The third Commissioner’s Cup Championship is upon us and it’s sure to be a good one!
The WNBA’s two super teams—the Las Vegas Aces and the New York Liberty—are going head to head for prize money, donations to charity and bragging rights in the Commissioner’s Cup Championship on Tuesday, August 15 at 9 p.m. ET on Amazon Prime Video.
With no effect on the regular-season standings, the Commissioner’s Cup Championship introduces other motivations for the two teams. A prize pool of $500,000 will be split among players on both teams, with $30,000 for members of the winning team and $10,000 for those on the losing team. Each team also has chosen a local charity to represent; $10,000 will go to the champions’ charity and $5,000 to that of the runners up.
Throughout the Commissioner’s Cup competition, all 12 WNBA teams played in support of a charity of their choice, with league donating $2,000 to a team’s charity for Cup wins and $500 for Cup losses.
How the teams got here and what they’re playing for
The first team to book their spot into the Commissioner’s Cup Championship was the Las Vegas Aces. Holding the top spot in the WNBA standings with a full season record of 27-3, the Aces had an impressive Cup record of 9-1. The charity they’ve chosen to…
