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Lynx flex their top-seed muscle without Miles, push Clark and the Fever to 6th for the WNBA playoffs

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Kayla McBride scored 22 points on 6-for-10 shooting from 3-point range as the top-seeded Minnesota Lynx closed the regular season by cruising to an 86-66 victory Thursday night that pushed the Indiana Fever into sixth place entering the WNBA playoffs. Natasha Howard had 21 points and Courtney Williams added nine points, seven rebounds and 10 assists for the Lynx, who played without star point guard Olivia Miles for a second straight game due to a left calf injury. The Lynx snapped back from a...

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Is A’ja Wilson due for her fifth MVP trophy? Our experts pick the All-WNBA teams

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This was a season of parity in the WNBA. No team pulled away from the pack, and the depth of talent across the league continues to expand. Several players made the jump from good to great or from All-Star to superstar, making the selection of the top 10 players an even more precarious exercise than in most years. Consider that the league has expanded by 25 percent in the past two seasons, but the number of All-WNBA selections remains the same. Even so, there wasn’t much disagreement among our fo

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Sophie Cunningham Pinpoints Fever’s Biggest Problem Ahead Of 2026 WNBA Playoffs - Fadeaway World

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The Indiana Fever are preparing for the WNBA postseason. The team finished sixth in the WNBA standings with a 28-16 record. Despite making the playoffs for the third consecutive season, Indiana has endured a string of late-season losses, including a season-ending defeat to the Minnesota Lynx and a home loss to the surging Washington Mystics. […]

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‘Built For This Moment’: Analysts Reveal What To Expect From Paige Bueckers In Her WNBA Playoff Debut

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Updated Sep 25, 2:26 PM ET

Paige Bueckers has already accomplished plenty in her first two WNBA seasons. Now comes the part she hasn’t experienced before: the playoffs. Bueckers will join Angel Reese and Olivia Miles as three of the WNBA’s young stars entering the postseason for the first time. But while all three will be getting their first taste of […]

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‘Our League Is Being Hijacked’ — Fever HC Stephanie White Issues Fiery Message to Critics As Controversy Surrounds Caitlin Clark, Sophie Cunningham

Yahoo Sports WNBAOutlet infoWNBA logoWNBAUpdated Sep 26, 11:55 AM ET

Stephanie White has coached through one of the most scrutinized seasons in WNBA history, and a new ESPN feature reveals just how personally that scrutiny has weighed on her. The Indiana Fever head coach has come under fire for multiple factors this year, including her strategy, comments, and even her courtside moments with some of the players.

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