WNBA playoff schedule 2024: Scores, news and highlights

Can A’ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces three-peat? How lengthy will rookie Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever — again within the WNBA playoffs for the primary time since 2016 — stick round this postseason? Is that this lastly the top-seeded New York Liberty’s 12 months to win all of it?

The 2024 WNBA playoffs are right here, and it took the ultimate day of the common season to finalize the first-round matchups. The Atlanta Dream locked within the eighth and ultimate playoff spot Thursday, whereas the Connecticut Solar edged the Aces for the No. 3 seed. Which means Las Vegas nonetheless has home-court benefit, however is a No. 4 seed because it appears to be like to grow to be simply the second franchise to win three consecutive titles (the now-defunct Houston Comets received 4 straight from 1997-2000).

The primary spherical opens Sunday with the first-ever quadruple-header. Each recreation of the WNBA playoffs will air on ESPN Networks. Here is a take a look at the schedule:

FIRST ROUND

Recreation 1: Atlanta at New York, Sunday, Sept. 22 (1 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Recreation 2: Atlanta at New York, Tuesday, Sept. 24 (7:30 p.m., ESPN)
Recreation 3*: New York at Atlanta, Thursday, Sept. 26 (TBD, ESPN2)

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Recreation 1: Phoenix at Minnesota, Sunday, Sept. 22 (5 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Recreation 2: Phoenix at Minnesota, Wednesday, Sept. 25 (9:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Recreation 3* Minnesota at Phoenix, Friday, Sept. 27 (TBD, ESPN2)

Recreation 1: Indiana at Connecticut, Sunday, Sept. 22 (3 p.m. ET, ABC)
Recreation 2: Indiana at Connecticut, Wednesday, Sept. 25 (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Recreation 3*: Connecticut at Indiana, Friday, Sept. 27 (TBD, ESPN2)

Recreation 1: Seattle at Las Vegas, Sunday, Sept. 22 (10 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Recreation 2: Seattle at Las Vegas, Tuesday, Sept. 24 (9:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Recreation 3*: Las Vegas at Seattle, Thursday, Sept. 26 (TBD, ESPN2)

* If crucial