The field is now set:

Top seed Minnesota Lynx takes on the 8 seed NY Liberty

2 seed Golden State Valkyries vs 7 seed Dallas Wings

3 Seed Las Vegas Aces against the 6 seed Indiana Fever

4 seed Atlanta Dream takes on the 5 seed Washington Mystics

I'm kind of expecting chalk. but I would not be surprised to see Indiana take out Vegas (beat them 2 of three in the season series), nor would I be shocked if Washington beat Atlanta. Mystics finished strong down the stretch. Should be fun.

Games 1 are in the books:

NY 91 Minnesota 75

Las Vegas 102 Indiana 85

Atlanta 92 Washington 77

Golden State 104 Dallas 80

Liberty were the only road team and lower seed to win. Games 2 upcoming after travel days to the lower seed arenas.

Game 2: Indiana 99 Las Vegas 89

Caitlin Clark scores 27 and dishes out 15 assists (She had 14 and 11 at half) to lead the Fever as this series is now knotted at 1. Deciding game 3 is Thursday in Vegas.

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27 minutes ago, Tranquility Base said:

Game 2: Indiana 99 Las Vegas 89

Caitlin Clark scores 27 and dishes out 15 assists (She had 14 and 11 at half) to lead the Fever as this series is now knotted at 1. Deciding game 3 is Thursday in Vegas.

Love it!

Game 2: New York 87 Minnesota 71

Breanna Stewart and Jonquel Jones both score 21 for the Liberty as they become the first #8 seed to knock out a #1 seed. NY takes the series 2-0

2 hours ago, Tranquility Base said:

Game 2: Indiana 99 Las Vegas 89

Caitlin Clark scores 27 and dishes out 15 assists (She had 14 and 11 at half) to lead the Fever as this series is now knotted at 1. Deciding game 3 is Thursday in Vegas.

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Caitlin Clark finished tonight with 27 points, 15 assists and 7 rebounds.

In the thirty seasons the WNBA has existed, nobody had ever put up 25 points and 15 assists in a game. Not one player, not one night, until this one.

She had most of it done by the break. 14 points and 11 assists at halftime, which is a double double in a single half of a playoff game, and nobody had ever done that either.

But that is not the number that matters here.

Tonight was the first playoff game Caitlin Clark has ever won.

Here is the whole of her postseason career before tonight.

In 2024, her rookie year, the Indiana Fever made the playoffs and the Connecticut Sun swept them out in the first round. Clark had 20 points and 8 assists in Game 1. She had 25 and 9 in Game 2. Indiana lost both.

She made All WNBA First Team that season, only the fifth rookie in the history of the league to do it, and she went home 0-2.

Then came 2025.

She hurt her groin before the All Star break and it did not get better. She played 13 games all season and averaged 16.5 points and 8.8 assists in them, and then the Indiana Fever ruled her out for the rest of the year.

A lot of people wrote the season off right there.

The Fever did not. Without her, they beat the Atlanta Dream 87-85 in a deciding Game 3, on a bucket by Aliyah Boston with 7.4 seconds on the clock and a steal by Lexie Hull to end it.

It was the first playoff series the Indiana Fever had won in ten years. It put them in the semifinals for the first time since 2015.

And the most famous basketball player in the country watched all of it from the sideline in street clothes, hugging her teammates when it was over.

That is the part worth sitting with. The biggest thing her franchise had done in a decade happened while she could not play in it.

Tonight the Las Vegas Aces came into Indiana with a 1-0 lead in the series and a chance to end her season again.

Indiana Fever 99, Las Vegas Aces 89.

But a 24 year old who has been the most watched, most argued about athlete in her sport since the night she was drafted had her biggest win as a pro so far.

Game 2: Atlanta 93 Washington 75

Sonia Citron leads all scorers with 25 points, but it wasn't enough as the Dream win the series 2-0.

Atlanta advances to the semi-finals to take on the New York Liberty.

Game 2: Dallas 108 Golden State 100 (OT)

Barn burner of a game as the Wings rally to send the game into OT and then pull away for the win.

Arike Ogunbowale scores a playoff record 45 points to lead Dallas. Series knotted at 1 with the deciding game 3 set for Friday at Golden State.

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Game 3: Las Vegas 94 Indiana 83

Vegas Moves on to face the winner of Golden State and Dallas.

Didn't watch tonight, Philly at Atlanta took priority.

14 minutes ago, Tranquility Base said:

Game 3: Las Vegas 94 Indiana 83

Vegas Moves on to face the winner of Golden State and Dallas.

Didn't watch tonight, Philly at Atlanta took priority.

I had this game on two different TVs, the better team won. 😕

Game 3: Golden State 77 Dallas 73

Dallas had a 16 point lead about midway through the third quarter, but couldn't hold on for the win.

The Valkyries win their first ever playoff series and advance to meet the Las Vegas Aces in the semi-finals.

Semi-Finals Game 1: Atlanta 92 New York 82

Jordin Canada scores 25 for the Dream as they take the 1-0 lead in the best of 5 series.

Liberty's Sabrina Ionescu led all scorers with 27

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Semi-Finals Gale 1: Golden State 71 Las Vegas 60

Gabby Williams leads all scorers with 25 as the Valkyries take the 1-0 series lead.

Edited October 4Oct 4 by Tranquility Base

Semi-finals game 2: Atlanta 101 New York 98 (OT)

Breanna Stewart leads all scorers with 35, but the Dream get the win and take a 2-0 series lead in the best of 5.

Looks like it was a great game, but baseball playoffs always take priority.

Semi-Finals Game 2: Golden State 83 Las Vegas 81

Valkyries now hold the 2-0 lead in the series.