It all comes down to the last two games....however the stars have aligned, it's been good, very good for the WNBA this year...as much as I hate the NBA (give me the NHL ANY time over the NBA), I love the WNBA.
Seattle gets the number one seed with either one win in their last two home games versus two free-fall teams in the Wings or Liberty, or a loss by the Dream in their away games versus the Mercury or the Aces. What would be the odds of Seattle NOT getting the number one seed?.....like 100/1? Still the Storm's whole team could wake up with food poisoning that lasts a week, similar to what happened to the heavily favored New Zealand rugby team right before their finals match with South Africa, in, you guessed it, in South Africa......they went down in inglorious defeat to the Springboks in the finals. Make sure you get the assistant manager to taste the team meals before you eat them Storm.
Dream would have to lose both of the final two games to end up NOT being the two seed as they hold the head-head tiebreaker with the Mystics. The early line has them +4 to the Mercury as the books and the public continue to undervalue them, this should have been a pick 'em game.
Mystics could sneak into the second seed with two wins versus the Sparks at home and the Lynx on the road in the finale. On the other hand, they could lose two (less likely) and fall into the 4th seed to a Connecticut team that would have to win both of their home games versus the Sparks and then the Lynx, as the Mystics would lose a tie breaker in a head-head to the Sun.
Wings have a tiebreaker edge versus the Aces by virtue of their 2-0 edge on head to head games this year. So basically if the Wings were to lose their next two, the first at home versus the Aces and then on the road to a Storm team that looks likely to have wrapped up number one seed before the last game, they would be sent home fishing for the rest of the season and the Aces would sneak in. Early line has a team team that has put together a HUGE losing streak as the 3.5 point favorites....scratching my head with that one. I would have made the game a pick.
The two finalists from the past years, the Lynx and Sparks don't look relevant this year....still they've been there and know what it takes and perhaps they'll be able to ratchet up their games for a game or two in the playoffs, though I'd be shocked if either made the finals.
Early leans......
Aces +
Dream +
Aces/Wings UNDER
Sun -
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