The 2024 WNBA playoffs tip off Sept. 22. If the regular season ended today, what would it take for each of the eight teams currently in playoff position to win the league title?
The first-place New York Liberty, who have won seven in a row and are the only team so far to clinch a playoff spot, just have to keep being who they have been: the league’s best team this season.
“I think what I want to see from our team is just the way we continue to get better,” New York’s Breanna Stewart said after the Liberty’s 94-74 victory over the Dallas Wings on Tuesday. “Everybody keeps saying, ‘Oh, you guys clinched the playoffs. Why are you still playing hard?’ We want to keep that 1 spot, we want home-court advantage. And you saw it today, with two quarters we kept Dallas under 20.
“I feel like we haven’t done anything yet. Our record is great, of course, but there’s so much we need to get better at, and we don’t want to peak too soon.”
The Las Vegas Aces are in fourth place in the standings, but as two-time defending champions, they are…
