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We're really curious about why WNBA Rookie of the Year Olivia Miles wasn't playing in crunch time for the Lynx.

Down 0-1 in the first round of the WNBA playoffs, can the Mystics and Wings stay alive?

Paige Bueckers. | Getty Images Six of the eight teams that made the 2026 WNBA Playoffs also participated in last postseason. The new entrants? The Washington Mystics and Dallas Wings, both returning to postseason play for the first time since 2023. For the Mystics, Shakira Austin is the only player remaining from the 2023 team that lost in the first round. The 2023 Wings, who won their first round series before being swept in the semifinals, featured Arike Ogunbowale, Odyssey Sims, Maddy Sieg...

Las Vegas hosts Indiana on Thursday with the winner advancing to the WNBA semifinals. Here's what could decide the game.

Cunningham got plenty of talk about her pregame outfit on Tuesday.

With home-court advantage on their side, Washington and Dallas look to stave off elimination in the first round.

NEW YORK — White rally towels blanketed seats in Barclays Center pregame. It would soon be filled with nearly 18,000 raucous fans on Tuesday night, but for a moment there was a calm. When the storm hit, it was the Minnesota Lynx who were sent seeking shelter. The initial surge came courtesy of Jonquel Jones, who scored the Liberty’s first 7 points of the game, tirelessly working the offensive glass. Then came a cutting layup from Breanna Stewart off the assist from Sabrina Ionescu. It was Ionesc

MINNEAPOLIS — Perhaps, Minnesota just needed more time. More time for this team — which had already jelled around the breakout play of a rookie point guard in Olivia Miles — to welcome back a second star in Napheesa Collier, around whom this Lynx planet orbits. But Minnesota was on the clock. Collier returned from a 2025 injury with 16 games remaining in the 2026 regular season after undergoing ankle surgeries in January and March. The Lynx had 16 games to not necessarily reinvent the wheel, but

The New York Liberty are headed to the semifinals. | NBAE via Getty Images This was what we’ve been waiting for. The New York Liberty entered the 2026 WNBA season among the championship favorites before injuries and inconsistencies defined a maddeningly mediocre regular season, resulting in them landing as the No. 8 seed in 2026 WNBA Playoffs. On Tuesday night in Brooklyn, the Liberty didn’t necessarily prove that the regular season doesn’t matter, but that championship experience and superst...

The Minnesota Lynx had 44 regular-season wins, the No. 1 seed and one of the deepest rosters in the WNBA. None of it mattered Tuesday night. The New York Liberty walked into Barclays Center and dismantled Minnesota 87-71, completing a two-game sweep and becoming the first No. 8 seed in WNBA history to eliminate a […]

The Minnesota Lynx went from the WNBA’s best regular-season team to the first No. 1 seed ever eliminated by a No.

As she entered the fourth quarter of her first WNBA postseason game, Sonia Citron picked up her level of aggression. The All-Star guard was bringing up the ball, directing traffic, calling for screens to switch her defensive matchup and knifing her way into the paint, doing anything to put points on the board in a last-ditch comeback attempt. That’s the Citron the Washington Mystics have come to expect, the 2026 league leader in clutch points and their go-to perimeter scorer, who is already a tw

The Indiana Fever continue to help break records both on and off the court in 2026. On Tuesday night, Caitlin Clark became the only player in WNBA history to record 25+ points and 15+ assists in a game.

Caitlin Clark and Tyrese Haliburton have given Indiana basketball fans plenty to celebrate in recent years. Now, the two stars have something else in common, this time on the playoff stage.

Sabrina Ionescu said she had “nothing” going on in her mind as she started to heat up.

Caitlin Clark says sheer exhaustion caused her to throw up at halftime of Game 2 before she returned to finish the game.

New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu fell into an awful slump in the first weeks of the season as she struggled in her return from a foot injury. She heard all the negativity, including being called washed. But she never folded. She stayed the course. She continued to trust herself. Eventually, she regained her form and helped the Liberty squeeze […] The post Liberty news: Sabrina Ionescu drops truth bomb after taking out Lynx appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Olivia Miles was assessed a flagrant foul in the Minnesota Lynx's disappointing Game 2 loss to the New York Liberty.

Caitlin Clark had a record night to help the Fever stay alive. The Lynx, on the other hand, got bounced. Here are the WNBA playoffs winners and losers.

The Lynx became the first No. 1 seed in league history to get swept in its opening series, marking another heartbreaking playoff exit for the third straight year.

Indiana Fever fans might have seen nothing yet from Caitlin Clark in the first round of the 2026 WNBA Playoffs . Clark had a masterpiece of a performance on Tuesday to help the Fever stave off elimination at the hands of the reigning WNBA champions Las Vegas Aces. The former No. 1 overall WNBA draft pick delivered when it mattered the most for her […] The post Fever news: Stephanie White expects 'another level' from Caitlin Clark after Game 2 appeared first on ClutchPoints.

After being eliminated by the New York Liberty, the Minnesota Lynx now turn towards the offseason, where WNBA star Napheesa Collier is a free agent.

Here is everything that you need to know to watch the 2026 WNBA Playoffs, including a full schedule with TV and streaming information for every game.

The Indiana Fever bounced back from a disappointing Game 1, beating the Las Vegas Aces 99-89 in Game 2 to force a decisive Game 3. Caitlin Clark delivered a historic performance, scoring 27 points, adding 15 assists, and grabbing seven rebounds. She also became the first player in WNBA history to record a points-assists double-double […]

The Indiana Fever are just one loss away from playoff elimination, so Stephanie White wants her team to play with more urgency and desperation.

Indiana Fever head coach Stephanie White comments on her supposed back and forth with Caitlin Clark.

Caitlin Clark is the first player in WNBA history to …

The WNBA playoffs continue on Wednesday night with another pair of Game 2s with eliminations on the line.

Caitlin Clark is just special.

Aces center A'ja Wilson had to be restrained by teammates after she confronted a fan whom she said stepped toward her and pointed at her late in Tuesday's Game 2 loss at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.