With four games on the schedule for Tuesday, the WNBA is active to start the third week of action. We have the 3-1 Chicago Sky against the scrappy Atlanta Dream, the 3-1 Connecticut Sun versus the Indiana Fever, The Minnesota Lynx against the Dallas Wings and the super-team New York Liberty versus the winless Seattle Storm.
We begin in College Park, where the Dream face-off against the Sky. The Dream are looking to make the playoffs for the first time since 2018 and the Sky are looking to prove they are not in a rebuild, but rather retooling for another deep playoff run.
Atlanta has looked good early on, with Allisha Gray, Rhyne Howard and Cheyenne Parker all averaging double digits in points, creating a new big three in the A. For Chicago, Kahleah Copper is continuing her accession in this league as a superstar player. A victory for the Sky will convince some that they are a legit title contender. A Dream win will demonstrate that they are a playoff-caliber team.
Next up, I mean, who isn’t rooting for the Indiana Fever? The organization hasn’t had a winning record since 2018. Now with Aliyah Boston coming in as an early Rookie of the Year candidate and NaLyssa Smith having a sophomore jump, the Fever are starting to look like a team on the rise.
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