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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A’ja Wilson scored a playoff career-high 38 points to help the defending-champion Las Vegas Aces finish off a first-round sweep of the Chicago Sky with a 92-70 victory on Sunday.
The Las Vegas Aces host the Chicago Sky in the first round of the WNBA playoffs with a 1-0 lead in the series. The teams meet for the fifth time this season.
NEW YORK (AP) — Sabrina Ionescu scored 29 points, hitting seven 3-pointers, to help the New York Liberty beat the Washington Mystics 90-75 in Game 1 of their WNBA playoff matchup on Friday night.
Liberty top Mystics 90-75 in Game 1 of playoff series, Sabrina Ionescu scores 29, drops 7 3-pointers
Sabrina Ionescu scored 29 points to help the New York Liberty beat the Washington Mystics 90-75 in Game 1 of their WNBA playoff matchup. Ionescu made seven 3-pointers.
The Washington Mystics can spend a couple of nights at home between games of their WNBA playoff series with the New York Liberty because of the expanded time between postseason games this season.
The WNBA once again had strong metrics as the league had its most-watched regular season in 21 years and its highest average attendance since 2018.
The Connecticut Sun will play host to the Minnesota Lynx. The teams meet for the sixth time this season. Connecticut is 13-7 at home, and Minnesota is 10-10 on the road.
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The Dallas Wings host the Atlanta Dream to start the first round of the WNBA playoffs. The Wings went 3-0 against the Dream during the regular season.
The New York Liberty will play the Washington Mystics. The teams meet for the fifth time this season.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Chelsea Gray had 20 points and seven assists, Jackie Young added 18 points and the top-seeded Las Vegas Aces beat the Chicago Sky 87-59 on Wednesday night to begin a WNBA playoff series.
Chelsea Gray had 20 points and seven assists, Jackie Young added 18 points and the top-seeded Las Vegas Aces beat the Chicago Sky 87-59 to begin a WNBA playoff series.
DeWanna Bonner scored 17 points and grabbed a season-high 15 rebounds as Connecticut opened the playoffs with a 90-60 rout of Minnesota.
There was much hype before the WNBA season about the stellar teams in Las Vegas and New York. Neither disappointed, finishing 1-2 in the standings with the defending champion Aces having the best record in the league at 34-6.
It’s the same starting five as last season when the Las Vegas Aces won their first WNBA championship.
Breanna Stewart of New York wins AP Player of the Year award for the second straight season. It’s the third time she’s won the award since the AP first started voting on awards in 2016.
The Connecticut Sun will play the Minnesota Lynx. The teams meet for the fifth time this season. Connecticut is 13-7 at home, and Minnesota is 10-10 on the road.
The Las Vegas Aces host the Chicago Sky to open the first round of the WNBA playoffs. The Aces went 3-0 against the Sky during the regular season.
A look at the best-of-3 first-round series in the WNBA playoffs, which starts Wednesday. The four series are Las Vegas-Chicago; Dallas-Atlanta; New York-Washington; and Connecticut-Minnesota.
A’ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart head into the playoffs this week as the top contenders to win the WNBA’s most valuable player award. That’s no surprise.
A’ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces will have homecourt advantage throughout the WNBA playoffs — a place they only lost once this season.
Seattle’s Jewell Loyd scored 28 points, setting a league record on her way to the scoring title, but the Los Angeles Sparks closed out the regular season with a 12-2 run to pull out a 91-89 victory over the Storm.
A’ja Wilson scored 36 points, making a final statement to repeat as MVP with her sixth 30-point game, and the defending WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces finished up the regular season with a 100-85 win over the Phoenix Mercury.
NEW YORK (AP) — Brittney Sykes scored on a lob pass at the buzzer to lift the Washington Mystics to a 90-88 victory over the New York Liberty on Sunday to close out the regular season.
Arike Ogunbowale scored 20 of her 32 points in the second half and the Dallas Wings pulled away for a 94-77 over the Atlanta Dream, closing the regular season with a playoff preview.
In a regular-season finale where Connecticut’s Alyssa Thomas set several league records, Courtney Williams finished with a triple-double, scoring six of her 23 points in overtime, to rally the Chicago Sky to a 102-91 victory over the Sun.
Kelsey Mitchell scored 24 points, Aliyah Boston had eight of her 19 in a game-closing 18-2 run and the Indiana Fever closed the regular season with an 87-72 win over the Minnesota Lynx.
Brittney Sykes scored on a lob pass at the buzzer to lift the Washington Mystics to a 90-88 win over the New York Liberty to close out the regular season.
The Chicago Sky signed star Kahleah Copper to a multi-year contract extension Sunday. Copper, who was set to be a free agent at the end of the season, ranks in the franchise’s top five in a number of categories including scoring (2,676 points) and games played (224), She currently leads the team in
Connecticut will try to keep its four-game home win streak intact when the Sun play Chicago. Sunday’s meeting will be the fourth of the season between the two teams.
Las Vegas faces the Phoenix Mercury after A’ja Wilson scored 30 points in the Las Vegas Aces’ 94-73 victory over the Phoenix Mercury.