The 2024 WNBA season has been one for the books, and it will end Sunday (8 p.m. ET, ESPN) in a winner-take-all at Barclays Center between the No. 1 seed New York Liberty and the No. 2 seed Minnesota Lynx.
Home teams are 5-2 all time in Game 5 of the WNBA Finals.
The Liberty could have clinched their first championship in franchise history Friday, but the Lynx held court. New York, the league’s only remaining original franchise without a title, has lost all five previous times it has played for the championship.
Minnesota can win a WNBA record fifth title with a win Sunday. Cheryl Reeve sports a 2-1 record in Finals Game 5s as head coach.
What should we expect in Game 5? ESPN breaks down the X factors and predicts which team will be crowned champion.
Is this the best WNBA Finals in league history?
Michael Voepel: There is usually recency bias with questions like this because what we’ve seen for the past week is so fresh.
That said, there is a case to be made for this series. It’s gone the distance, and three of the four games have been decided by three points or fewer. And the other one — New York’s 80-66 victory in Game 2 — was a two-point game with less than 4 minutes left. There’s often at least one dud game even in a really good…
