WNBA playoffs have arrived, and the month-long sprint to crown a new champion begins on Sunday, when all four first-round matchups will begin. Those best-of-three series, in which the lower seed can force a deciding Game 3 at home,

Minnesota has fallen out of the top four in the Power Rankings only once the rest of this season: at No. 6 just before the Olympic break. That followed a stretch the first two weeks of July when the Lynx lost four of six games. Lynx star Napheesa Collier missed the last two of those losses with plantar fasciitis.

Whatever sort of lower leg injury A’ja Wilson has, it’s seemingly gone (at least to the naked eye), and with it, the WNBA’s best player has returned to dominance. Wilson broke the scoring record TWICE in the last week ―YES, TWICE ― and I’m running out of words to describe her greatness.

With less than two weeks remaining in the WNBA season and the playoff race closing in, where does your favorite team fall in the rankings?

Perhaps the most notable data point, however, is they have just one player in the top-20 in scoring (Napheesa Collier) and two in the top-30 (Courtney Williams) since the season resumed last month.  Collier is their superstar and all-around leader,

In order to finish as the top seed in the league, the Lynx would need to win their final two games against the Connecticut Sun and Los Angeles Sparks, and the Liberty would need t

The Liberty look superior against 10 of the 12 WNBA teams during the 2024 season. But it’s been the potential postseason matchups that have Sandy Brondello’s squad looking shaky as the league soon transitions into the playoffs.