East No. 6-seed Fever face two video games at No. 3-seed Connecticut in best-of-3 sequence that begins Sundaty
The WNBA playoffs are set, and right here’s what to know should you’re following.
The playoffs take the eight groups with the perfect information within the 12-team league no matter divisions. The groups with the higher information have two house video games within the best-of-three first-round sequence. If a 3rd recreation is important, will probably be performed on the different workforce’s house.
Caitlin Clark’s Indiana Fever workforce will play on the Connecticut Solar Sunday at 2 p.m. (CT) on ABC, and can play there once more Wednesday (6:30 p.m., ESPN). If a 3rd recreation is required, it will be in Indianapolis subsequent Friday evening.
Washington beat Indiana Thursday evening in entrance of a WNBA regular-season report crowd of 20,711 in Washington’s Capital One Area. Clark performed simply 20 minutes as Indiana didn’t overwork its starters.
The rookie from Iowa had eight factors and eight assists to finish her regular-season with averages of 19.2 factors, 8.4 assists and 5.7 rebounds. Clark made 122 three-pointers and had 337 assists, WNBA single-season information.
Indiana was 20-20, its first non-losing season since 2016, the final time it made the playoffs.
The Fever misplaced their first three video games in opposition to Connecticut (28-12) this season, then beat the Solar 84-80 in Indianapolis on Aug. 28.
WNBA playoffs first-round pairings
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No. 8 Atlanta vs. No. 1 New York
No. 5 Seattle vs. No. 4 Las Vegas (Megan Gustafson, Kate Martin of Iowa)
No. 7 Phoenix vs. No. 2 Minnesota (Bridget Carleton, Iowa State)
No. 6 Indiana (Caitlin Clark, Iowa) vs. No. 3 Connecticut
WNBA playoffs first-round TV schedule
All occasions Central.
Sunday, Sept. 22 (Sport 1)
Atlanta at New York, midday (ESPN)
Indiana at Connecticut, 2 p.m. (ABC)
Phoenix at Minnesota, 4 p.m. (ESPN)
Seattle at Las Vegas, 9 p.m. (ESPN)
Tuesday, Sept. 24 (Sport 2)
Atlanta at New York, 6:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Seattle at Las Vegas, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Wednesday, Sept. 25 (Sport 2)
Indiana at Connecticut, 6:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Phoenix at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Thursday, Sept. 26 (Sport 3)
*New York at Atlanta, TBD (ESPN2)
*Las Vegas at Seattle, TBD (ESPN2)
Friday, Sept. 27 (Sport 3)
*Connecticut at Indiana, TBD (ESPN2)
*Minnesota at Phoenix, TBD (ESPN2)
*If crucial
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