Tuesday

YTD: 31-27

 Dream @ Aces: Dream +12.5

I wish Hayes was playing but she isn¡¯t unfortunately. Wallace out also but they still have a chance of getting into the playoffs. Aces can take over top seed with a win tonight seeing that the Storm are beating the Sky right now. The Aces have the tie breaker over the Sky 2-1 this season so it¡¯s a massive game as well for Vegas after seeing what the Storm are doing as I type this. Don¡¯t think Dream wins this game like they did the last time they visited Vegas but I do believe they can keep it within the spread. 

Moved to +13 as I submitted 

BOL

 Sun @ Sparks: Sparks +8.5

A do or die game for LA tonight. Lose this game and their season is pretty much over considering they would be 13-21 with just two games to go whilst 7th and and 8th are both 14-19. If they do lose, they might have a small chance depending on other results but they need to show up tonight. No Toliver which I think is a good thing because she isn¡¯t the player she was previously. They are off a big upset win against the Mystics and I do see them carrying that confidence into this game as well. Sun holding down 3rd seed, if Aces win tonight the Sun would stay in 3rd as the Sky and the Aces hold the tie breaker over the Sun. In fact, the Sun cannot go lower then 4th as they hold the tie-breaker over Mystics. 

@lik122

 Thanks mate 

Will take the split today.. I don¡¯t think I have ever witnessed a team allow two crazy runs like that in a half. Sparks up 10-2, next minute they are down 27-15 (25-5 run). Then in the 2Q, scores are 35-30, all of a sudden they go into the half at 53-32 (18-2 run). That is just crazy for those two massive runs to happen inside of 20 mins. 

Dream showed up even with some players missing. 

After today standings 

1. Aces (will finish 1st or 2nd)

2. Sky (will finish 1st or 2nd)

3. Sun (cannot move from 3rd)

4. Storm (can drop to 5th)

5. Mystics (can¡¯t drop lower)

6. Wings (highest possible finish)

7. Mercury (can still miss playoffs)

8. Dream (can still miss playoffs)

9. Liberty (can make playoffs)

10. Lynx (can make playoffs)

11. Sparks (can make playoffs)

12. Fever (eliminated)

Playoffs start August 17th

So this is how the WNBA revamped their playoffs for 2022.

They have set up 2 brackets. 

Seed 1 vs Seed 8

Seed 4 vs Seed 5

this will be a 3 game series. The winners of this bracket will play each other in a best of 5. 

In the other bracket, you¡¯ll have 

Seed 2 vs Seed 7

Seed 3 vs Seed 6.

Best of three series, winners go to play each other in a best of 5 series

Winners of both 5 game series goes to the WNBA Finals for the title in a best of 5 games. 

So right now, we would have;

Aces vs Dream
Storm vs Mystics
Sky vs Mercury
Sun vs Wings

Looking at how the playoffs could shake out, it seems like Liberty pretty much need to win all three remaining games to get in. Mercury definitely need to beat the Lynx tonight or they're in trouble -- would need to win final two games without DT. I still think Lynx have the best roster of these bubble teams now that Collier is back. They're a pretty big fav on the road in PHX tonight, so assuming they win that, they'll really just need to win one of their remaining games to get in. That would likely set up Aces vs. Lynx, and honestly I would not be shocked if Lynx win that. Could see McBride going off against the former team and Reeve outcoaching Hammon.

Fantastic playoff breakdown Oz Man! Appreciate the info...BOL