
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Before her stint in Dallas, Cox served as vice president for sports for the Sun. With Phoenix, she was the organization's president and COO. She was part of two WNBA championships with the Mercury in 2007 and 2009.
Ionescu scores 22 points to lead Liberty to 76-62 win over Aces and into WNBA Finals
The top-seeded Liberty will have home-court advantage in the championship series and will face either the Connecticut Sun or Minnesota Lynx. This is the Liberty's sixth trip to the finals, but the franchise is still seeking its first title. New York lost in four games to the shorthanded Aces on Oct. 18, 2023, and turned the painful defeat into a mission. The Liberty have been the league's best team this season and, including the playoffs, went 6-1 against Las Vegas. The Aces, whose record 12-game home playoff winning streak ended, were hoping to make more WNBA history. They became the first team since the Los Angeles Sparks in 2001-02 to win back-to-back titles and were trying to become the first club to capture three successive championships since the Houston Comets took four straight in 1997-2000
WNBA playoff schedule 2024: Scores, news and highlights
Half of the WNBA Finals matchup is set. The New York Liberty are headed back to the championship series for the second consecutive year. On the other side of the bracket, the Minnesota Lynx and Connecticut Sun are headed to a decisive Game 5 on Tuesday (8 p.m. ET, ESPN2).
WNBA playoff schedule 2024: Scores, news and highlights
Can A'ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces three-peat? The 2024 WNBA playoffs are here, and it took the final day of the regular season to finalize the first-round matchups. The Atlanta Dreams locked in the eighth and final playoff spot Thursday, while the Connecticut Suns edged the Aces for the No. 3 seed.
WNBA playoff schedule 2024: Scores, news and highlights
Can A'ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces three-peat? The 2024 WNBA playoffs are here, and it took the final day of the regular season to finalize the first-round matchups. The Atlanta Dreams locked in the eighth and final playoff spot Thursday, while the Connecticut Suns edged the Aces for the No. 3 seed.
************** WNBA FINALS
No.2 Minnesota Lynx vs. No.1 New York Liberty
... Game 1: Minnesota at New York, Thursday (8 p.m. ET, ESPN) Game 2: Minnesota at New York, Sunday (3 p.m. ET, ABC) Game 3: New York at Minnesota, Wednesday, Oct. 16 (8 p.m. ET, ESPN) Game 4*: New York at Minnesota, Friday, Oct. 18 (8 p.m. ET, ESPN) Game 5*: Minnesota at New York, Sunday, Oct. 20 (8 p.m. ET, ESPN)
The New York Liberty, founded in 1997 as one of the WNBA's original franchises, is favored to take home its first championship in team history. At ESPN BET, New York opened as the -290 favorite Wednesday to win the WNBA Finals against the Minnesota Lynx, who are +240 underdogs to prevail. The Lynx are seeking their fifth title in franchise history and first since 2017.
WNBA announces move to best-of-7 Finals starting next season
The WNBA will move to a best-of-seven series for the WNBA Finals starting next season, commissioner Cathy Engelbert said Thursday. In addition, the regular season will expand from 40 to 44 games. The WNBA has had a best-of-five format for the Finals since 2005. From 1998 through 2004, it was a best-of-three series. The championship in the inaugural WNBA season in 1997 was decided in a single-game format. The best-of-seven series will have a 2-2-1-1-1 structure in which the higher seed would host Games 1, 2, 5 and 7, and its opponent would host Games 3, 4 and 6. "This will give our fans a championship-series format they are accustomed to seeing in other sports," Engelbert said.
The WNBA semifinals will continue to be a best-of-five format. The first round has changed over the years. Its most recent setup featured the first two games of a best-of-three series played at the home of the higher seed, and a possible third game at the home of the lower seed. But that format didn't guarantee at least one home game for every playoff team, which the 1-1-1 scenario will do. The WNBA's regular season moved to 40 games in 2023. Adding four more regular-season games and the potential of longer playoffs means the league is likely to go later into October to finish its season, which generally starts in mid-May. The league also must plan around international events -- the Summer Olympics and the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup -- every other year.
Breanna Stewart scored 21 points and Betnijah Laney-Hamilton added 20 to help the New York Liberty beat the Minnesota Lynx 80-66 on Sunday in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals.
WNBA Finals 2024: Liberty vs. Lynx schedule, highlights, more
The WNBA Finals are all even. After the Minnesota Lynx rallied from an 18-point deficit to win Game 1 in overtime, the New York Liberty bounced back with a 80-66 Game 2 win Sunday. The series shifts to Minneapolis for Game 3 on Wednesday (8 p.m. ET, ESPN). Each game will air on ESPN networks.
************** WNBA Finals
No.2 Minnesota Lynx vs. No.1 New York Liberty
...Series tied (1 - 10 Game 1:Minnesota 95, New York 93 OT Game 2:New York 80, Minnesota 66 Game 3: New York at Minnesota, Wednesday, Oct. 16 (8 p.m. ET, ESPN) Game 4: New York at Minnesota, Friday, Oct. 18 (8 p.m. ET, ESPN) Game 5*: Minnesota at New York, Sunday, Oct. 20 (8 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Game 5 if necessary
WNBA playoff schedule 2024: Scores, news and highlights
Can A'ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces three-peat? The 2024 WNBA playoffs are here, and it took the final day of the regular season to finalize the first-round matchups. The Atlanta Dreams locked in the eighth and final playoff spot Thursday, while the Connecticut Suns edged the Aces for the No. 3 seed.
Fever's Caitlin Clark, Aces' A'ja Wilson named All-WNBA
Indiana Fever guard Catlin Clark on Wednesday became the league's first rookie since Candace Parker in 2008 to be named to the All-WNBA first team, while Napheesa Collier of the Minnesota Lynx and A'ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces were unanimous selections. Breanna Stewart(New York Liberty) and Alyssa Thomas(Connecticut Sun) were also first-team selections.
Wilson, the league's unanimous choice as MVP, earned a spot on the first team for the third consecutive season and fourth time overall. Clark, the league's Rookie of the Year, earned 52 first-team votes and was on 66 of the 67 ballots that were submitted by a national media panel. She's the fifth rookie ever to have that honor, joining Parker, Sue Bird, Tamika Catchings and Diana Taurasi. Collier, a three-time All-WNBA selection, was voted to the first team for the second straight year
The All-WNBA second team is made up of Sabrina Ionescu (Liberty), Kahleah Cooper (Phoenix Mercury), Nineka Ogwumike (Seattle Storm), Arike Ogunbowale(Dalls Wings) and Lonquel Jones (Liberty).
WNBA playoff schedule 2024: Scores, news and highlights
Can A'ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces three-peat? The 2024 WNBA playoffs are here, and it took the final day of the regular season to finalize the first-round matchups. The Atlanta Dreams locked in the eighth and final playoff spot Thursday, while the Connecticut Suns edged the Aces for the No. 3 seed.
************** WNBA FINALS
No.2 Minnesota Lynx vs. No.1 New York Liberty
Series tied (1 - 1) Game 1:Minnesota 95, New York 93 OT Game 2:New York 80, Minnesota 66 Game 3: New York at Minnesota, Wednesday, Oct. 16 (8 p.m. ET, ESPN) Game 4: New York at Minnesota, Friday, Oct. 18 (8 p.m. ET, ESPN) Game 5*: Minnesota at New York, Sunday, Oct. 20 (8 p.m. ET, ESPN)
WNBA playoff schedule 2024: Scores, news and highlights
Can A'ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces three-peat? The 2024 WNBA playoffs are here, and it took the final day of the regular season to finalize the first-round matchups. The Atlanta Dreams locked in the eighth and final playoff spot Thursday, while the Connecticut Suns edged the Aces for the No. 3 seed.