Heading into the final week of the 2024 WNBA regular season, five of the eight seeds in the playoffs are separated by one game in the standings. With all of the involved teams playing each other down the stretch, this means critical games are left on the schedule.
Although the New York Liberty are 3½ games up in the race for home-court advantage throughout the playoffs, the Minnesota Lynx and Connecticut Sun are still battling for the No. 2 seed, which would mean a more favorable first-round matchup and home-court advantage, should the two meet in the semifinals.
The two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces, the top seed in last year’s playoffs, are trying to hold off the Seattle Storm to finish fourth and claim home court for what’s likely to be a first-round matchup between the two West rivals.
The most crowded race is for the eighth and final playoff spot, with the Atlanta Dream and Washington Mystics both a game back of the Chicago Sky. With three head-to-head matchups remaining among those teams, a playoff spot will be earned on the court over the next week.
Keeping those races in…
